Randonnée self guided bike tours (France/Italy)-has anyone tried this company?
Feb 1st, 2004, 06:41 AM
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Randonnée self guided bike tours (France/Italy)-has anyone tried this company?
We are considering trying this firm out. Frommer touts it as a lower cost version of European bike tour companies, but we were wondering if anyone has gone on a trek with this firm?
The prices don't really seem that much less.
The prices don't really seem that much less.
Feb 1st, 2004, 07:45 PM
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I'm not sure what company you're talking about. The classic randonées in France are walking tours that are self-guided, with accompanying maps that you use to get from place to place.
Is there now a company called Randonnée that charges you for information regarding bike routes? If so, I'd be a bit careful, since that kind of information is pretty easy to get on your own.
Is there now a company called Randonnée that charges you for information regarding bike routes? If so, I'd be a bit careful, since that kind of information is pretty easy to get on your own.
Feb 1st, 2004, 08:40 PM
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Randonnee is just a French noun that means hike or bike tour, so it wouldn't surprise me that a company has used that as part of its name and don't think there's anything wrong with that as it's just a noun and there is no good substitution for that word. That is the name of a self-guided bike/hiking/active sports touring company (Randonnee Tours Ltd) based in Canada, maybe that's the one asked about? www.randonneetours.com
They do a lot more than give you maps.
They do a lot more than give you maps.
Feb 2nd, 2004, 03:04 AM
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The company that I was inquiring of is Randonnee Self Guided Vacations (based in Winnipeg)
http://www.randonneetours.com/
which was written about by Frommer in Sunday's Travel Section (probably a syndicated piece) and was noted as a lower cost alternative to BackRoads ect. and that it had been around for 12 years or so.
I guess that I truly would like to hear from those who had actually been on their tours to see if it is as good as Frommer said it was.
http://www.randonneetours.com/
which was written about by Frommer in Sunday's Travel Section (probably a syndicated piece) and was noted as a lower cost alternative to BackRoads ect. and that it had been around for 12 years or so.
I guess that I truly would like to hear from those who had actually been on their tours to see if it is as good as Frommer said it was.
