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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Hotel in fantastic location, friendly staff and half board included. Short ride into the Picos national park. Once again Rick organised a fantastic tour offering superb value for money and e... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just back from a fantastic tour with Rick at MSL. The itinerary was very well planned with really nice hotels and some excellent gpx routes supplied. The freedom to group up and ride on our own within... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stayed at La Belle Etoile for two nights with one day motorbike tour. Rick couldn’t have been friendlier or more accommodating. The B&B is comfortable, breakfasts filling and the bike tour fantastic.... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Was grateful to attend another trip with MSL and as usual Rick provided a number of amazing roads and mountain passes with views including his gpx files. I attended with the usual five amigo's but met... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

MSL Picos tour 2019

MSL Picos tour 2019 - everything was very well arranged right from the start, which is refreshing. I’ve been touring for 37 years and previous companies I’ve used have varied greatly. The hotel was great, and I thought the food was great as well. Rick’s organisational skills were first class. This was not a guided tour, which suited myself and my friends. One unexpected bonus was standing outside the hotel in the evening with 70+ fellow bikers chatting about bikes. We are hoping to come back in 2020. We arranged our own tour 2 years ago and MSL’s tour was nearly half the cost of organising it ourselves. Rick was brilliant from start to finish and couldn’t do enough. Five stars. Well done.

18 November 2019
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Picos trip

Picos trip. First thing was the Brittany Ferry route, terrible!! Over 70 bike's on this trip!! Nice hotel but the food was rubbish, we all decided to eat out. The breakfast was rubbish. The so called tour leader was a waste of time.
I was with my friends and they all agreed never to book with MSL tours.

17 November 2019
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Reply from MSL Tours

Thanks for the review Ron, transparency is important, the good bad and the ugly, that's why I invite feedback. However impartiality is most important as well Ron and in this respect your review is a little economical with the events, principally in that you and your group were asked to leave the Tour on our last night. Let me remind you, the reason for this was your verbally abusive, aggressive and foul mouthed behaviour towards myself and other guests in the bar just because incredibly you did not want to check out from your rooms at 10,30 a.m. the next day! I won't tolerate this thuggish behaviour towards myself, other guests or third parties its just not acceptable. Fortunately you were all escorted out of the bar, before the situation escalated, by another group to whom I remain extremely thankful. Its important that we maintain a happy, safe environment for everyone and your socially unacceptable behaviour fell a long way short of the standard that I would expect. So to close thanks again for your thoughts on the trip Ron as it gives me the platform and opportunity to explain to everyone that if you behaviour is unacceptably rude, disruptive or aggressive in any way, to anyone, then regrettably you are not welcome as a guest with MSL Tours.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Switzerland and Picos

Great company, organisation and value on both of these trips in 2019. Looking forward to touring with MSL Tours in 2020!

10 November 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Picos

Great value trip. Nice hotel, good atmosphere, and some cracking roads and scenery.

5 November 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Picos tour October 2019

Recently went on the Picos tour, note I did not use MSL routes while there.
Clear information, properly organised. Rick approachable and helpful.
Tour was good value at a good hotel. I thought the food though was not very good, generally poor quality ingredients.
Tour was organised during the Colombres rally, and we went on the day of the hill climb. Rick's information on this was incomplete and not very accurate.
I would use MSL again.

26 October 2019
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Reply from MSL Tours

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the review and feedback.

I'm sorry that you felt my information was incomplete and not accurate with regards the MCI Rally. There was specific reference to the hill climb on the T8 website page and in the brochure for 2019 FYI and the fact that the last weekend of the Tour date specifically co-incides with the event. I did speak to a lot of guests at the hotel about the Hill Climb but in hindsight I should have sent a text message out to ensure I had captured everyone.

With regards to the food your comments is noted however it would have been better for you to have approached me at the time to let me know that you were not happy, I would then have spoken with the hotel management on your behalf to discuss the issue.

Thanks again and ride safe,

Rick

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

They deal with all the stressful bits so you can enjoy riding.

All the arrangements were great. There were clear communications at every stage. Rick was at the ferry terminal on beforehand to ensure a smooth transition. He responded to my query very quickly. I highly recommend MSL. They deal with all the difficult things so you can enjoy riding. It is a no brainer really. I must say, the prices are very competitive as well.

25 October 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Picos Tour 8 2019

Excellent trip - from the moment booked to saying farewell Rick kept us updated on all things. Plenty of routes provided if needed also.
Hotel, food and comradery between other riders on tour was excellent.
Such good value, and the roads...….. superb.

Thank you Rick for an excellent trip to discover the Picos. Can't wait to go again.

24 October 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Perfect Picos Motorcycling Break

1st time Rider with MSL, But not the last.
Relaxed Format with Base Hotel avoids those boring M/Way trudges across Europe.
Rick obviously has connections On High to provide the Best Weather I have ever had in the Picos, so with connections like that, roll on 2020 Tours👍
Good Quality hotel, well positioned in Coastal Town a better option than either Potes or Cangas as a Picos base.
Coordinating with Colombres Rally an obvious timing choice.
Not sure how would manage a 90 strong Tour group on the conventional format?!
Big Hotel base in Tyrol or Dolomites perhaps?

23 October 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great tour well organised superb location But

Fantastic well organised tour, roads in this region second to none that I’ve ridden. Tour coincided with the Colombres Rally - Moto Club Indianos . Roads in this area are outstanding with very little traffic. Hotel was superb and well situated. The only downside for us was that Brittany Ferries changed the port from Portsmouth (1 hours ride) to Plymouth (5 hours ride) resulted in 6 of us making the decision leave a day early to ride back to Calais Rick has done a great job. I will definitely do this trio again but only once Brittany Ferries have got their act together and start running out of Portsmouth again

22 October 2019
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A great package, location one of the best

I'd find it difficult to find constructive criticism as it was great value for money and the location for motorcycles is one of the best.... The hotel food, wine was not the best but efficient and convenient/fast for the size of the group. Overall really happy with this trip. Organisation and communication really good. I'd go again.

22 October 2019
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