TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Safety and enjoyment are top priorities at Vineyardriders.com.

Our tours are designed so that everyone can ride at their own speed for safety and comfort.

Riders must be at least 21 years old and have solid riding ability.

We ask that all riders and drivers abstain from alcohol consumption when riding a motorcycle or driving a car. Vineyardriders.com will arrange restaurants within walking distance to hotels and provide transportation for excursions that include alcohol.

Riders will be required to carry a valid or similar international driver’s license with a valid motorcycle license endorsement.

“DOT” approved helmets are required at all times when riding in California. If you do not bring a helmet, one will be provided with the motorcycle rental.

BOOKING REQUIREMENTS:

All enclusive tours:

Vineyardriders.com will provide the motorcycle rental arrangement, hotels, transfers from airport to and from hotel, transfers to and from hotel to motorcycle rental store(s), meals as specified on the specific tour details page, bridge tolls, park entrance fees, maps, and at least one wine tasting excursion.

Guide service only tours:

Vineyardriders.com will arrange motorcycle rentals, ground transportation, guided rides, and chase vehicle with secure luggage trailer (7 day or longer tours).

All tours:

Payments for the tour can be made by Paypal, by phone using most major credit cards, by sending check, money order, or wire transfer to vineyardriders.com.

You must provide funds (credit card or cash) for all fuel, lunches, tips, film, souvenirs, optional insurance, optional excursions, alcohol, incidentals, and any extensions to the planned tour.

All tours require a $250 to $500 deposit, with full payment due at least 30 to 60 days prior to the tour start date, unless other arrangements are made at the time of booking. This is necessary to secure the rental motorcycle of your choice and to confirm hotels in high demand areas during high use seasons.

If the trip is cancelled for any reason by vineryardriders.com or you decide to cancel prior to 90 days before the tour departure date, 100% of your payment(s) will be refunded or you may choose to apply the funds to another vineyardriders.com tour.

If you cancel less than 60 days but more than 30 days before the tour departure date, there will be a $250 cancellation fee, unless vineyardriders.com can re-sell your spot on the tour. If you cancel in less than 30 days before the tour departure date, there will be no refund. Therefore, Vineyardriders.com recommends trip cancelation insurance from AIG Travel Guard should some emergency force you to cancel within 30 days of the tour departure date.

Vineyardriders.com does their best to pre-view and choose the best vendors and suppliers possible for your tour. Vineyardriders.com is not responsible for losses due to services provided by suppliers, including hotels, restaurants, motorcycle rentals stores, shuttle services, and excursion providers.

4 & 7 day WINE COUNTRY Tours:

You must provide your own dinner for all but the first and last day of the tours. This is by design because there are so many dinner and evening activity choices within walking distance to the hotel.

This cost is offset by Vineyardriders.com including the costs for 1 wine tasting excursion per tour, plus one additional excursion for the 7 day WINE COUNTRY Tours.

5 & 7 Day NORCAL, CENTRAL, & GOURMET Tours

Vineyardriders.com will include all dinners and breakfasts. You must pay for all lunches and fuel.

Changes to Tour Routes

Vineyardriders.com reserves the right to make minor changes to tour itinerary, hotels, or restaurants due to conditions outside of our control or in order to provide a better tour.

Luggage:

Vineyardriders.com will provide a chase vehicle with trailer to haul your luggage, including golf clubs if desired for all 7 day or longer tours .

The chase vehicle trailer will not be used during day rides on the WINE COUNTRY tour where we return to the same hotel each night.

Vineyardriders.com agrees to provide a weather tight, locked trailer and/or vehicle for your luggage and all necessary care in handling. Vineyardriders.com is not liable for damaged or lost luggage.

Lodging:

The owners of Vineyardriders.com are also travel agents who are able to book above average hotels at competitive prices, providing a quality experience for you.

Although the lodging for the final night of the tour is not included, vineyardriders.com is able to book the same hotel by the airport at a substantial discount. This includes free shuttle back to the airport. Please let us know if you need to book additional lodging to extend your vacation in anyway.

Gear:

We will be riding over a wide range of countryside with elevation changes from sea level to as much as 10,000 feet. Although we have timed these tours for the best weather California has to offer, we can experience fog along the coast, rain and even snow in the high mountains, and over 100 degrees F in the central valley and along Route 66. We recommend you bring or rent helmet (supplied with rental), goggles or sunglasses, motorcycle gloves, boots, jacket, pants or chaps, and raingear. It is best to ride with gear you know and are comfortable with. Please let us know at the time of booking if you need to rent any gear.

Tour Safety:

DOT Approved helmets are required by law in California.

Alcohol or drug consumption during the course of the tour is not permitted under any circumstances. Once you park your bike at night, please leave it parked until morning if you choose to drink.

Vineyardriders.com has planned all tours on paved roads. However we are not responsible for road construction or non-paved road shoulders or parking lots.

Motorcycle Rental term and conditions:

Motorcycle rentals must be paid in full in advance, non-refundable. This will be taken care of by vineyardriders.com as part of your trip payment.

Fuel – the motorcycle must be returned with the same or higher fuel level as when rented, unless you pay a $25 fee to have the rental company re-fuel the motorcycle.

You may have 1 additional rider included in the rental at no additional cost.

The rider must check oil level and air tire pressure daily, follow maintenance instructions provided at pick up, as well as report any maintenance issues. Customers may be held responsible for mechanical damage caused by negligence or failure to perform required maintenance.

The motorcycle rental store may substitute an equal or better motorcycle depending on model availability. This will be minimized with advance reservations.

A security deposit of $1000 to $3000 (credit card authorization only) will be required at the time of pick up.

Rented motorcycles may not be driven off road, in Mexico, or through Death Valley (none of which is apart of a vineyardriders.com tour).

Insurance and deductable options may be purchased at the time of pick up.
Vineyardriders.com will provide all reasonable service in support of your rental motorcycle. Vineyardriders.com is not liable for any harm, claim, or loss of service related to the rental motorcycle.

Bringing your own motorcycle:

Although vineyardriders.com is designed to accommodate travelers from far away, local riders are welcome and may choose to join the tours with their own motorcycle. In some cases, customers may choose to ride from great distances or have their motorcycles shipped Cheap Motorcycle Shipping to California for a vineyardriders.com tour.

If you bring your own motorcycle, please be sure it has been recently serviced, has good tires, and is ready for a 1500 or more mile ride through all types of roads.

Vineyardriders.com is not responsible for repairs or transportation of the motorcycle should it break down. We will do our best to get you to a repair shop, up to and including possibly hauling the motorcycle in the vineyardrider.com trailer if possible.

Optional Insurances:

Minimum insurance required = liability and medical.

Motorcycle - Vineyardriders.com works with a rental company that includes insurance for the motorcycle and liability insurance for you as a rider. You can purchase additional insurance from the motorcycle rental company when pciking up the motorcycle to reduce replacement costs levels.

If you bring your own motorcycle you are responsible for providing the appropriate motorcycle and liability insurance.

Vineyardriders.com does not provide medical insurance as part of the tour costs. AIG Travel Guard

We travel many back country, remote mountain, and difficult to access roads. You may wish to purchase Emergency Airlift Evacuation insurance AIG Travel Guard.

Non-U.S. Residents

You must have your passport with you at all times when renting or touring if you are not a permanent resident of the United States or Canada.

Flight Arrangements:

The costs of air flights are not included in the vineyardriders.com tour prices, but you can purchase airfare online through out travel booking engine.

 

VineyardRiders.com Waiver and Release Agreement

Please read and click “Accept” to proceed to reservations. A printed copy will be provided at the orientation meeting at the beginning of the tour for your signature. Please contact us if you have any questions.

INTRODUCTION

The VineyardRiders.com motorcycle tours are intended to cover some of the most breath taking scenery California has to offer. As such, you will be exposed to a wide variety of riding conditions that can possibly include narrow twisty mountain roads, gravel, sand, potholes, or debris on pavement, rain, fog, snow, or animals in the roadway. The tour may include change in elevation from sea level to 9000 feet and drastic variations in temperature. It is important that you have sufficient riding experience and health to spend 3 to 16 days, possibly with a passenger, riding a motorcycle in these conditions.

WAIVER & RELEASE AGREEMENT

EACH OPERATOR AND PASSENGER WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE FOLLOWING RELEASE FORM AT THE TOUR ORIENTATION MEETING. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DOCUMENT. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING.

I understand that operating a motorcycle is an activity that contains considerable risk of serious personal injury, paralysis, dismemberment, property damage or loss, or death. I hereby knowingly and freely accept all such risks, whether known or unknown, arising in any way, from my participation in a Vineyard Riders.com motorcycle tour, to the fullest extent allowed by law.

I agree to ride within my abilities and agree not to be influences by any other riders to ride faster than is within my abilities or the limits of what is considered safe riding conditions. Nor will I be influenced by riding displays of other riders or tour guides that could be considered unsafe. I fully understand that I may encounter roads and riding conditions that I have not experienced before, and have no prior knowledge of, and will therefore ride in a manner that is considered safe for those riding conditions. Furthermore, I agree that I will not ride the motorcycle, be it my own or a rental, on a VineyardRiders.com motorcycle tour, beyond what is commonly considered a safe manner.

I hereby, waive, release, hold harmless, indemnify, and promise not to sue VineyardRiders.com, its officers, owners, directors, tour guides, employees, agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns (collectively Releasees) with respect to any and all bodily injury (including permanent injury or death) and/or other loss of any type or nature resulting from my participation in a VineyardRiders.com motorcycle tour including any injury or loss as passenger of a motorcycle or chase vehicle or operator of a motorcycle, allegedly caused by negligence of the Releasees.

I certify that I do not have any physical or mental condition or disability that would create a hazard for me or my fellow tour participants. I certify that I am over 21 years of age and am in possession of a valid motorcycle operator’s permit endorsement on my valid driver’s license.

I have read Tour Descriptions, Frequently Asked Questions, and this Waiver and Release Agreement and will abide by the terms as stated herein or published within the VineyardRiders.com printed material. I hereby agree this Waiver and Release Agreement shall be binding on me and enforceable against me, my personal representatives, spouse, assigns, heirs, and next of kin without limitation.

I affirm that I have not received or relied on any oral or written representation of VineyardRiders.com as a basis for executing this Waiver and Release. I have read and understand the terms of the Waiver and Release and further understand that VineyardRiders.com cannot accept any tour participant, be it operator or passenger, without a duly signed Waiver and Release form. I have signed this Waiver and Release freely and voluntarily without any inducement, assurance, or guarantee being made to me and intend my signature to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the greatest extent allowed by law,

I further agree that, if I book any “excursions” provided by third party providers through VineyardRiders.com, this Waiver and Release shall apply to any allegedly liability of Releasees for any injury or loss of any type or nature that I may suffer relating from my participation in such excursions, to the fullest extent allowable by law.

 

 

This document will be presented for our review and signature at the orientation dinner/meeting at the beginning of the tour.