We had a lot of difficulty booking this tour. When we first investigated it, it said there were no openings until April 30. We were only there for two days, the 27th and 28 April. I called and left a message but no one returned my call.
After investigating further, we found different ways to contact Heritage Inspirations and learned there was an opening for April 28, which we booked.
The instructions for parking at the Inn where the tour begins, were not well explained. Again, I called the 800 number and was wanting more information about how/where to get parked....they never answered.....again! We continued to drive around and once we got that figured out, we got parked and went inside. The other couple arrived even later than we did.... obviously had problems trying to figure out the parking as well.
Once we got past all the initial challenges, the trip was great!!! It was our first time on E bikes and after a short orientation in the parking lot, we were off.
Our guides were Daniel and Mickie, who was “in training.” Mickie was actually a lifesaver for me because she had me change to a different size of bike. I’m really glad she did that because being unfamiliar with E bikes and not doing much bike riding, I would have been very uncomfortable if I could not have put my feet on the ground.
The trip itself was just great. Being from Colorado, we had rain pants and warm jackets and gloves and hats. I’m really glad we brought them along because we got snowed and hailed on and it was cold. However, I would not have traded the trip.
The other couple on the trip did not have the gear needed to be comfortable in the unusually cold and wet weather—the guide continually checked with them (and us) about returning sooner, etc. We did stop in at Museum Hill to warm up and check in again about returning sooner. My husband and I were prepared for the cold wet weather and said we wanted to continue with the trip we had signed up for. (The weather forecast for the day predicted rain starting around 11am)
Once we got near the Capitol building, one person in the other couple decided to return to the Inn and end his trip. Daniel took him back and we continued with Micky onto the rail Yard where Daniel caught up with us again and we continued on the trip.
The trip was a combo of riding on the streets and bike paths. We paused from time to time to hear information about the sites. Because it was our first time on an E bike, there was a bit of a learning curve involved!
I highly recommend this E bike adventure and would do it again— at times I had to concentrate so much on riding the bike and being in the hail that I didn’t see the sights! 😉 We have been to Santa Fe before and were familiar with the Plaza, some of the historic info, etc. Being on the bikes gave it a totally different flavor.
Thank you for making this available. Also, I believe you are losing business because phone calls aren’t returned and the available dates and tour times are unclear.
Now that we understand “how it works,” we would do it again and recommend it to others.
I have lots of photos but cannot add them.