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What is 'motorbike friendly accommodation?'
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Yes, I know motorbike friendly accommodation is covered elsewhere, however, I wanted to get comments from all, not just those looking for accommodation through HU.
We are looking at starting a B&B (perhaps including a camping area) in southern Victoria, Oz (in the hills behind the Great Ocean Road) and would like to make it motorbike friendly where possible. I know the two basics: secure under-cover parking and a drying room for wet/muddy clothes. I would like to add map displays with relevant local maps.
I presume I have missed many other points.
How do you define "motorbike friendly accommodation"? What should such accommodation have to entice you to stay "here" rather than "there"?.
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It sounds like you are already friendly enough just by asking what travellers want.
If you have space you could add somewhere dry, warm and dust-free to tinker on the bike.
A selection of tools.
A hosepipe and bucket. :-)
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How about a couple of cold  s,a picnic table in the shade and ahammock by a babbling brook......
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Would be nice if you would know the contacts of good local mechanics / other riders, who can be of assistance if there is a need.
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Shady spot to drink and relax. Advice on local features/attractions that are not common knowledge. When you get it up and running email me and we are sure to visit.
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Never entered a hotel and parked the bike and the manager looks at you and say:sorry,no bikes alloud in the car parking space?
Your boots are full of mud,please don´t walk with those in the hotel.(and they are clean!)
How many "more" persons come with you,or are you allone?
And you know exactly you are not wellcome!!!
Imagine the other way http://www.laposta-azul.com/
or just http://www.dakarmotos.com/index1.htm
and you just know those are very friendly places.....
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From my own experiences I would say, do not force the 'motorcycle friendly' aspect. We started our little venture mainly because we live in a very secluded French farm and can go days without seeing a soul. So we set up, all signs bilingual, expecting and geared towards English tourists.. What we found was we seemed to have specialised in wedding parties for the locals plus travellers from Belgium and Holland on their way to Spain. We had no idea our 'D' road was such a popular and well known road. Much of our repeat buisiness has come from french families visiting their relatives locally (often by referral from some relative or neighbour from the aforementioned wedding partys). Our only advertising has been signs ( hand painted on the road outside) Do not be mean, there is nothing worse than staying at a place where meals have the beans counted, and milk jugs contain 10cc when full. Our motivation is not the money, but the chance of meeting new people and being introduced to new conversation. We find most people not so sociable when they arrive, they are usually tired after a long day travelling and just want a good nights sleep. In the morning they are much more affable. Just be friendly and helpful to your guests and you buisiness will evolve in its own way. If they leave happy that they have had good value they will return when next in the area, and tell their friends. Repeat buisiness is central to making asuccess of it...
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From my own experiences I would say, do not force the 'motorcycle friendly' aspect. We started our little venture mainly because we live in a very secluded French farm and can go days without seeing a soul. So we set up, all signs bilingual, expecting and geared towards English tourists.. What we found was we seemed to have specialised in wedding parties for the locals plus travellers from Belgium and Holland on their way to Spain. We had no idea our 'D' road was such a popular and well known road. Much of our repeat buisiness has come from french families visiting their relatives locally (often by referral from some relative or neighbour from the aforementioned wedding partys). Our only advertising has been signs ( hand painted on the road outside) Do not be mean, there is nothing worse than staying at a place where meals have the beans counted, and milk jugs contain 10cc when full. Our motivation is not the money, but the chance of meeting new people and being introduced to new conversation. We find most people not so sociable when they arrive, they are usually tired after a long day travelling and just want a good nights sleep. In the morning they are much more affable. Just be friendly and helpful to your guests and you buisiness will evolve in its own way. If they leave happy that they have had good value they will return when next in the area, and tell their friends. Repeat buisiness is central to making asuccess of it...
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You say you're geared up for English tourists. Does this mean that you turn away Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish tourists? This is confusing....
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General speaking Dennis?
I didn´t feel confused.I think he ment all english speaking persons.Not racial.....descending people?
He said most of his cutomers speak french.
Saludos
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I didn´t feel confused.I think he ment all english speaking persons.Not racial.....descending people?
He said most of his cutomers speak french.
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Well thank goodness for my Cornish roots and handful of French nouns ;-)
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You say you're geared up for English tourists. Does this mean that you turn away Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish tourists? This is confusing....
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oops, let me rephrase that to.. 'english speaking' Hmm, now I wonder, does that exclude scots and Liverpuddlians 
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You say you're geared up for English tourists. Does this mean that you turn away Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish tourists? This is confusing....
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Being of "English" parents, I would be happy to stay in a place that discriminated against all non-English people. Let those from Scotland, Ireland (Northern and Republic of) and Wales, etc., find their own accomodation!!
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Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming.
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Being of "English" parents, I would be happy to stay in a place that discriminated against all non-English people. Let those from Scotland, Ireland (Northern and Republic of) and Wales, etc., find their own accomodation!!
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Bugger! Being 3/8 Irish, 3/8 English, 1/8 Scot, 1/8 don't know, and married to an Asian, I might have to set up several B&Bs to keep all you pedants happy. Come to think of it, one here, one there, about a days ride apart.......(Nigel, did I hear a Kiwi mutter something about "that was my idea"?)
We pick up the key next week (all going well), and there is a stream on one boundary, 32 hectares (80 acresfor you non-metrics) of land, State Forrest on another boundary, is surrounded by sand, gravel and sealed (bitumen) roads, including approx 40 km of twisties through the hills to the Great Ocean Road (one of THE bike roads in the world).....yeah, I'm biased, it is my home area.
The bad news.......it will be some time yet before we get it set up as a B&B.
Thanks for the ideas and the laughs.
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Originally Posted by BTO APAW
Bugger! Being 3/8 Irish, 3/8 English, 1/8 Scot, 1/8 don't know, and married to an Asian, I might have to set up several B&Bs to keep all you pedants happy. Come to think of it, one here, one there, about a days ride apart.......(Nigel, did I hear a Kiwi mutter something about "that was my idea"?)
We pick up the key next week (all going well), and there is a stream on one boundary, 32 hectares (80 acresfor you non-metrics) of land, State Forrest on another boundary, is surrounded by sand, gravel and sealed (bitumen) roads, including approx 40 km of twisties through the hills to the Great Ocean Road (one of THE bike roads in the world).....yeah, I'm biased, it is my home area.
The bad news.......it will be some time yet before we get it set up as a B&B.
Thanks for the ideas and the laughs.
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