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June 2026 – As announced in the recent Newsletter, as well as running all the Tours this year, Rich & Heidi are taking over the business and will be running all the tours in the future. For enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact them at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com We hope you will continue to support them as they take the business forward and we wish them every success for the future. We shall still be present providing support on the Spanish Cities (June), Black Forest (July) and Portugal & Spain (September) Tours – and hopefully the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour in 2027.

May 2026 – We’ve just finished the Monte Carlo or Bust! Tour – the first tour run by Rich & Heidi – the review is now live. They’re running the Ireland (Wild Atlantic Way) tour at the moment.

News for next year – all the hotels have now been booked for the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour which will take place from 15th – 28th August 2027. If you’re interested in doing this then please let us know – obviously there’s no commitment at this stage. The Tour details & itinerary are showing on the Fully Guided Tours page.

Just to repeat, Rich & Heidi are running two additional Tours this year, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

April 2026 – We’ve received a cancellation on the Spanish Cities Tour running from 11-20 June 2026. The couple have a flexible ferry ticket and would be very happy if someone else was able to use this. If you’re interested in booking on this tour please let us know & we’ll put you in touch with them.

News for next year – we’re hoping to run the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour at the end of August 2027 as we’ve already received a lot of interest. We’ll confirm once we’ve secured the hotel rooms on option so if you’re interested in doing this then please let us know – obviously there’s no commitment at this stage. The Tour details & itinerary are showing on the Fully Guided Tours page.

Just to repeat, Rich & Heidi have offered to run two additional Tours this year, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – we’ve already taken 5 bookings on this – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

January 2026 – We have some important news to disclose, in that for personal reasons, we are unable to run our Tours this year. However, we are delighted to be able to announce that all our Tours will be led by Richard & Heidi Ward. Richard has already been on 7 Tours with us and Heidi 4, so they are fully conversant with how we do things. For those who haven’t met them yet, Rich is a very competent rider & they will both ensure you have a great holiday.

We will still be present on some Tours by providing support in the van for the Monte Carlo or Bust Tour, the Spanish Cities Tour the first Black Forest Tour and the Portugal & Spain Tour.

Rich & Heidi have offered to run two additional Tours, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – we’ve already taken 5 bookings on this – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the Tours that we’re on and hope you’ll support Rich & Heidi on the Ireland, Colmar & first 5×4 Tour and by booking on the new Tours!

January 2026 – We hope everyone enjoyed the festive period & a belated Happy New Year!