Rob & Gretchen on the road

Rob & Gretchen Beach

Gretchen editing the tour book on a turn-by-turn basis

Why travel with the Beachs?

This isn't some catered-lunch-my-martini-is-too-dry vacation. You are an active participant in an adventure that can never be replicated. Your day-to-day decisions make your trip different than anyone who has been on this trip before you.

Rob and Gretchen Beach will take care of you like family. They know when to guide and when to stand back, and even when to push. They will make sure your needs are taken care of while giving you latitude to explore. No hand-holding here.

With over 200 of these tours under his belt, Rob knows the secret roads that the others don't, that even hide from the locals. His "White Roads" are only for the most adventurous, but are a treasure to be uncovered.

The team that Rob and Gretchen have put together only want to make this an adventure you could never regret taking. We do it because we love this stuff, and happy tour members go out and bring us more, all of which become friends, and sometimes family.

The sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of a place are rarely held out on a silver platter. The Beachs have hunted down the best coffee, the best photo op, the best dinner, the best place to lie in the grass, and the best place to lean a BMW.

Why go with the Beachs? Because, admit it. You have always wanted to take a brilliantly built Bavarian motorcycle and twist it around hundreds of curves while dodging cows, snow, mountains, farmers, and the occasional bicycle road race.

Have an adventure without the scary bits. All the details are handled: great lodging, your luggage, a spare bike, someone who knows how to read the German menus, a couple shadetree mechanics, and someone who's got your back all trip long.

Europe can be a daunting place to visit for an American who has never been overseas. Going by yourself can be a series of frustrations. Beachs has spent the time to learn how to eliminate all the fear, and let you worry about one thing: adventure.

A lifetime of experience riding motorcycles and travelling have taught Rob and Gretchen the finer points of how to have a great vacation on two wheels in a foreign land. Let them do the hard work while you just do your thing.

A successful fisherman never shares his GPS waypoints, because he doesn't want his water to be outfished. Rob only shares his waypoints with select motorcyclists - anyone who takes a Beach's tour.

The Beach's tagline, for all these decades, is "We Turn Dreams Into Memories."