we loveddddd our tour. soooo funn. best thing you can do in santa barbara is book this tour. and rod was an awesome tour guide! great experience! read more

Went to the website and couldn't make a reservation. Tried calling them a few times, got no response. Voicemail not even set up. Emailed them and go no response. A few days later the website wasn't even functional. Tried DM-ing them on Instagram, but they don't take messages there either. Groupon wasn't helpful. I'm sure this place is a scam. read more

We have done this tour before. It was amazing! The driver was great and we had so much fun. They answered when we called. Everything was great. But, unfortunately now we are trying to go and can't get a hold of no one. If you see this review please message me. Thanks! read more

HORRIBLE company! It is impossible to get a hold of anyone. They mess up times, book wrong times, WILL NEVER reply back to you. I had to contact them almost 10 times for their error and they acknowledged they received the message but will never correct the issue or contact you again. Avoid this place!! read more

My boyfriend and I booked the scenic tour with David and he was super fun and willing to customize our experience. We like anything unique to the area so he took us to the ritzy Montecito area for the breathtaking views, felt the wooden parking lot of the piers, the courthouse, mission and told us the history of the area. It was a bit misty and foggy reminiscent of our home - the Bay Area but it didn't stop any of us from enjoying the ride. We discovered a couple of beaches I had heard about but haven't seen up close so we stopped there to walk around for a little bit to take in the atmosphere. If you don't mind people gawking, smiling and taking photos of you - this is a fun thing to do at least once. It reminds me of the time my friend took me on his vespa for a scooter rally and people were snapping photos along the way. David was super accommodating, communicative and arrived right on time. When you meet him, park around the block where there is no parking time limit. The area near the winery location has a 1.5 hour time limit. We also booked the first morning ride so there was more parking than later in the afternoon. read more

Company canceled the trip in Santa Barbara one hour before our scheduled time. We stopped by the address where we were to meet them and were told that the company cancels all the time. We were originally told it would take 48-72 hours to get the refund. We're at 288+ hours right now, and the company ignores our calls, texts, and emails. UPDATE: After WE contacted the third party, we were told that a refund had never been initiated by the company. But the company told us they had initiated the refund two different times. The third party confirmed that the company had cancelled, and we got the refund in a day. So, beware that if (and, more likely, when) the company cancels on you, you will have to fight for the refund. read more

Looking for adventure, a friend and I planned a Moms' day trip for Santa Barbara wine tasting. My friend had purchased a Groupon for a sidecar and winery Tour which sounded fun. We had arranged to meet our guide at a local winery. I saw Sam with his motorcycle and scale-wise when I saw the sidecar, i was concerned if two grown women can comfortably fit. We fit just fine and we took off with Sam narrating during a refreshing, fun ride through the streets of Santa Barbara. Sam, our guide, was very personable and very accommodating, offering to take our photos at scenic spots. He dropped us off at our first winery and came back after 50 minutes to take us to the next winery. After our 2nd winery, we ended up at our initial meeting place. The two wineries that came with this package were both very different making this even a better value. This was definitely a fun way to enjoy the local wineries without actually getting behind the wheel. Would highly recommend! read more

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Reply to the owner. Unfortunately, I could not complete purchase/ reservation until the $60 charge was selected. I tried multiple times without it going through. Other than that, again, the trip was very memorable and I highly recommend this adventure. read more

I have been trying to book a tour through this company for 2 weeks now. They have the worse customer service ever!!!! I've called left several messages, I've emailed and I've sent a DM through instagram With no response to nothing. They NEVER answer the phone and I've called through all hours of the day. Not one person has yet to respond to me. It's ridiculous how little they care about their patron's. I've been trying for 2 weeks to book a tour in Santa Barbara for me and my fiancé and for it to be two weeks now and that's unacceptable. We're coming up this Saturday and this is something me and my fiancé really wanted to do. I've tried to complete the reservation online but it hasn't been working for me so that's why I've been calling and emailing and leaving voicemails to get some help. If anyone is intending on going through a tour through them I suggest you don't. Use a different company!!! read more

This was my first time in Santa Barbara and we wanted to do some type of tour around the city. This tour was awesome! Our tour guide was Travis and he picked us up from our hotel, I believe it was near the pickup spot so he just decided to grab us, which was so nice by the way. The tour took us around Santa Barbara and to two wineries. Travis was nice and knowledgeable. He also took pictures of us with his iphone and air dropped it to us! Just a suggestion for the company, maybe have the tour guides have professional cameras so we can have quality pics of the tour? it would be great!! Other than that, we loved the tour so much, it was very memorable and I would definitely do this again. read more

My boyfriend and I had a great time doing a scenic tour of Santa Barbara. Sonia was our driver and was AWESOME! She knew some great routes and let us stop and take pictures whenever we wanted. We hit all the spots: downtown, the Rose Garden, up into the hills and down to the beach. Gorgeous views and lots of smiles from passerbys the whole time. All the while, we relaxed as Sonia zoomed us along. We're both tall people (I'm 5'10" and my bf is 6'2") so we worried it would be a tight fit in the sidecar, but we were still comfortable. If you need to stop to stretch, you can always ask, Sonia was so accommodating! 10/10 recommend a side car tour, and 10/10 recommend Sonia as your driver! read more

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We had a fabulous time on our weekend sidecar tour in SB. The weather was perfect and our guide Robert C. was excellent. He was very knowledgeable, funny, and nice. Even as locals we had a blast on this tour around town. Robert took pictures of us in front of some great photo op locations such as the Mission and Couthouse. Would highly recommend this as a fun local date or touristy activity for people from out of town. read more

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Absolutely loved this! We had a group of 8 in Santa Barbara for my wedding party so we had 4 bikes. So much fun!! The drivers were safe and fun and knowledgeable. We went to two great wineries as well. Highly recommend!! My husband and I will be looking into their Temecula tour next. read more

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The BEST experience! I would 100% recommend this adventure to anyone. I didn't realize it would be a bit of a tour of SB as well, which was such a unique tour. Plus, the two wineries (Jamie Slone & Fox Wine Co.) we're both delicious. Our drivers, Robert & David, we're so knowledgeable about SB and taking us to the most beautiful spots for photo ops. The perfect gift for anyone! read more

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Wow!!! What a great way to see the beautiful sights of Santa Barbara!! Robert was a great tour guide and took us to some great wineries and to see amazing views all over the city!! Would definitely recommend!!! A+++ read more

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My girlfriend and I went on a scenic tour of Santa Barbara and Montecito with David as our driver/tour guide and we had an absolute blast! David was a great guide and knowledgeable about the area as well as being really friendly. The tour, the routes, the sites and the people were amazing to see and watch. If we had been staying in Santa Barbara instead of Los Angeles I think we might have gone for the winery tour, but the scenic one was still awesome and fun! I definitely would recommend it! read more

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We had a great time on our wind trashing sidecar tour with our driver, Robert. Despite the cold and fog, we bundled up and still really enjoyed our time. We drove along East beach up to Montecito, then back through the funk zone to our first tasting room. From there, we went up to the SB mission and back down to the harbor before going to our second tasting room. We bought our tickets on Groupon so the entire experience was reasonably priced at the end of the day (they may honor Groupon prices directly if you ask?). Highly recommended! read more

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UPDATE: COMPANY STILL HAS YET TO GIVE ME A REFUND, I called several times over the last few weeks and was told i have to request refund through groupon and they would approve refund, groupon contacted me today saying Sidecar wine tours has not approved my refund and would like me to rebook. I have no desire to use a service when i flew into town for a scheduled tour and received NO CORRESPONDENCE AND THE COMPANY JUST DIDNT SHOW UP! And now almost a month later has yet to give me my money back. Planned a special valentines day gift for my partner, Called in the morning to confirm or reschedule, but got no answer or response. Figured we were ok because we had a confirmation and received no correspondence to say our tour was canceled as communicated in the confirmation email. Showed up 15 mins early as told, and waited an additional 45 minutes after our scheduled time. No one ever showed up or communicated to say tour was cancelled. Drive 2hrs away for nothing. No respect for patrons after charging nearly 500 for this tour the least they could do is communicate when there are changes. DO NOT WASTE UR TIME OR MONEY read more

Booked and credit card charged had a group of six come in from out of town to take this what was supposed to be an amazing tour. They canceled one hour before our tour was supposed to start, and blamed it on Covid. This is 2024. We're still blaming everything on Covid. Please come up with something more original. read more

David was our guide and though we had been to Santa Barbara a few times this experience was unique in something different I wanted my wife to be able to enjoy! David was so awesome that I believe any other way I would have decided to do this would have came up really short of the joy and great time we had in the wine tour and a bit of a lesson in some of Santa Barbara's history. Not only that but he spent time getting to know us as well! My wife even gave him a nickname....Dapper Dave! I'm sure all the tour guides are great but David was the perfect one for us. Both me and my wife chose to send a review but I wanted the picture with Dapper Dave holding her purse lol! Thanks Dapper Dave! It may not be the last time you see us on that tour!!! read more

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Human poop inside the sidecar. Absolutely disgusting. I didn't touch it but it was verified by the smell. Told the owner and he won't even refund me. These guys don't know how to run a business let alone clean a bike read more

We booked the wine tour and it was a super fun experience! I initially booked a tour online for 4 pm on a Friday for 4 people (Saturday was all booked for a party our size) but since we were driving up from the LA/OC area in afternoon and anticipated traffic, I called to see if there was opening on Saturday and they were able to squeeze us in! Woohoo! We met Kim and Sam and they were awesome! They were chill and informative at the same time. We visited two wineries and we really like the 2nd one. Kim's recommendation of ordering the chocolate for the wine pairings was spot on! They took photos of us at some of the main tourists attractions in SB and sent them to me later. They also took photos of us from our phones. I highly recommend this tour if you want to try something off beat and fun. Also, loved that the tour wasn't an all day excursion (3.5 hours) so we were able to do other things that day. read more

this santa ynez side car tour experience through Expedia was a compl NIGHTMARE!. the operator took our money and the NEVER showed up! it was a TOTAL SCAM. don't do this tour as you'll end up waiting half your day and getting frustrated because the operator never picked up his cell phone or messages. again total SCAM! read more

I was looking for a fun, unique activity to do for Memorial Day Weekend and stumbled upon this experience on Groupon. Surprised my boyfriend and it did not disappoint! David was the best driver -- very prompt, communicative, knowledgeable and he dressed with "a bit of swagger"! We bopped around the most scenic spots in SB and really enjoyed the freedom of the backroads on a motorcycle. The weather could not have been more perfect. Five stars, highly recommend! read more

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Amazing experience! Kim and Sam were so fun, and gave a great tour through Santa Barbara! The wineries were all great too! read more

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Absolutely amazing wine tasting and side car tour around the beautiful Santa Barbara vistas! I would definitely go again and recommend this to anyone who loves a fun side car motorcycle ride and delicious wine. read more

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So fun! Did this to celebrate sister birthday! We had a blast - such a fun way to see the sites . Our guide was super funny and knowledgeable- made it very comfortable. Will definitely do again! read more

David was our tour guide (& currently the only guide in Santa Barbara), he was so enjoyable to be around and very knowledgeable about the town. He took us on beautiful scenic tour in the side car which goes rather quick and is quite exhilarating! We were taken to two wineries where the tastings are included in the tour. This is definitely worth doing, so different and cute! It was about a 2 1/2 hour tour and the last winery had live music! About 45 minutes at each stop which is plenty of time to not have to rush. Check on Groupon to see if they have a deal going on & don't forget to tip your servers and wonderful tour guide! read more

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We booked trip to Santa Barbara but had to cancel a few weeks before event. I purchased through GroupOn and they refunded my money immediately. Unfortunately I had to book using redeem code through sidecar tours. Well, they charged me about $60 for gratuity fees for the two wineries, I called them for a few weeks every single day and never got a hold of anyone so that I can get a refund of the service I was not going to use.. I also emailed and never received a response or anything. The day of the event which had been canceled weeks before they called me to reschedule me from Saturday to Sunday, I am so glad that this got canceled because that would've ruined all our plans as we were leaving early Sunday. The fact that they never responded to refund me $60 and that they still rescheduled event even though it had been canceled just shows how unprofessional this company is, will never deal with this company ever. read more

Had a great time! Short little ride but sweet. Thank you @David for making our getaway memories!

This is the best way to see Rome. This is my second visit and I saw so much more of the city. The tour information was interesting and fun. The gelato was amazing. They thought of every detail to make this enjoyable in the heat. They had water and even altered the route to keep us more in the shade. They took such good care of me and my mother. They made sure we were safe getting in and out of the sidecar. Best tour I booked in Rome. They truly care about you and were kind and thoughtful! I could keep going on and on! read more

Loved the side car tour! Ride was fun and comfortable! The driver was awesome and very knowledgeable about SB. We're locals and still learned so much. Would definitely recommend this to our local friends and anyone visiting! read more

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They never showed up. Left us waiting at the pick up spot. Zero communication, no apology. Took over a week for them to return my money. Horrible. read more

David was amazing! He was so knowledgeable, an excellent driver, and a wonderful photographer. David went out of his way to make sure we were comfortable, and to get the perfect photo every time. We can't wait to come back and have another adventure with him! read more

1 star only because I can't do zero. Our tour was cancelled on the day of the tour and we were told our money would be refunded immediately. Surprise!!! It's been almost two weeks and all we get are excuses. What a scam!!! read more

so fun, Robert gave us a great tour, conversation and wine at Jamie Slone winery was excellent. we loved the views of our city from the side car perspective. APS, the Mission, Carrillo Blvd, Butterfly beach . A beautiful day. Thank you Robert read more

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! I had a reservation for 2 ppl on 3/19/24 in Santa Barbara. The driver canceled 3 minutes before our reservation due to foggy weather (this made sense since we chose the scenic ride, although he should have let us know much sooner)... so we rescheduled for the next day 3/20 at 10am and confirmed it with our driver. We showed up at the correct time and address, and sure enough the driver doesn't respond to our texts/calls and we literally never heard from him again! I called the phone # on the website and thank goodness they gave me my money back for a full refund (that is the only good news). DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY on this company. I was lucky that we were able to move some activities around in my trip but it sucks to carve out time for the side car ride only for the driver to not show up not once, but twice!! read more

Waited under the sun with my 8 yo daughter for 30 minutes but nobody showed up. The customer service could not get a hold of the driver. We were at Santa Barbara with the cruise so we only stays there for a few hours. Too late to book anything else. We went back to the ship disappointed. The refund was prompt but we did not get to do anything at the shore that day. read more

This romantic tour consisted of all the pictures we could take, knowledgeable staff at the wine stops, and views you'll never appreciate anywhere else. Our tour guide came fully equipped with sanitized helmets, blankets, and a wealth of knowledge to this historically classy town. Highly recommend and would go again ‍ read more

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David was great and totally dressed the part. The sidecar tour was a perfect time filler before our train back to LA and a beautiful way to see the city. It was energizing and Well worth what we paid. I recommend! read more