I am glad I stumbled into this thread. I signed up for a tour with WomanTours because I want to try bicycle touring, and I have absolutely zero camping experience, and am still a fairly new biker. I paid for the single upgrade and being a "friendly introvert" as someone else put it I would rather have my own room. Three of my cousins (all girls in their late 20s and early 30s like me) did the GAP trail this year and camped out. They want to do the full GAP and C&O trial, followed by an amtrak trip back to Pitt where one of the girls lives, and I hear this year's trip is going to be in Michigan possibly the UP. I would like to do at least one of the cousin's rides with the girls but I feel like a guided tour would be a better introduction for me. I am fluid enough to get along with any sort of group unless it is wall to wall kid talk (I am a child free, single, dog mom). Personally my biggest concern with a group tour is not being out with "professional riders" who's vacation will be ruined by waiting for me the newbie to catch up.