Thanks for the feedback. That's a shame about the first hotel in Olot. We do use a mixture of hotels and there can be up to 7 or 8 hotels used on just 1 holiday. The hotels selected are chosen due to the couple of factors - luggage van accessibility, proximity to the cycle paths/routes and cost to keep the tours affordable.
We do not offer as much detail as we could do about some of the tour specifics such as attractions or things to see along the way, but hope to improve on this for next year.
Helmets are a tricky issue because we always say to bring your own regardless of whether they are provided or not. It is always better to wear one that fits and is comfortable rather than borrow one that might not be suitable.
We are trying to obtain GPX files for all of the holidays next year that should make navigation easier when leaving the larger towns or cities.
Thanks again for the comments. Hope to hear from you next year!