The growth community for independent bike tour operators
Grow your bike tour business—without growing your OTA dependence.
Learn from proven peers, strengthen direct bookings, and build trusted industry relationships through a curated global operator community.
- Curated membership
- €29 per city/month
- 100% independent
The directory is one commission-free visibility benefit for members.
You should not have to figure it all out alone
A stronger independent business starts with better operator knowledge.
Cycle Cities brings comparable businesses together so members can replace isolated trial and error with practical peer learning, trusted collaboration, and a shared commitment to direct booking.
Learn what works
Get practical insight from operators solving the same marketing, operations, and direct-booking challenges.
Build trusted relationships
Connect with independent peers outside your local market through a private community and real-world gatherings.
Grow direct
Strengthen the channels and partnerships that help travelers discover you and book directly.
What membership includes
More than a group chat. A practical operator network.
Membership combines ongoing peer access, structured knowledge, industry visibility, and an annual in-person community.
Private operator community
Stay connected with independent peers through the members-only WhatsApp community.
Weekly insights and knowledge
Learn from a weekly newsletter, knowledge hub, and webinar recordings built around operator needs.
Peer learning
Share practical experience with businesses facing comparable challenges outside your local market.
Visibility opportunities
Take part in cross-promotion and consumer-facing visibility designed to support direct discovery.
Member website listing
Give travelers a direct route to your business without Cycle Cities charging sales commission.
Annual Symposium
Meet members in person for tours, presentations, discussions, and long-term industry relationships.
The annual anchor of membership
The Symposium is where the network comes to life.
Each year, members meet in a host city to share what they know, challenge each other’s thinking, ride together, and build the relationships that make cross-city collaboration possible.
What membership feels like in practice
Useful contact when you need it—not another course to finish.
Cycle Cities combines quick peer access with deeper resources and real-world time together. Members can participate around the needs of their business.
Ongoing
Ask peers, not the algorithm
Use the private WhatsApp community to compare notes with operators who understand the realities of running city tours and rentals.
Weekly
Stay close to useful insight
Receive operator-focused ideas and observations through the weekly newsletter rather than generic tourism advice.
On demand
Return to structured knowledge
Use the knowledge hub and webinar recordings when a specific marketing, operations, or growth question becomes urgent.
Every year
Turn contacts into relationships
Meet members at the annual Symposium for tours, presentations, practical discussions, and time together in a host city.
What changes when you join
Replace isolated guesswork with informed action.
Cycle Cities cannot run your business for you. It can give you better people, examples, and knowledge to learn from.
Without the network
Working it out alone
- Guessing which ideas are worth testing
- Learning in isolation
- Depending on generic tourism advice
- Treating direct booking as a solo project
With Cycle Cities
Learning with peers
- Comparing experience with proven peers
- Using structured operator knowledge
- Building trusted non-local relationships
- Developing direct-booking capability over time
Membership Access
A low-friction way to join the operator community. Applications are reviewed to protect member fit and the quality of the network.
Built for independent operators
Is Cycle Cities a fit for your business?
- You run an independent city bike tour or rental business
- You want to strengthen direct booking and reduce OTA dependence
- You value open knowledge sharing with non-local peers
- You are ready to take part in a curated professional community
Questions before applying
Straight answers for operators.
What does the membership access cost?
The published Membership Access price is €29 per city per month. Membership is approved rather than automatic.
Is Cycle Cities a booking agency?
No. Cycle Cities does not sell tours and does not charge members commission on sales made through the site.
Will I be sharing with a direct competitor?
Cycle Cities is built around collaboration, not exclusivity. While some cities may have multiple members, every application is carefully reviewed to ensure new members align with our community values and contribute positively to the network.
What do members receive?
Published benefits include the private WhatsApp community, weekly insights, a website listing, knowledge resources, webinar recordings, visibility opportunities, peer learning, and the annual Symposium.
Independent, but not alone
Build a stronger bike tour business with operators who understand it.
Apply to join the Cycle Cities community, or talk to the team if you want to understand membership first.