Inn-to-Inn with a Twist


Inn-to-Inn tours are a standard of the bike-tourism industry, and with good reason -- take in the sights by bike, sleep indoors, eat at restaurants -- what could be better? Here at Adventure Cycling, we figured out what was missing. We added our own twist to the inn-to-inn tours offered by other companies. We made them self-contained! So whether you want to make the leap from van-supported touring to self-contained, want to try light touring, or just want to enjoy the adventure of a bicycle tour with a soft bed at the end of the day, our inn-to-inn tours are the choice for you!

Our inn-to-inn trips offer a variety of overnight locations, ranging from historic inns to budget motels. Our tours tend to fall on the lower end of the luxury scale -- our bicycle-travel philosophy is geared toward allowing our participants to immerse themselves in the history and cultural fabric of the area they are traveling through, and we feel that staying in a "luxury" accommodation prohibits that immersion.

The tour cost is based on double occupancy. One of the cons of staying indoors is a lessening of the group experience that is fostered in campgrounds and other communal spaces, and we believe that sharing a room with one of your fellow participants goes a long way towards allowing that group camaraderie to flourish in an inn-to-inn setting.

All meals, starting with dinner on the first night of the tour and ending with lunch on the final day of the tour, are included in the tour cost. We'll eat breakfast and dinner at local restaurants, and lunch will be made by the participants each morning to take with them on their bicycles and eat at their leisure during the day.

It is important to remember that our inn-to-inn tours are completely self-contained, which means that there will be no vehicle support, and that participants will need to carry their own gear. This is a great way to ease into fully-loaded touring, or to explore light touring to see if it is the right choice for you!

Interested in one of our inn-to-inn tours? Check out our Red Rock Ramble, our Black Hills Inn-to-Inn or our Great Lakes Inn-to-Inn! And as always, let us know if there's anything we can do to help.

Drawing by Greg Siple.

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ON THE ROAD is written by the tours team -- Mo, Paul, Madeline, and Arlen -- tours specialists and intrepid bicyclists, covering all things related to Adventure Cycling's Tours Department. Check out our our 2012 Tours!

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/03/inn-to-inn-with-twist.html

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