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2026 SPRING CLASSICS
4 DAY FLANDERS LONG WEEKEND

April 2026

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    Belgium

2026 SPRING CLASSICS.

Join Ride International Tours as we experience the best of the 2026 Tour of Flanders Spring Classic.

Our 4 Day Tour of Flanders Spring Classics Tour includes both the Tour of Flanders sportif, as well as our Tour of Flanders Race experience, we’ll based in the Flanders region of Belgium for the duration of the tour.

We’ll ride the Flanders region of Belgium and visit cyclings iconic landmarks including the Koppenberg, Kwaremont, Muur van Geraardsbergen and the Tour of Flanders Cycling Museum.

We have broken down our 11-day Ultimate Spring Classics Tour into 3 smaller modules so you can mix and match to create your own tour that best suits your needs and travel dates, we supply the transfers between tours. You may want to look at our 4 Day Best of Belgium and Netherlands – & or, our 4 Day Paris Roubaix weekend Tour.

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2026 Spring Classics

4 Day Tour of Flanders Long Weekend

Tour Highlights:

WATCH
• Tour of Flanders Race, Belgium

VISIT
• Tour of Flanders Museum
• Belgium Beer Experience

RIDE
• Tour of Flanders Sportif – Granfondo

Andrew Pike

2026 Spring Classics Tour of Flanders Tour. Join us in Belgium.

You’ll spend the famous race days of the Tour of Flanders on a exclusive experience designed in co-operation with former professionals Phil Anderson [Australia] and Rudy Rogiers [Belgium], we intercept the Men’s and Women’s races at strategic points.

Phil Anderson who co designed this tour was based in Belgium for much of his early pro cycling career, he was passionate about doing well in these early season Spring Classics races, including winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1983, 2nd at the Tour of Flanders and Liege. Rudy Rogiers our Belgian staff member placed 2nd in the Paris Roubaix.

Our combined experience allows us to plan our days to intercept the races, including being at the finish of the race.

Additionally, We ride one of the world’s best amateur Gran Fondo’s, the Tour of Flanders Sportif the day prior to the big race [entry included]. The sportif can be achieved by anyone, and are likely one of the best days you’ll ever spend on a bike. There’s a distance to suit everyone and we’ll coach you in the art/technique of riding these famous courses. You’re guaranteed to love it, you’ll return home more relaxed on the bike and ready to take on new challenges.

When we’re not at the Tour of Flanders race or riding through the many towns, villages and iconic cycling locations of the region, the Tour of Flanders Tour offers a unique insight/cultural immersion into Belgium life, and their unrivalled passion for cycling and it’s famous races.

inclusions

  • Spacious Cycling Friendly Four Star Accommodation.
  • Daily breakfasts (Evening Meals, Lunches, Drinks Etc As Per Detailed Itinerary Below).
  • Tour of Flanders – Race Day, European-Style Gourmet Picnic Lunch including local / international foods, French bubbly, Belgium beer, Wine, Cool Drinks
  • Complimentary entry into the Tour of Flanders Sportif
  • Local guides for cycling and non-cyclists including former Australian Pro Rider Phil Anderson
  • Minimum of three guided ride options per day, to suit your preferred distance and amount of climbing
  • Pro mechanical support on tour
  • Support vehicle each day to carry daypacks, spare parts, hydration and ride snacks
  • Hotels
  • All breakfasts
  • Welcome and farewell dinner and drink [additional evening meals as per detailed itinerary]
  • Separate Spectator Itinerary for Non-cyclists
  • Electronic itinerary, including daily ride maps
  • Free download of our GPS Ride Routes
  • Complimentary return airport – or trainstation transfers
  • Daily Bike Spa including Bike Wash, Mechanical check and tune, by a Pro Mechanic
  • Our Premium Quality Rider Pack includes: Jersey and Custom Scicon Wet/Rain Bag
  • Our Premium Quality Spectator Pack includes: Designer Ride International Tours Polo Shirt, Custom Scicon Bag

sample itinerary

DAY 1 – April 2026

ARRIVAL DAY + RIDE

Pick up time: 9am Brussels Airport – or 11am: Flanders Train Station
Arrival Day Ride Distance: 45km  Climbing: 200m
Dinner: 7.30pm Welcome Dinner
Accommodation: Flanders

About our day:  

Welcome to Belgium, The Spring Classics and The Tour of Flanders.

This morning is welcome day, we’ll meet you at the location of your choice: 9am Brussels Airport – or 11am: Flanders Train Station.

Alternatively we always highly recommend arriving at least one day prior to a tour start ie Day 0, it’ll alleviate travel stress, you’ll recover from your travel better and it’ll build in some wiggle room in the event your travel and connections don’t flow as smoothly as you’d like.

Once at our Team Hotel in Flanders, we’ll assist you to build up your bike, or do the final fitting, put your pedals onto your hire bike etc.

After a quick bite to each for lunch, we’ll ride from our hotel to the Tour of Flanders event area on sections of the Tour of Flanders course for you to experience the course prior to your ride tomorrow. Once at the event area we’ll collect our registrations for the following day.

Non-cycling options:

Discover our local town, it’s a lovely place with plenty of heritage.

1pm: Join the group as we head across to the Tour of Flanders event area, here you can explore the beautiful town, it’s vast town square, shops and visit the Tour of Flanders Museum, boutique, cycling friendly restuarant and bar.

Late in the day return to our hotel and prepare for our Spring Classics Welcome Dinner.

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Our Ride:  

Ride Start: 1pm • Distance: 45km • Climbing: 200m

Welcome Day, warm up ride to get the legs and body moving, we include a pave riding skills session enroute from our Team Hotel on the sections of the Tour of Flanders route and then to the Tour of Flanders Sportif event area. We’ll collect our entry packs, then visit the Tour of Flanders Cycling Museum.

Late in the day we return to our hotel to prepare for tonights welcome dinner and the following mornings Tour of Flanders Sportif.

Après Bike:

Suggested Post Ride rehydration: Hops helps recovery, Belgium is the spiritual home of beer, be sure to enjoy a lesser know local Pils beer, they are light and freshing, you may want to leave the more famed, stonger Belgium beers for another night.

Dinner: 

Meet in the Hotel Lobby, tonight is our Tour of Flanders welcome dinner

 Accommodation:

Our Four Star Team Hotel in Flanders, Belgium
1 of 3 Nights

Pricing & Dates

4 Day Tour Of Flanders Dates

“Indicative dates” [Day 0:  April 2026]

Day 1: April 2026

Payments

ADVANCED BOOKING DEPOSIT:

AUD $750 [approximately] USD $550 reserves your spot on the 4 Day Tour of Flanders Long Weekend.

*Note, our Spring Classic Tours are new each year, we maximise your experience with race viewing, sportifs, great rides and cultural experiences*

Indicative Tour Pricing

[Based on 2026 Tour Pricing]

Twin Share Room: AUD $3,250 – $3,450 AUD [approx conversion USD $2,300]

Single Room Supplement: AUD $375-$425 [approximately] USD $250-$285

$750.00 AUD

Hotel Option

ROOMS / SINGLE SUPPLEMENT

* Our twin share prices are per person based on two people ie couples, partners, friends sharing one room. If you are travelling alone, you have the option to have a room to yourself by paying the additional single room supplement.

Bike Hire

Take the hassle out of traveling with your bike and hire a bike for our 4 Day Spring Classics Tour.

Our Tour

4 Day VIP Tour of Flanders Long Weekend provides the ideal mix of “ride more – transfer less”.

The proximity of our Team Hotel in West Flanders allows us to to ride plenty each day, recover off the bike, combined with plenty of time available to explore our local areas.

You’ll have your fill of riding, optional extra rides are available each day for those that are keen for more. Plus we visit many local places of interest including Artisan Producers, Bike Stores, Cycling Museum, World War 1 Memorial, lovely cafe’s / coffee shops as we indulge in a Tour of Flanders Spring Classics immersion. Let us know your passions, interests and things you’d like to see and do, we have plenty of great recommendations for the region.

We’ll see different aspects of Belgium mixed with a cultural, historic, culinary and beverage experience. April is a beautiful time to visit and ride, there’s plenty of seasonal produce available, along with the bursts of Spring flowers.

The atmosphere, passion and knowledge of the fans in Belgium is unrivalled, the enthusiastic local cycling fans create an electric atmosphere. We’ll show you the smaller roads, ride classic roads, see famous monuments, picture postcard villages, beautiful cities and stay in a lovely hotel.

There’s something endearing about riding a bike in Belgium it’s a country practically born and raised on bikes and cycling racing. The terrain is almost purpose-built for cyclists, cycle racing and cycling is still regarded as the nation’s number one sport in Spring.

Our Spring Classics tours are led by our experienced team and locals who’ve been hosting tours to these races and areas for many years, we’ll get you up close and personal with the Pro riders to experience the excitement first hand. We know how to get the best out of your riding, Spring Classics experience, all in a safe, supported, team like environment.

This tour is perfect for passionate cyclists, cycling fans, non-cyclist, non cycling partners or people who’d like to do a bit of riding and race watching. $750 (per person) reserves your spot for the 2026 Ultimate Spring Classics Best of Belgium Tour. Come ride with us, we’re the Spring Classics experts.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Spring Classics in April.
Ciao Pat, Grace Fitzpatrick and the Ride International Team

Meet your hosts for our 2026 Spring Classics Tours
Alpine Expert & Chief Fun Officer- Thierry Favre
Co-Tour Leader - Thierry Favre [Swiss]
Andrew Pike
Chief Fun Officer - Andrew Pike [AUS]
Pat Fitzpatrick - Ride International Tours
Directeur Sportif - Pat Fitzpatrick [AUS]

Pat and Grace worked tirelessly to make sure everyone’s needs and expectations were met

S. Charlton (2015)Queensland, Australia

A big thanks to you for making my trip, as a non-rider, very memorable

L. Green (2010) New Zealand

Grace and Pat go above and beyond to make sure you have a good time

Steph W. (2015, 2014 & 2013)NSW, Australia

Nothing was too much trouble, their demeanour was always cheery

Andrew S. (2014)Melbourne, Australia

Knowledgeable, multilingual, always helpful, a great team

Tommy. E (2016, 2014, 2013, 2012)USA

Grace is the most organised of guides, no request is too unusual or difficult

A. Saunders (2017)Victoria, Australia

You took care of my wife wonderfully… I am grateful and appreciative

David S. (2016)Canada

Thanks very much for a highly enjoyable and excellently run tour

Daren A. (2012)QLD, Australia

Grace and Pat are remarkable. Thank you so much!

Claudia H. (2104)Canada

Grace… you are warm, inclusive and infectious in your enthusiasm

John H. (2014)Australia

Pat and his team did an absolutely brilliant job

L. Hocking (2015)Victoria, Australia

Big thanks to Grace & Patrick… we had a Brilliant time

Andrew E (2016)Australia

The trip ran like clock work… all we had to worry about was enjoying ourselves

Ben K. (2013)NSW, Australia

Grace… you are still as efficient and organised as always

Richard B. (2016, 2012)Western Australia

Pat’s leadership gave everyone what they needed

Peter F. (2010)New Zealand

TOUR INCLUSIONS:

  • Spacious Cycling Friendly Four Star Accommodation.
  • Daily breakfasts (Evening Meals, Lunches, Drinks Etc As Per Detailed Itinerary Below).
  • Local guides for cycling and non-cyclists including former Australian Pro Rider Phil Anderson
  • Minimum of three guided ride options per day, to suit your preferred distance and amount of climbing
  • Pro mechanical support on tour
  • Support vehicle to carry daypacks, spare parts, hydration and ride snacks
  • Separate Spectator Itinerary for Non-cyclists
  • Itinerary, including daily ride maps
  • Free download of our GPS Ride Routes
  • Complimentary return train station transfers
  • Daily Bike Spa including Bike Wash, Mechanical check and tune, by a Pro Mechanic
  • Cyclists Receive Our Premium Quality European Rider Pack including: Jersey, Knicks, Socks, Cycling Cap and Musette Bag
  • Non-Cyclists Receive a Spectator Pack including Designer Ride International Tours Polo Shirt, Socks, Cap and Musette Bag

Our Tour

Our Tour of Flanders Spring Classics Tour provides the ideal mix of “ride more – transfer less”.

The proximity of the Flanders region to everything in Belgium allows us to participate in the “must do” Tour of Flanders sportif, experience a VIP Tour of Flanders race day, plus enjoy plenty of recover time off the bike each day to explore.

You’ll have your fill of riding, plus we’ll see different aspects of the Tour of Flanders race including stage start, midpoint and finish. All the Tour of Flanders action mixed in with a cultural, historic, culinary and beverage experience of Belgium.

April is a beautiful time to visit Belgium and ride the Tour of Flanders Sportif. The atmosphere, passion and knowledge of the fans at the race is unrivalled, the Belgium fans create an electric atmosphere. We’ll show you the smaller roads, ride the iconic Spring Classic climbs, see famous monuments, picture postcard villages, beautiful cities and stay in a lovely hotel.

There’s something endearing about riding a bike in Belgium, it’s a countrie practically born and raised on two wheels and cycle racing. The terrain is almost purpose-built for cyclists and cycling is still regarded as the nations number one sport in Spring.

Each of our Spring Classics Itinerary’s provides a unique experience as the race routes change a little each year, you can count on riding many of the legendary routes made famous by the Spring Classics including: The Koppenberg, Kwaremont, Muur van Geraardsbergen just to name a few.

Our Spring Classics tour is led by our experienced team who’ve been hosting tours to these races for many years, we’ll get you up close and personal with the Pro riders, to experience the excitement of the incredible Spring Classics. We know how to get the best out of your riding, Spring Classics experience, all in a safe, supported, team like environment.

This tour is perfect for passionate cyclists, cycling fans, non cyclist, non cycling partners or people who’d like to do a bit of riding and race watching. $750 (per person) reserves your spot for the 2022 Spring Classics. Come ride with us, we’re the Spring Classics experts.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Spring Classics in April.
Ciao Pat, Grace, Phil and the Team

 

spring classics race

Spring classics riders corner

spring classics rider on cobble stones

spring classics flanders museum

Pat and Grace worked tirelessly to make sure everyone’s needs and expectations were met

S. Charlton (2015)Queensland, Australia

A big thanks to you for making my trip, as a non-rider, very memorable

L. Green (2010) New Zealand

Grace and Pat go above and beyond to make sure you have a good time

Steph W. (2015, 2014 & 2013)NSW, Australia

Nothing was too much trouble, their demeanour was always cheery

Andrew S. (2014)Melbourne, Australia

Knowledgeable, multilingual, always helpful, a great team

Tommy. E (2016, 2014, 2013, 2012)USA

Grace is the most organised of guides, no request is too unusual or difficult

A. Saunders (2017)Victoria, Australia

You took care of my wife wonderfully… I am grateful and appreciative

David S. (2016)Canada

Thanks very much for a highly enjoyable and excellently run tour

Daren A. (2012)QLD, Australia

Grace and Pat are remarkable. Thank you so much!

Claudia H. (2104)Canada

Grace… you are warm, inclusive and infectious in your enthusiasm

John H. (2014)Australia

Pat and his team did an absolutely brilliant job

L. Hocking (2015)Victoria, Australia

Big thanks to Grace & Patrick… we had a Brilliant time

Andrew E (2016)Australia

The trip ran like clock work… all we had to worry about was enjoying ourselves

Ben K. (2013)NSW, Australia

Grace… you are still as efficient and organised as always

Richard B. (2016, 2012)Western Australia

Pat’s leadership gave everyone what they needed

Peter F. (2010)New Zealand

 4 DAY ITINERARY

2021 Spring Classics Tour With Phil Anderson

DAY 1 – FRIDAY, 3RD APRIL 2024

ARRIVAL DAY + RIDE

Pick up time: 9am Brussels Airport – or 11am: At our Team Hotel
Arrival Day Ride Distance: 45km  Climbing: 200m
Dinner: 7.30pm Welcome Dinner
Accommodation: Flanders

About our day:  

Welcome to the Belgium, The Spring Classics and The Tour of Flanders.

This morning is welcome day, we’ll meet you at the location of your choice: 9am Brussels Airport – or 11am: At our Team Hotel.

We always highly recommend arriving at least one day prior to a tour start, it’ll alleviate travel stress, you’ll recover from your travel better and it’ll build in some wiggle room in the event your travel and connections don’t flow as smoothly as you’d like.

Once at our Team Hotel, we’ll assist you to build up your bike, or do the final fitting, put your pedals onto your hire bike etc.

After a quick bite to each for lunch, we’ll ride from our hotel to the Tour of Flanders event area to collect our registrations for the following day.

Non-cycling options:

Discover our local town, it’s a lovely place with plenty of heritage.

1pm: Join the group as we head across to the Tour of Flanders event area, here you can explore the beautiful town, it’s vast town square shops and visit the Tour of Flanders Museum, botique, cycling restuarant and bar.

Late in the day return to our hotel and prepare for our Spring Classics Welcome Dinner.

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Our Ride:  

Ride Start: 1pm • Distance: 45km • Climbing: 200m

Welcome Day, warm up ride to get the legs and body moving, we include a pave riding skills session enroute from our Team Hotel to the Tour of Flanders Sportif event area. We’ll collect our entry packs, then visit the Tour of Flanders Cycling Museum.

Late in the day we return to our hotel to prepare for tonights welcome dinner and the following mornings Tour of Flanders Sportif.

Après Bike:

Suggested Post Ride rehydration: Hops helps recovery, Belgium is the spiritual home of beer, be sure to enjoy a lesser know local Pils beer, they are light and freshing, you may want to leave the more famed, stonger Belgium beers for another night.

Dinner: 

Meet in the Hotel Lobby, tonight is our Tour of Flanders welcome dinner

 Accommodation:

Our Four Star Team Hotel in Flanders, Belgium
1 of 3 Nights

11 Day Ultimate Tour of Flanders & Paris Roubaix

DAY 2 – SATURDAY, 4TH APRIL 2019

Breakfast: From 7am
Vehicles Depart: 7.45am
Our Ride Start: 8.45am
Ride Distances: 75km / 145km / 174km.

About our day:  

Today is the day you’ve been waitng for and dreaming about. Today is all about the Tour of Flanders Sportif.

Like many other European mass participation rides, this event can be started at anytime between 7am – 10am. This flexible start time helps to spread the 16,000 participants out over the course and helps reduces riders pre ride/race nerves.

We choose a generous start time to allow for our short morning vehicle transfer. Loop rides start and finish in the town of Oudenaarde, over a challenging hilly, cobbled course.

…

Non-cycling options:

Plenty of options today based on your personal interests, or preferences.
Visit Oudenaard with the group riding to see the Tour of Flanders sportif, it’s a fun day with huge crowds in the town and region to support the 16,000 riders.

Explore the town, it’s museums, bars, restaurants, additional options for active off bike activities include walks – hikes etc, ask us how.

Discover neighbouring Belgium towns – cities. Head out to discover Ghent, Brugge, Antwerp etc, ask us how.

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Our Ride:  Tour of Flanders Sportive

Ride Distances:  75km / 145km / 174km
Climbing: Plenty of small Belgie Bergs

Today is your chance to ride and experience the Tour of Flanders Sportif.

Various course lengths are available to suit riders of all fitness and abilities, the route is achievable by anyone with a passsion to participate, options of 74km, 139km & 174km Loop rides are available. Multiple feed and aid stations are set up on the course, support is plentiful.

The event routes start and finish in the town of Oudenaarde. Each course takes sections of the same iconic, hilly, challenging, cobbled roads as the pro’s will race on the following day.

The Tour of Flanders sportif is a beautiful day on the bike, it’s full of fantastic Belgium experiences, challenges and great people like yourself out on the roads of Belgium enjoying the day. The rewards of attending this event are great, we believe it’s one of the best sportifs in the world.

 Après Bike:

Free program to explore our town, it’s restuarants, bars and eateries. We’ll be heading out for a social /informal dinner (non-inclusion).

We’ll make a plan for dinner – feel free to join us or Let us know your preferred food types, budget and dining style! We’ll point you in the right direction for great local places.

Accommodation: 

Our Four Star Team Hotel, Flanders, Belgium
2 of 3 Nights

Phil Anderson

DAY 3 – SUNDAY, 5TH APRIL 2019

Breakfast: 7am
Vehicles Depart 7:30am. 1 hour transfer.
Race: Tour of Flanders Race Day, 270km
Race Start: 10.30am

About our day:  

Today is our VIP Tour of Flanders experieince co-hosted by Australian former pro cyclist Phil Anderson and Pat Fitzpatrick. Phil and Pat have worked together for over 10 years, their combined skills, experience and passion for all things cycling create the best Spring Classics experiences available.

Phil may not need much of an introduction to many of you, but you’ll be pleased to know Phil is highly regarded and remembered well in Belgium due to his attacking style of racing. Phil focused the early part of each of his seasons to specialise in the Spring Classics, he had great success at the Classics, winning the Amstel Gold Race, placing 2nd twice at the Tour of Flanders, a long list of big results and podium places at nearly all of the Spring Classics Races.

You’re bound to hear plenty of exciting stories from the golden era of cycling, plus insights into the riders preperation and the way the race is playing out on the day. You are in great hands, It’ll be an exciting day from start to finish at the 2021 Tour of Flanders.

Phil will give us a truly unique VIP experience and expert commentary through the day as we navigate a very tricky course to see the race in this style. This style of see’ing the Tour of Flanders is only possible from our combined experience, plus as a young pro cyclist Phil was based in Belgium, he’s still recognised where ever he goes, he’s considered a local amongst people from Belgium, he knows the races, the culture and the country of Belgium like a local.

Non-cycling options:

Join the group on a unique VIP Tour of Flanders race day, including Gourmet, Champagne Picnic Lunch.

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Our Ride:  Active Recovery Day – VIP Spectating, Tour of Flanders Race Day
 Our Race Experience: Tour of Flanders

7.30am: Depart in our vehicles, 1 hr vehicle transfer to Antwerp, the start location for the Tour of Flanders.
8.30am: Arrive in Antwerp, Discover the city, see the teams and riders prepare for the start of the Tour of Flanders.
10.30am: Tour of Flanders race starts.

We’ll experience the build up to the start, the local fans will flood in and we’ll be there to experience the incredible excitiment of the Tour of Flanders. The riders headout from Antwerp on flatter exposed roads to do battle on the cobbles of the Flanders region of Belgium.

After the race start, we’ll quickly head back to our waiting vehicles to jump ahead of the race, we’ll pick up the race again as it comes past our Team Hotel around 12pm. Back to our vehicles again as we transfer ahead of the race to position ourselves on the iconic Mur.

The Mur is often a critical point in the race where a selection of riders capable of winning the Tour of Flanders will go clear on the climb to the famous church. We’ll enjoy a gourmet European style picnic enroute, including local refreshments, champagne and cool drinks.

Once the race has passed over the Mur, we take our alternative route and jump ahead of the race to the race finish town of Oudenaard to see who wins the 2021 edition of the Tour of Flanders.

 Après Bike:

Dinner:

We’ll be heading out for a social /informal dinner (non-inclusion) and refreshing cool drink.

We bid farewell to guests on our 4 Day Tour of Flanders Long weeekend. We’ll make a plan for dinner – feel free to join us or Let us know your preferred food types, budget and dining style! We’ll point you in the right direction for great local places.

 Accommodation:

Our Four Star Team Hotel, Flanders, Belgium
3 of 3 Nights

1986 Coors Classic 86 Hinault Lemond Anderson Phinney jsPhSpt

DAY 4 – MONDAY, 6TH APRIL 2019

Breakfast: From 7am – 8.15am
Vehicle Departs: 8.30am
Arrive Aalst Train Station: 8.35am

About our day: Departure Day – Morning Transfer To Aalst Train Station

This morning after the excitement of the 4 Day Tour of Flanders weekend, we’ll gather again over a hearty breakfast.

After breakfast we offer a transfer for you and your luggage to the Aalst Train Station for your onward travel. Aalst Train Station is very well connected with all of the major European centers and International airports.

Alternatively if you’d like to join our Belgie 5 Day Training Camp Tour, we provide the transfers between the tours to Brugge in the north west of Flanders, Belgium.

Until next time, Au revoir from the Team at Ride International Tours

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OUR GUEST REVIEWS

Star rate
“Both Pat and Grace have excellent people skills, they build relationships quickly, they were always well organised with itineraries or plans for the day re weather, road changes, or unexpected issues that arose. Hard work from them made our tour of two weeks a dream holiday along with all the extra drama of the biggest cycling race in the world.”

- J. & I. Aplin . Napier, New Zealand

Star rate
“Thanks very much for a highly enjoyable and excellently run tour. You and your team certainly exceeded my expectations, not only with the rides but local knowledge which helped make life simple.”

- Daren A . QLD, Australia

Star rate
“It is the small things that you guys do behind the scenes that makes all the difference. It was an amazing experience to ride in Italy and experience the Giro first hand. Thanks again and looking forward to the next tour.”

- Stephen P . QLD, Australia

Star rate
“I first met Pat and Grace on a cycling tour in Europe in 2013. Pat and Grace make the perfect team to run these types of tours, both are friendly, bubbly and outgoing in their personalities and each bring their own invaluable skills to touring with a group.”

- A. Saunders . Victoria, Australia

Star rate
“Wow, two of the greatest tour guides I know. Knowledgeable, multilingual, always helpful, a great team to handle your once in a life time tour. I’ve done at least 4 two-week cycle tours with one or both of this husband wife team. Every one has been extraordinary. You will not go wrong with one of these two as your tour coordinators.”

- Tommy. E . USA

Advance Bookings:

We open up our Advance Reservations for trips so you can book well ahead. Guarantee your position by booking up to 12 months prior.

If you’d like to organise and book your trip more than 12 months prior, contact us via email or phone, we’ll arrange everything so you can make an advanced early booking.

An advance booking, accompanied by a fully refundable $750 AUD (Australian Dollar) ensures priority booking status when the trip details are announced. Note, an advance booking is not considered final until payment is received.

Once specific trip itinerary details are finalized, we’ll contact everyone on the advance reservation list via email, we’ll include the itinerary and offer a priority booking position before opening up bookings to the wider community.

If a trip fills – as it often does in the advance bookings, we create a waiting list and then offer reservations on a first-come, first-serve basis (based on the date the advance reservation was made) once our advanced booking guest have finalised.

To cancel an advance reservation a cancellation request must be submitted in writing/ via email within 14 days of the trip details being published. The (AUD) $750 advance reservation payment will be immediately refunded for any cancellation received within this 14-day period.

Travel Insurance:

As a Ride International Tour participant, it is compulsory to have your own travel insurance. We recommend activating your travel insurance as soon as you’ve placed your booking deposit to ensure you are covered from the outset. Please ensure that your policy includes coverage for:

  • Cancellation charges
  • Medical expenses in the event of an accident or illness.
  • Baggage
  • Cycling activities and associated risks
  • Cycling equipment

We encourage each participant on our tours to contact your travel agent, and or travel insurance provider directly. Your travel insurance experts are best equipped to provide clarification, recommendations for best providers and or further information on the cover that suits your specific needs.

Final Payments:

The balance of your trip payment is due no later than 120 days prior to your trip departure date, we will forward via email your final payment invoice. You can choose to make full payment earlier if you prefer to finalise your trip payment early, contact us and we will arrange for an invoice to be sent.

What if I have to transfer, change or cancel my trip:
We understand you may not be able to go on your trip, cancel, change or transfer due to personal or medical reasons. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to transfer to another trip that has places available. If you have a question give us a call or email.

Due to the high demand, limited hotel availability and the advance payments expected by our hotels and restaurants we use, the following cancellation conditions apply to all of our trips.

AFTER BOOKING, IF YOU CANCEL:

120 – 91 days prior to departure 50% cancellation fee of the trip price
90 – 61 days prior to departure 75% cancellation fee of the trip price
60 days and less prior to departure 100% cancellation fee of the trip price

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