Tips & Reviews
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Travel Books To Dream With
With the seasons changing, and this year keeping most of us home bound, it seems like the best antidote to the travel bug might be to hunker down with a book and get lost in the stories of others’ travels. … Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
The Future Of Travel – Airline Travel Trends
Speculation about who, how, when and what the future of travel will look like fills my inbox every day. Newsletters from every corner of the travel industry include surveys, articles and industry experts imagining what will happen next. It is… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Travel Insurance Basics
To say the COVID-19 pandemic has been an unusual and confusing time is an understatement. As travel plans were canceled, many travelers turned to travel insurance and were surprised when they were unable to claim their trip cancellations due to… Read full article
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About ExperiencePlus! / Tips & Reviews / Travel Tips
What’s All the “Plus!” About?
The Long and Short of our Bicycle Tours If you’ve poked around the tour finder on our website, or been on tour with us, you’ve likely noticed many of our bicycle tour itineraries have two departure length options: a short … Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Top 4 Tours for a Culture Fix
4 Great Tours for a Cultural Fix Bicycle travel is a great way to get a taste for local culture – in its many forms. Here are a few of our bicycle tours filled with phenomenal routes and deep dives… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Summer Cycling: Pro Tips For Keeping Cool
Summer is here which will inevitably lead to some hot days for cycling. We’ve got a few tips to keep you cool(ish) while riding, but before we jump into our tips for keeping cool, let’s revisit some of our old… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Escape with these great virtual getaways
Virtual Experiences Throughout The World As most vacation plans remain in limbo we’re continuing to keep the sense of adventure alive with creative alternatives. Until we are all able physically hit the road, we’ve got a few virtual escapes that… Read full article
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Bike Maintenance 101
Many of us are finding ourselves with a bit of spare time on our hands, and in the northern hemisphere spring is finally beginning to blossom. So what better time to refresh your bike maintenance knowledge – or learn a… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
Staying active while at home
Social distancing has caused many of us to become a little more creative when it comes to our fitness routines. Fortunately there are still many ways to stay active while staying home or appropriately far from others. There are also… Read full article
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Need a Cure for Cabin Fever?
Virtual Experiences Throughout The World While travel is temporarily off the table for most of us, virtual tourism is not. Galleries, museums and national parks all across the globe are just a few clicks away. Here’s a list of a… Read full article
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Gear Review: Tiem Cycling Shoes
Packing just got a lot easier. How many pairs of shoes did you bring on your last cycling vacation? Let me guess: your cycling shoes, your comfy walking shoes, a pair of sandals, and perhaps one more pair “just in… Read full article
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Why Get Your Bike Fit
Too many people find cycling uncomfortable. The saddle is uncomfortable, the rider’s hands, their lower back…the list goes on. While these are common complaints there is a simple solution: get a bike fit! Everyone deserves to be comfortable and feel… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
6 Tips for Surviving Winter Cycling
6 Tips for Surviving Winter Cycling Don’t let the cold weather keep you off your bike. We’ve got a few suggestions to keep you safe and warm as we enter cold weather cycling season. Layer up Perhaps we are stating… Read full article
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Stepping Into Cycling Footwear
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Tips & Reviews / Travel Planning
Discover the Path Less Pedaled
Selecting Your Cycling Vacation We have a variety of tours for a number of tastes, but what if you don’t know where to begin thinking about when and where? We have a few suggestions to help you narrow down your… Read full article
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Book Review: Italianità – The Essence of Being Italian and Italian-American
ExperiencePlus! founder Rick Price reviews a book written by one of our travelers! Take a look at Rick’s review of William Giovinazzo’s book, Italianità – The Essence of Being Italian and Italian-American. OK, I don’t really qualify as Italian-American even… Read full article
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Cyclist’s Winter Survival Kit
Lots of our riders fear spring tours because they believe they won’t be in shape yet. Psssst – we’ve got good news: you don’t have to be in top shape to cycle in the spring. As long as you stay… Read full article
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Fitness and Training / Tips & Reviews
About Joe Friel
About Joe Friel and his 12-week customized bicycle training programs We’ve contracted with Joe Friel, a nationally recognized fitness expert, and founder of ULTRAFIT Associates, to develop a personalized bicycle training program for our customers. Bicycling magazine says, “Joe Friel… Read full article