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Traveling can enrich people’s understanding of different cultures and forge lasting friendships—but without a commitment to sustainability; travel can actually harm local cultures while also negatively affecting the environment. That’s why we created the VBT Sustainable Travel Committee. The committee helps ensure that all of our biking and walking tours preserve and support their destinations through cross-cultural connections and energy-efficient… Read More

Here’s How to Make Sure It Actually Happens Is your New Year’s resolution to travel? You’re not alone. Satisfying that sense of wanderlust and adventure in the New Year is one of the most popular resolutions. But when it comes to travel, it’s unfortunately too easy to let seeing the world become some far-off dream you’ll get to someday. “Someday”… Read More

Dick and Marcy T. are active travelers who organize tours for a group they call “Every Friggin Mile”—or EFM—which includes around 20 couples who have known each other since their college days at UC Berkeley. In the early 1990’s, several group members went on a bike trip in Napa Valley together and began a yearly tradition. With over 10 VBT… Read More

Laura Breen, Director of Sales and Customer Service at VBT, fell in love with Croatia during a VBT bike tour of the Dalmatian Islands. Here are some of the reasons she believes Croatia is so enchanting: A Feast for the Senses Bathed in warm Mediterranean sunshine, Croatia delights in ways few other countries can. The VBT bike tour travels across… Read More

15 years ago Julie S. was introduced to VBT by taking a bicycling vacation to Austria with her father and step-mother. 16 vacations later, Julie is now a Group Organizer who travels with us every year, sometimes twice. She and her husband Jary like to bring family and friends with them to share in the experience, and earlier this summer… Read More