Tripsite Travel Blog


My first experience on an electric bike

There is power in the battery! Are you like me and too stubborn (or proud) to resort to an electric bike? There is nothing wrong with trying to stay on a regular hybrid touring bike or road bike as long as you can and as long as you are having fun!

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Tripsite Traveler: Golden City of Prague

Despite being on a waitlist for a top deck cabin, we asked and received one upon boarding the boat. My friend Derek flew in from Vegas to join me on this trip. 910 was our room number and it had a nice sliding door/window to the outside.

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A Bike & Boat Tour in Poland’s Lake District: the Young, the Old, and the New

By: Mary … About a year ago, we had a request come in for a bike and boat tour in Poland. Somebody had talked with somebody who had heard that there was such a tour. We searched... and we found it.

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Tripsite Traveler: Wendy Savage

Snapshot Stories: The Bike and Barge Tulip Tour through Holland … Are you planning your next travel adventure to the Netherlands and trying to figure out the best way to experience this beautiful country? Consider the Bike and Barge Tulip Tour.

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Croatia-the Balkans discovered

Our tired group arrived in Croatia in the early morning, after a 12:30 am transfer from Ohrid to Skopje, and then a flight to Zagreb. We found a breakfast table, set and ready for our arrival. It was a lovely, sun-drenched, and music filled, event at a music school outside of the city.

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Tripsite Traveler: Pedals, Petals, and Pastimes with Peg Cass

Thirty-four years ago, in my mid-twenties, I led a group of Rutgers University students on a 12-day bicycle tour of the Netherlands.

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Tripsite Does: Five Boro Bike Tour 2016

Cold, rainy and surprisingly a blast! Another year in the books. Climbing the stairs of the Tripsite HQ (home-office) in Springville, Pa after participating in the Five Boro Bike Tour, I could not help but look at the old Five Boro Bike Tour jersey's on the wall and think "Seriously?

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Ani & Ika: First Bike & Barge

We recently had the chance to chat with our friends and colleagues, Ani & Ika, after their recent trip to the Netherlands on their first bike & barge trip. Here is what they had to say... Tell us a little about yourselves. Our names are Ani and Ika.

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Macedonia - Europe’s Best Kept Secret

Magnificent Macedonia! Who knew? After more than a week exploring this emerging destination, I now know. This is an adventure seeker’s paradise! There are biking and hiking trails to be explored, rock faces to climb, and river rafting to exhilarate. How about paragliding over unimaginable vistas?

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Tripsite Traveler - Tulip Tour with Nancy Arehart

I recently retired from a 38yr long career in Information Technology (yes, I started with punch cards). It was a great career, but it is now time to take my travel and hobbies more seriously!

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Tripsite Traveler: Elizabeth Correll

Tripsite Traveler, Elizabeth Correll, Dreams and Goes! My name is Elizabeth Correll. If my family were on a game show and had to name my two favorite things, they would have no problem answering. Travel and bicycling.

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The Receptive (and Responsible) Traveler

You have heard it a thousand times, in a thousand ways, and so have I. What if we could change the world one word, one song, one smile at a time? But how about a twist? What if the world could change me, change us one journey at a time?

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