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Where To Find Jobs Abroad As A Bike Or Cycle Tour Leader

If you are comfortable on a bicycle saddle, try applying to the three companies we have selected below, whose tours range from gentle meanders sampling the wares in Californian or French wine regions to climbing thousands of feet in the Himalayas or the volcano pitted landscape of Chile.

Naturally, a high standard of physical fitness is required to be a cycle tour leader but applicants should also have a first aid certificate and, usually for European trips, a foreign language. Good computer skills and a clean driving license may also be required.

KE Adventure Travel

KE is always on the lookout for top quality people to work with their groups as biking tour leaders, who they employ on a freelance basis. Their tours include following the Tour de France route, cycling the Lycian Way in Turkey, and a Lhasa to Kathmandu mountain bike ride in Tibet.

They look for people that are keen, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, personable, sympathetic, decisive, diplomatic, well organised. Bike tour leaders should also be sensitive to the needs of others, good at trouble shooting, and interested to provide the best travel experience possible for their clients. Ideally, you should be over the age of 21, with an outgoing personality and a positive approach to life. They also offer roles as trekking or climbing leaders.

Find out more at www.keadventure.com/about-us/about-ke/overseas-jobs

Backroads

One of our Facebook group members got in touch to suggest Backroads as an amazing way to live and learn about a new area of the world while enjoying free accommodation and making a good income. They hire trip leaders for the summer in the US, Canada and Europe. A crew of trip prep specialists, who assist with logistics and the maintenance of the bikes and other facilities, is also needed.

Find out more at https://www.backroads.com/jobs/leaders

Trek Travel

Trek Travel describe their guides as magicians. Both able to appear exactly when needed with a beverage and explain the intricate histories of hilltop villages. They should be seasoned travellers able to master trip logistics, manage trip finances, connect with the group and offer exceptional customer service. Their website has an excellent set of recruitment pages, and they provide ten days of training each February.

Find out more at www.trektravel.com/employment/be-a-guide/

Sail Croatia

Though primarily concerned with messing around in boats, Sail Croatia’s guests like to stretch their sea legs on a hike or a bike. Leading them on land are the active guides. Able to cycle up to 50 kilometres a day and proficient with bike equipment and maintenance, active guides should possess leadership, organisational and communication skills, and be able to provide outstanding customer service while onboard.

Find out more at www.sail-croatia.com/about/work-with-us/active-guide

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