RIDE Holidays

Name: RIDE Holidays
Address: Auckland, NZ
Telephone: +64212724522
Rating: 4.7

Home
New Zealand
Auckland
RIDE Holidays

Ride Holidays – Cycle Tours

Ride Holidays provides escorted group cycling tours & holidays. Tours Why Us? Our rides are not races. Amongst others.
(28)

Multiple Ride Options
RIDE Holidays cycle tours are achievable for anyone who rides a road bike, not just the serious cyclist. Generally - there are three rides to choose from - the less challenging 'cappuccino' (60km), 'latte' (80km) and the espresso - for those keen on 100km or more. Non-Riding Partners
We encourage non-riding partners (Team Macchiato) to join us. To ensure they enjoy themselves

equally, we tailor events and activities throughout the tour for them. They won't just be sitting in the back of a van watching cyclists.

10 Week Training Program & Local Staff
Our guides are ego free. But neither is it a baguette and basket type tour either. You will be challenged which is why we provide a 10 week training program for the majority of our trips. We use a combination of local and Australasian staff. Quality Hotels
The hotels we use are picked for location and are generally 4 star. It's important to us that you eat, drink and sleep well. It's more than just a bike tour. COVID Update & Safety
In lieu of COVID-19, we have decided that we won't be travelling to Europe and North America in 2022. Focussing on our own back yard in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. Safety has always been our priority. We will monitor the situation closely and will get back to our favourite countries as soon as we possibly can. Local & Worldwide Destinations
You can still book for the likes of France, Italy, Canada etc however we won't take deposits. Our 2022 local calendar will continually evolve. We can't wait to explore the likes of Northland, Queenstown, South Australia, Tasmania, Noosa, Gibb River Road and New Caledonia. Thank you for your support. Karl Woolcott, Dean Mills & Chris Wood

23/08/2024

Our Why!! Why we do this...

23/08/2024

Every week we are going to recognise a RH volunteer. Ian Perry is vital to our Wellington maintenence gang. (He pretty much runs it) Ian Perry You deserve all the kudos. We are very grateful, as are the kids. Thank you.

22/08/2024

New tour naming Friday... Girona & Gravel. 7 - 14 June 2025.

https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/Site/cycle-tours/girona-and-costa-brava-gravel/

Tight lines for your weekend.

21/08/2024

Tick tock... Spring Classics 2025? Greatest Sporting Show on earth. And, there's chocolate and Belgium beer.

https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/Site/cycle-tours/spring-classics/

21/08/2024

Soon my friends, soon!!

18/08/2024

If you haven't watched the final stage of TDF femmes then you are missing out. Alpe d'Huez. Bike racing at its best.

https://youtu.be/iA4oP5jg0uI?si=ELPJurEwYOKPFmLN

17/08/2024

Bikes don't count!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/3wdKePCvEhxRehxB/?mibextid=oGgwdE

16/08/2024

New Tour naming Friday. Annecy. Lakes and Mountains. 7 - 18 September 2025. 12 days starting and finishing in Lyon. Should be a ripper!! Have a good weekend, Cheers Karl

https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/Site/cycle-tours/lake-annecy-france/

15/08/2024

Epic couple of days. Sortland to Svolvaer then onto Leknes. Ferries, coffee & cycling, what more does one need?

15/08/2024

Coffee Norwegian style. Only the best will do.

13/08/2024

Exploring Sortland. Some did a small coffee loop this morning. The best coffee I have had in Europe so far. Big call but it was on par with Melbourne. Others did the Storhiea summit with gradients of 20% and then we finished off with a trek through the National Park. Great day. On the move again tomorrow.

12/08/2024

Hottest ticket in town... Have you entered the RH Martinborough Charity Fun Ride. 17 November.

Already numbers are 100% up on last year. Please join us.

We really need support from those in the Hawkes Bay.

https://mcfr.org.nz/

11/08/2024

Hey, we know those RH guys.... Apparently, they're awesome...

Jon Bridges travelled to the south of France to ride the iconic climbs of Le Tour de France.

10/08/2024

Somaroy to Hamn. Fabulous day of riding and exploring this incredible countryside.

09/08/2024

Exploring Tromso out to Oldervik. Northern most point of our Norway tour. Perfect weather to start the tour before we head south.

08/08/2024

Quite a few of our 2025 tours are full.

https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/

Here are the trips we have availability for.

Tour Down Under in January - 1 room left. Tick tock.
Team Peaks - Feb. 2 cyclists needed to complete Team RH.
Victoria Highlands and Great Ocean Road - March. Available.
Fiordland and Queenstown. Only 3 cabins left now.
Scotland. Can't wait. Join me. June. 4 rooms left.
TDF1, TDF2, TDF3 - yes, we have availability. Register your interest.
Annecy, Megeve, Courchevel. Will release next week. (7 to 18 Sept)

We are also going to release Spring Classics, Girona Gravel and a Swiss trip with our partner companies. Stay tuned or flick me an email at [email protected]

08/08/2024

Wellington and Auckland Chapters of the RH maintenence gang have been busy over the last couple of days. Maybe we should look at starting a Christchurch chapter...

07/08/2024

Hold my beer.. I've got this.

05/08/2024

TDF 2025 now 80% full. We're getting great feedback from this year. How about joining us? $100 deposits.

Hi Karl,

Have been meaning to email you to say what a brilliant TdF tour I had. Awesome organisation, brilliant guides, challenging, but fabulous rides and TdF stages, great food and accommodation, and such neat people. The trip exceeded my expectations. Huge thanks to Todd and Davis who looked after me so well, and who were always patient and encouraging, especially when I doubted myself (which was often). They were absolutely brilliant, and it was because of them that I said yes to everything. Karl, I know your leadership and organisation is the reason Ride Holidays run such successful trips, so huge thanks to you.

Cheers
M

05/08/2024

Ride Holidays is back in Norway for 2024. 8:30pm and it's 21Deg. Global warming is a thing I'm here to tell ya.

Everlasting days
$25 beers
Reindeer burgers
Stunning views

Stay tuned for more.

04/08/2024

Morning, Ok, I'm begging now.. We need more people to help fix kids bikes on Thursday. MVDP will give you kudos if you join us.

68 bikes, 14 volunteers doesn't cut it.

Tamaki Primary School (Panmure) 8 August.10am.

Fixing kids bikes. Lunch supplied. Cheers Karl

02/08/2024

Everything starts with a piece of paper. Annecy, Megeve and Courchevel should be finalised next week. Quite excited...

01/08/2024

We are offering you this ride in March. Along with a night on own Milford Sound boat. Oh, and donuts and our own coffee cart.

So?

01/08/2024

We're famous... (Even our prime minister loves us)

https://events.tourdownunder.com.au/cr/AQjcsxUQ9ckhGMa3k3hGQIzTdcqPL6GBhdjMJnGWrNW2TMabHbvDQ-zUWC8Hdw

31/07/2024

The Ride Holidays Martinborough Charity Fun Ride (17 Nov) is open for entries. We need your support on this one. We must reverse the trend of cancelled events. Please enter today..

https://mcfr.org.nz/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEX_qJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWwaZp-k5J-FrjIqu50aKA4Q6v4AYjPHtyij0v1k3E6j4e7hPW76jmEj7Q_aem_ze7qdzgkTT9CUd2rUdd_vw

30/07/2024

Newsletter. You know the story. Read it or you'll get a flat tyre...

Our TDF trips seem to get better and better. We've changed a lot in 15 years. In the early days we saw 8-9 stages. We now concentrate on 3 or 4 key TDF stages. Less time in vehicles and more time on bikes. Back in 2008 we had 9 x 1night stays (yuk). These days we concentrate on 2, 3 and 4 night stay...

29/07/2024

We're in the process of following up with all our TDF clients.. Nice to get a response like this.

Hey Dingo

Thank you again for an awesome trip, we absolutely loved it and if (when) we do a cycling holiday again it will definitely be with you guys .. cant really fault anything, the accommodation was great, the food was great, the biking/nutrition/guiding was great, staff help was awesome … you guys have nailed it !!

Cheers for everything L&T

29/07/2024

Ok, we want to up our sock game. We're not interested in Pogi's $1000.00 aero socks. But we would like your recommendations. What are your favourite brand of socks?

29/07/2024

Pick your date. Get involved. Let's revive the event industry. Raetihi is where it's at!!

https://www.facebook.com/RaetihiGutbuster

How about helping these guys out with some quick answers...

28/07/2024

Auckland, please do your bit. I need another 5 or 6 enthusiastic workers for our bike maintenence program at Tamaki Primary School on 8 August.10am. Fixing kids bikes. Lunch and kudos supplied. Cheers Karl

Address

Auckland

Telephone

+64212724522

Website

https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when RIDE Holidays posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to RIDE Holidays:

Videos

Coffee Norwegian style. Only the best will do.

Happy Birthday Karl Woolcott from the TDF1 & 3 tour groups.

RIDEHolidays delivery

RIDEHolidays delivery vehicle. For the next set of bikes for kids or donuts for the guides. Just big enough either way. Donate here; https://www.rideholidays.co.nz/Site/charity/

Believe it or not, this is a Woolcott. One who has a wee bit more talent than I...And, one that I refuse to ride with for obvious reasons. Jared Woolcott

If you haven't done the Timber Trail then you need to add it to your list. Amazing native bush and incredible bird life. The track is mainly grade 3. We stayed at the Timber Trail Lodge. All logistics were through Jonny at FourB - Bike Hire and Tours