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Highlight Reel: My Favorite Part Of The Tour Leader Summit
Tour Leader Summit A great appreciation for our guides. As ExperiencePlus!’s Director of Tours, April is always a highlight of the season for me. Blossoming flowers are a welcome sign that a new… Read More »
Destinations: South Africa
Tour Leader Rick Lankford Explores South Africa
A Cycling Expedition Across South Africa Q & A with Rick Lankford ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Rick Lankford recently scouted our 2017 Expedition route in South Africa. After his return home,... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Destinations: Italy
The Surprising Life of Tour Leader Gabriele Monaco
Gabriele Monaco – Film Maker, Tour Leader, History Buff Q & A with Gabriele about his film Valetti – The Forgotten Hero When Gabriele Monaco isn’t leading ExperiencePlus! bicycle tours... Read More »
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The Secret To Our Success
The Secret to Our Success BEHIND THE SCENES AT AN EXPERIENCEPLUS! TOUR LEADER HIRING EVENT People often ask how we keep such a high rate of return customers. We’ve grown... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Destinations: Argentina, Destinations: Chile
Meet Your Tour Leaders: Juan Pablo Mansilla
Meet Your Tour Leader Q & A with Juan Pablo Mansilla Juan Pablo or “Jata” has been leading ExperiencePlus! tours in Chile and Argentina since 2005. He was born and... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Destinations: Italy
Meet Your Tour Leaders – Michela Bresciani
Michela began leading tours with ExperiencePlus! in 2012. She has an amazing variety of interests and though she is quite an accomplished athlete she prefers to gauge her accomplishments today... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!
Introducing Three New Tour Leaders
ExperiencePlus! has added three new tour leaders to our staff in Europe and we wanted to tell you a bit more about the exceptional people you might be traveling with... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
11 Things I Love About Bicycling Venice and the Dolomites
By ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Gabriel Donati Looking for a bicycle ride that crosses cultural and geographical regions? Where you’ll see a radical change in scenery from the first to the last day? A... Read More »
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Meet Your Tour Leaders: Philipp Alexander Schmitt
We’d like to introduce you to Philipp Alexander Schmitt, our in-house Camino de Santiago historian and specialist (he’s written a pilgrim’s diary and will read from it on tour for... Read More »
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Cristina Taioli Survives the Polar Vortex
ExperiencePlus! tour leader Cristina Taioli spent over a month touring the U.S. visiting our travelers, spreading the word about bicycle touring and doing her best to survive one of the... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!
Get to Know Your Tour Leaders: Enrico Dal Monte
Enrico was born in Italy and has been leading tours for ExperiencePlus! in Belgium, Spain, France, and Italy since 2010, and has very quickly become one of our most popular... Read More »
Destinations: Italy
The Secrets of Mantua by Enrico Dal Monte
There are many splendid and evocative places in Italy as authors from all over the world have described throughout the centuries. There is one pearl in the middle of northern... Read More »
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Cristina Taioli’s 2014 Travels in the United States
Every winter, Cristina Taioli, longtime bicycle tour leader for ExperiencePlus! bicycle tours, spends a month traveling in the United States meeting up with past travelers and hosting happy hours and... Read More »
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Meet Your Tour Leaders: Silvija Vukusic
Silvija was born in Split, Croatia and has been leading tours for ExperiencePlus! since 2008 mostly in her home country but in the past few years she’s also used her... Read More »
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Meet Your Tour Leaders: Cristina Taioli Tours the US
I think I have one of the nicest jobs…biking in Italy and Europe! For the past two winters I’ve been fortunate to spend a month in the States visiting with... Read More »
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Meet Your Tour Leaders: Lisa Merighi
Though 2013 will mark only her third season with ExperiencePlus! Lisa Merighi has quickly become one of our traveler’s favorite tour leaders. We thought it high time we all had... Read More »
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An Italian Tour Leader Tours America
Italian tour leader Cristina Taioli spent March traveling through Texas, Colorado and Florida visiting ExperiencePlus! alum, hosting happy hours and talking about her extensive travels throughout the world and particularly... Read More »
About ExperiencePlus!, Destinations: Spain
Snoretories (Translated from “Chorizos, Sirenen und...
Philipp Alexander Schmitt leads our tours in Spain and Germany. We thought we would share one of the chapters from his book about hiking the Camino de Santiago in northern... Read More »
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Why I Bike Episode 5
Why I Bike – Episode 5 (from our staff and tour leaders) Andro Tartaglia – ExperiencePlus! Tour Leader Croatia I enjoy riding my mountain bike in remote and quite places.... Read More »