I would run tours the rest of my life if I could afford to
I'm getting ready to take a family of five out on an absurdly easy loop this morning and I'm thinking.
Seriously: I love running mountain bike tours. I mean, I go through phases like with everything else in my life: When I was working on the road biking guidebook I was totally turned off the tour gigs. They felt silly, unnecessary. Just get on your bike and pedal, you lazy tourists! But these days I can't think of a better way to spend a day getting paid.
OTOH I see the nonsense Bruce goes through running 360 Adventures. Don't know if that'd be any fun, since I'd spend all my time managing and not, you know, touring. So, no, I don't see myself starting up my own gig (for those of you who've asked me about that in the past). My pain threshold is too low, my desire to ride too high.
Now I need to figure out how to sell more tours to more people. We're rebuilding the 360 site from the ground-up, and I've got an entrepreneurial interest in it now: My payday is tied to the site's success! So for those of you in my cycling universe, answer me this: What would it take for you to spend money on a guide? Not just here, but in general. Thanks for the replies.
Seriously: I love running mountain bike tours. I mean, I go through phases like with everything else in my life: When I was working on the road biking guidebook I was totally turned off the tour gigs. They felt silly, unnecessary. Just get on your bike and pedal, you lazy tourists! But these days I can't think of a better way to spend a day getting paid.
OTOH I see the nonsense Bruce goes through running 360 Adventures. Don't know if that'd be any fun, since I'd spend all my time managing and not, you know, touring. So, no, I don't see myself starting up my own gig (for those of you who've asked me about that in the past). My pain threshold is too low, my desire to ride too high.
Now I need to figure out how to sell more tours to more people. We're rebuilding the 360 site from the ground-up, and I've got an entrepreneurial interest in it now: My payday is tied to the site's success! So for those of you in my cycling universe, answer me this: What would it take for you to spend money on a guide? Not just here, but in general. Thanks for the replies.