Lenny's blog
New Zealand Tour
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How about a perfect family trip in 2024
A one time experience with your kids Join us on a trip that we specially designed for all generations, to […]
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7 Ideas for an Amazing Cycling Adventure
If you like to travel a bit longer, here are some exciting ideas to make combinations between bike/barge, bike/cruise and […]
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How’s the IRIS doing ?
Great! It started with the build-in of our new Main Engine. A new Skania, that was built to the latest […]
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What’s upcoming for 2024?
More to expect soon: The newest BikePlanet Bike and HOTEL tour is still in design. The trip will start in […]
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Update on the IRIS and Bikeplanet June 2023
Hi, this is Lenny, the IRIS and BikePlanet Tours owner. It has been a long time since I wrote a […]
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2021 Covid News UPDATED 9th of May 2021
Date: May 9th of 2021 By now, we know that the vaccinations are well on their way in the USA, […]
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Statement Covid-19 Update 4: date 30th of May 2020
Update 4: 30th of May 2020 The situation within the Netherlands is under control at the moment. Like in other […]
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2021 first glance
We are ready for your first glance at our 2021 season! Not on our official calendar yet, but just a […]
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Last Cabins 2020
UPDATE 19th of Februari 2020: LAST AVAILABLE CABINS OR ROOMS ON OUR TRIPS 16th of May: 1 cabin on our […]
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Our new GIANT bikes have arrived!
2020: new year, new season, new bikes! We are proud to present the latest bikes we have bought, which will […]
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Discovering the Danube Tour!
What a ship! We were very impressed when we embarked for our preparational tour on the Danube. The Primadonna is […]
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Our Greenpeace Plastic Monster Ship Tour on the IRIS
At the halfway point of our IRIS Plastic Monster tour, we would love to share a bit about what’s going on and […]
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What we do in winter to be sailing all summer
Do you go on a trip yourself? This is a question we get from guests, when it comes to what […]
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Angela’s Story on the Bike Tour Berlin-Dresden-Bamberg
Reflecting on our bike planet Berlin/Dresden/Bamberg Bike Tour A day-to-day journal from one of our guests. Having already spent 3 days […]
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NEW: starting with “Lenny’s choice”
One of the few downsides of my job is to have to disappoint. Consider it a luxury problem, but I […]
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“Our first Rails to Trail Bike Tour”: a personal story
This story is told by guests on the first Rails to Trail Tour. Read their impressions! Bike day 1: Epen […]
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Our first time ever… a Hotel and Bike Tour in Europe!
After a long drive to Berlin I met up with our guests on the tour over dinner, at our first […]
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IRIS Host TINA in Adventure Challenge
Epic 800km Trail run and mountain climb Tina Page , our host on THE barge, iris, will be hanging up […]
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One year after starting BikePlanet Tours
Working on the program for 2018, made me looking back at last year and everything that has happened so far. […]
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The 2 Seasons, a blog by our “frequent guest” Janette
A few weeks ago we finished our last tour, with a relatively small group of guests. A week prior to […]
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Daun, going down! (And why easy biking is such a pleasure)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining our guests once more. They are on the last tour on the Moselle […]
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Why go with a new company on a cycling tour?
That’s a good question! We do understand being the new kid around the block is not appealing to everybody. So […]
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Kevin Ellwood’s Blog on our Tour
Kevin Ellwood from Sydney, currently on a solo cycle tour to Basel, wrote about last weeks tour on the IRIS, […]
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Single Traveler on a Group Holiday
Our cycling tours are excellent for those who travel alone. Because we offer guides and you are accompanied by a […]
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Cycling, biking… different ways of using a bicycle
Since I have been active as an operator of bike-tours, I have started to realize that there is a big […]
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On tour: designing a new 5 country bike/hotel/barge tour!
For this new tour, we did a lot of desk-research, asked friends who had been on this path before. I […]
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5 Great Reasons to Travel Europe Right Now
There will always be reasons to not do what you actually dream of doing. We don’t need to help you […]
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All in the Family: A Q&A with Lenny Versteeg
How do you come up with the idea of starting a bike tour-company? That’s just one of the things we […]
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