| Adventure travel has been increasingly sought after | | | | and over again. |
| over the past few years, but as the economy has | | | | Designing your own adventure travel tour by bicycle |
| declined the generally expensive adventure travel | | | | can also allow to you stay close to home if you are on |
| packages have become less and less appealing. Few | | | | a really tight budget or a time constraint. Spending a |
| people would feel good about spending thousands of | | | | few days cycling to a nearby landmark, national park, |
| dollars to put a little adventure in their travel. | | | | etc., would effectively cut your traditional transportation |
| And here enters bicycle touring. There are several | | | | expenses to zero, or darn near to it. |
| different types of bike touring around, from those | | | | The biggest expense you'll have while on your |
| totally organized and supported by a bicycle touring | | | | adventure will probably be food; your body's the engine |
| company down to those fully self-contained and | | | | and it needs gas. But as long as you are smart about |
| supported by you, the tourer. Interestingly, the cheapest | | | | what you buy and make sure not to eat a steak |
| option (fully self-contained) also provides the most | | | | dinner with a couple beers every night, you are still |
| freedom and adventure. | | | | going to come out way under the expense total of a |
| It sounds too good to be true, right? You get more for | | | | normal adventure travel package. |
| less? But that really is the truth if adventure is what | | | | So whether you are looking for some gap year |
| you're looking for. Also, assuming that you go on a bike | | | | adventure travel, a little taste of the slow travel |
| tour more than once in your life, then the one-time | | | | lifestyle, or some way to throw a bit of cheap |
| purchase of your bike (if you don't already own one) | | | | adventure travel into your life this year, give bicycle |
| and touring gear is a good, relatively cheap investment. | | | | touring at try. And for all you new cycle tourers out |
| The cost of your bike and gear, if you do some | | | | there, there are plenty of cycle touring guides and tips |
| bargain hunting, can be less than the cost of a ticket | | | | on the internet to get you started. Good luck, and |
| overseas, and you get to use your bike and gear over | | | | happy touring. |