Covid-19 and booking a tour with confidence..

Bookings are open for 2021 & 2022 B&B and Villa based bike tours.

The situation in France.

As with many other countries France continues to take active measures to lessen the impact of Covid-19; masks in public indoor / outdoor spaces, social distancing and currently there is a curfew in place. Thankfully we are currently showing less than a third of the peak of cases that we saw during the second wave.

Locally, where we are in the Luberon valley, we continue to fare considerably better than the national average, no doubt due to the size of our villages and our rural setting, as the majority of the hot spots have occurred in cities.

Obviously the encouraging news is that vaccines have been signed off in France, and there are more to be signed off shortly. Vaccinations have started, and are ramping up with the expectation that the numbers will continue to accelerate further, with full vaccination plan by Aug' 21. Hopefully this means that we are closer to getting back to normal life, and the ability to start travelling again. We are looking forward to starting our tours and seeing our guests as soon as possible - Vive les holidays!

Booking your bike tour with confidence.

We want you to have the peace of mind, that if you had a problem due to Covid-19, that you would still be covered when making a booking. That's why the below conditions apply to all bookings; present or future.

If you cannot travel on your planned dates due to Covid-19 we will continue to apply an improved version of the French Government's guidelines on how best to handle cancellations.

If your insurance is not covering Covid-19, then we will continue to offer full deposit credits on any future booking, so that you as a customer don't lose any money. Guidelines recommend offering the credit for a maximum of 18 months from the intended travel date. We are going beyond this, in order to make it easier for our guests to rearrange their travel plans, after these turbulent times. So a credit on any future date will be honoured by us.

Here’s a link to our 2021 tour dates - https://www.provence-cycling-holidays.com/availabilities-2021.html
and to our 2022 tour dates https://www.provence-cycling-holidays.com/availabilities-2022.html.

Please do contact us if you have any questions.

Neil & Nat (Owners).

Our Covid-19 bike tour measures.

Covid measures and our tours.

We are of course implementing all necessary Covid-19 measures to keep everybody as safe as possible. Something that is relatively easy given that we have lots of space at our properties and that we run relatively small group numbers, with no more than 8 guests at any one time at the B&B - and no more than 6 guests at the villa. These are not mass tours.

Measures at the B&B -

Hydroalcoholic gels and tissues in each room and at strategic points around the property, along with enhanced end of stay cleaning.
Additional daily cleaning measures at the property and for all bike equipment.
Dining groups are set one metre apart at the B&B, with extra care during food preparation.
Wearing a face mask when walking in the common areas inside the B&B. Keeping 1 metres distance between guests from different groups.

Measures at the Villa -

Hydroalcoholic gels and tissues in each room and at strategic points around the properties, along with enhanced end of stay cleaning.
All bike equipment sanitised at the beginning and end of your tour.

Also something to remember is that our guests spend the majority of their time out biking in their own small groups, made up of family and friends. The biking is also in a low density, rural setting, with the majority of the time being spent in open countryside and the small villages that we visit along the way. Areas, that to date, have been less impacted by Covid-19 than urban areas.

Our B&B based tours are on the edge of the small village of Coustellet, whereas our Villa based tours are in the small village of Taillades.

Another advantage that we have is that we can minimise risks by using the quieter, smaller, yet convenient transport hubs to get to our locations. Marignane/Marseille airport is a medium sized, relatively quiet airport (yet it has good links) and we have the Avignon high speed train station (TGV) - which are both just a 50 min car journey away.

If you have any questions regarding an existing booking or a future booking, please contact us.

Hope to see you for some great cycling in Provence – Neil & Nat Cowell - (Owners).