How to grow your payments app with cycling tour operators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Cycling tour operators run guided rides for visitors and locals, from short city and food tours to multi-day trips through the countryside with hotels and luggage transfers. Short tours are often booked the day before or on the spot, while longer trips are paid with a deposit and a balance. Riders add extras such as electric bikes, helmets or a support van. A payments app that sends payment links for deposits and balances, takes payment on the spot and handles extras can win these operators, and every rider who pays sees your app.
Talk to cycling tour operators
Ask local cycling tour operators:
- How do riders pay for short tours, and how many book on the day?
- How do you take deposits and balances for longer trips?
- Do riders pay extra for electric bikes, bike hire or luggage transfers?
- Do you get bookings through hotels, guesthouses or travel agents?
Send payment links for deposits and balances
A payment link for a deposit gets a place confirmed at once, and a second link for the balance before the trip means no chasing money on the first morning.
Take payment on the spot and for extras
Letting riders pay by phone for a tour, an electric bike upgrade or a water bottle makes it easy to say yes at the meeting point.
Grow through hotels and local businesses
Cycling tours stop at cafés, wineries and sights along the way, and many bookings come from hotels. One operator on your app can bring the businesses on its routes.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about car and bike hire businesses?
The car and bike hire businesses guide covers taking bookings, deposits and extra charges from visitors.
Car and bike hire businesses →What about bike shops and repairers?
The bike shops and repairers guide covers selling parts, fixing bikes and taking payment when the customer collects.
Bike shops and repairers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.