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i don’t research this. i live this.

Cycling trips, race travel, group logistics and custom itineraries built from the ground up. Planned by someone who has ridden the roads, followed the races and solved the problems before you ever face them.

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what i do

Cycling Trips 
Race day, handled the way an athlete would handle it. I book hotels near the start line, time transport to race morning and plan for bike boxes, early starts and tired legs. Cycling is where I started. Marathons, Triathlons, HYROX, and Ironman follow the same patterns.

Cycling & Sports Travel

Sports Travel
custom trip planning

Custom Trip Planning

Your ideas, your pace and your budget, turned into a trip built from scratch. I handle multi-city routing, trains, hotels and the small details that make the trip feel easy. No templates and no packaged tours.
Custom Trip Planning
A man wearing a bike helmet and sunglasses drinking water from a bottle while taking a break during a cycling session. In the background, there are two other cyclists and a large hedge.

Group Travel

Get your whole group there without losing your mind. I set up hotel blocks, custom booking pages and coordinated arrivals for event hosts, teams and groups of friends. You focus on the event. I get everyone there.
Group Travel
Matt at the end of cycling 21 stages of the Tour de France. Appleton Travel can bring your dream trip to life

Meet Matt

I'm Matt Appleton, founder of Appleton Travel.

I've ridden legendary Tour de France climbs, followed the race across France and run marathons and triathlons. I've also learned the hard lessons: bikes that don't make the connection, hotels too far from the start and trains that don't take bike boxes.

That experience is what you're paying for. When I plan your trip, I'm not guessing from a guidebook. I've been there, and I plan around what really happens on the ground.

More About me
A man wearing sunglasses, a yellow Tour de France t-shirt, and sandals is squatting next to a road sign indicating the Col de la Loze climb, which is 7 kilometers long at an elevation of 1635 meters. In the background, several people are seated and relaxing, some drinking beverages, under a shaded area with trees and fencing.

Real Planning, Real trip

Before I planned trips for clients, I planned my own Tour de France trip. That meant race routes, road closures, hotels that sell out a year ahead and getting a bike across France. Here's what it really takes.

Ready the Story

Lets turn this idea into a plan

Send me a quick brief on what you have in mind and I will take it from there. Expect my reply within 24 hours.

why book with me?

Through my partnership with Fora, my clients get VIP treatment at thousands of hotels worldwide. That can include room upgrades, hotel credits and perks a booking site won't give you. You also get one person who knows your trip inside and out.