Get Your Free Pair of Cycling Socks!

Our 2014 catalog is in the mail. If you haven't received yours by the end of October, let us know and we'll mail you a copy. If you can name anyone in a photo inside the catalog, we will send you a free pair of cycling socks. Email us her name and page number by November 15 and you'll have your socks by the end of the month. Click on the cover above for a pdf version of the catalog. Only one guess per person please. Good luck!

Congratulations to Free Tour Raffle Winner

Eileen Crue was the lucky winner of the raffle prize at the Wild Goose Chase ride last weekend. She won a free WomanTours trip. Congratulations Eileen! She and a friend, Aleta, have decided to use her certificate to go on the Finger Lakes Wine Country tour next summer.

Eileen wrote us, "This is my first year of cycling. I bought a used hybrid in the spring and have ridden routes up to 40 miles.  I learned how to ride with clip-in shoes and am finally getting the hang of them with only a few tip-overs this season! I am planning to buy a road bike next year and Aleta is going to help me train in preparation for the hills I am expecting in the Finger Lakes region. Thank you for this very generous prize!" 

We'll be sure to post when we're sponsoring another women's ride with a free tour....

Women's bicycle pioneer and event organizer Georgena Terry with Eileen Crue holding her free tour certificate.

Luggage Tag Tutorial

Many women have wondered how to attach those luggage tags we send you when you sign up for our tours. One of our guides, Cy Pugh, demonstrates it beautifully here. The tags are so simple that they can seem complicated! See you on your next tour!

Bike Tour Chef Position Available

We're in need of a Tour Chef to join our fantastic team of bike tour leaders. Below is a job description. If you know of anyone available to work our Southern Tier cross-country bicycle tour, March 6 - May 2, 2014, please send them our way!

Summary: The Tour Chef will efficiently prepare and cook healthy daily dinners and some breakfasts for 30 women using a trailer kitchen.

Duties and Responsibilities:

·      Prepare daily menus.

·      Prepare or supplement hotel breakfasts when necessary.

·      Purchase all food within budgetary constraints.

·      Maintain a customer focus while performing duties.

·      Prepare a variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables and other food items for cooking on two propane burners in a trailer kitchen and with Dutch ovens and charcoal.

·      Take into account all dietary constraints such as food allergies and preferences when designing menus.

·      Maintain proper food storage, using two large ice coolers and trailer cupboards.

·      Serve meals promptly at an agreed upon time.

·      Prepare food for serving buffet-style.

·      Manage a sous-chef or other volunteers in food preparation.

·      Maintain a clean, safe and sanitary work area.

·      Coordinate and supervise the washing of dishes after meals.

·      Drive a 15-passenger van pulling a trailer.

·      Perform other duties assisting the cyclists and the Tour Guide as needed.

Qualifications:

·      Have experience developing menus, preparing food, and cooking for small groups.

·      Possess a positive attitude and work well with other team members.

·      Be able to adjust cooking style as needed to accommodate client needs.

·      Be customer service focused.

·      Be able to read our cue sheets.

·      Be able to reach, bend, stoop and lift up to 40 pounds.

·      Be able to work outside in diverse weather and cramped conditions.

·      Be certified in First Aid and CPR.

·      Have a clean driving record.

·      Be organized, adaptable, resourceful, self-motivated, flexible, and have a sense of humor.

·      Be excited about helping women accomplish more than they thought capable of.

 

Publicity about WomanTours

WomanTours has been lucky to receive some lovely press lately. Roberta Schlicher wrote a great piece about us for the women in business website WomensSourcebook. She liked what she learned in the interviews so much that when all was said and done, she signed up to join us in Nantucket this fall!

You can also read about us in the July issue of Prevention: Joy Ride by Selene Yeager. Selene writes about the joy that only cycling seems able to bring some of us. If you're reading this, you probably already know that! Go ahead and her article to keep you motivated and then go enjoy the ride!

Outer Banks for Mothers Day Winners Chosen

After reading through almost 50 applicants for our Mother's DayOuter Banks Tour, we found ourselves wanting to offer this tour to everyone who applied. There were so many compelling stories of brave women rising above adversity and losses in their lives. It was a difficult task to narrow it down to just one pair of women!

It is with great pleasure, however, to announce our selection - Janet and Uli from Florida. Janet felt an immediate connection when she first met Uli, as Uli was born with the very same condition her mother had, who died when Janet was only 16 years old. Uli was born in Germany and spent her childhood in an orphanage there. According to Janet, Uli has never let this physical handicap stop her. She volunteers in her community and even cycles regularly in charity rides. According to Janet, it's Uli's "nurturing nature" that makes her feel like her "surrogate mom."

Please join us in celebrating Uli's strength in persevering against the obstacles she has faced in her life, and the special bond these two women have!

They are off to our Outer Banks of North Carolina tour!

Follow our Southern Tier Cross-Country Tour

It was a stormy start to this year's Southern Tier tour, but that didn't stop our 30 women from dipping their tires into the Pacific Ocean at San Diego last Friday. You can follow their 3000-mile trek across the United States to the Atlantic Ocean by reading some of their blogs listed below.
 
Dolly Craft
Gail Devitt
Nancy Innes
Barbara Kautz
Evelyn Kaye
Julie Martin
Judith Rozelle
Pat Rush
Carla Souza
May Toms