Travel Tips
Take concrete action for the future
When you travel with Vélo Québec Voyages, you’re choosing a travel agency whose profits enable Vélo Québec to continue its mission: to develop and promote cycling, particularly by creating educational programs and advocating with decision-makers to improve cyclist safety and increase the number of high-quality bike lanes.
Enjoy a dream vacation while directly supporting cycling in Quebec. Whether your dream getaway is in Quebec, Canada, the United States, or even Europe, you’ll be giving back to Quebec’s cycling culture!
Thanks to your travels, we can:
Educating cyclists today and tomorrow
Through programs such as Cycliste averti and the Cyclomini educational course, Vélo Québec encourages young people in Quebec and cyclists throughout the province to learn how to ride a bike and adopt safe behaviors on the road.
Encourage cycling and make it more accessible
Through initiatives such as "Toutes à vélo " and the "VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE" movement, Vélo Québec is working to encourage as many Quebecers as possible to view cycling as a viable option, whether for daily commuting, recreation, or tourism.
Advocate for and protect the interests of cyclists
Vélo Québec works with numerous stakeholders at the municipal and provincial levels to create safe environments that take cyclists’ needs into account, whether through street design, bike lanes, or public consultations in general.
Making the shift to sustainable mobility
Cycling offers a simple solution to many complex challenges, whether they involve the environmental crisis, rising inflation, or traffic problems. By traveling with Vélo Québec Voyages, you’re supporting a wide range of initiatives that place sustainable mobility at the heart of planning and development projects for Quebec’s transportation network.
Improving bicycle infrastructure
Our consulting department works with Quebec municipalities to help them review shared-use and bicycle lanes in order to prioritize the safety and well-being of cyclists in Quebec.
By choosing Vélo Québec Voyages for your cycling vacation, you are helping to develop and promote programs and events such as:
Let's all ride bikes
A bicycle training programdesigned by and for women, created by Vélo Québec to make cycling accessible to women who have never had the opportunity to learn, thereby enabling them to discover the joys of cycling, both as a recreational activity and as a mode of transportation.
Experienced cyclist
The "Cycliste averti" program teaches5thand6th graders how to ride a bike safely and independently. It combines theoretical and practical learning, and allows students to experience riding on the road in complete safety, under the supervision of specially trained instructors.
BIKE-FRIENDLY
Launched in 2015 by Vélo Québec, the VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE initiative encourages communities, organizations, and postsecondary institutions to make cycling a viable option for transportation and recreation for everyone. Through a rigorous certification process, it provides tools and support services to communities and organizations working to promote cycling.
Go Vélo Montréal Festival
The Go Vélo Montréal Festival is the city’s premier cycling celebration. Discover Montréal in a whole new way during the Tour la Nuit, ride through car-free streets in broad daylight during the Tour de l’Île de Montréal, and attend cycling-themed talks, events, and workshops—all during a week when Montréal is all about cycling!
