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Keep Cycle Planet free
Free hosts, visa information and places to sleep, for every cyclist: no ads, no paid memberships. That’s only possible with donations from cyclists like you.
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Made by two cyclists, for all cyclists
Cycle Planet is made by Bas and his brother. Bas started it after his own world trip by bike: 20,000 km, from the Netherlands through West Africa, until corona sent him home from Namibia. On the road he saw how much cyclists rely on each other: for a bed, a warm shower, and what they know about visas, border crossings and places to sleep. So Cycle Planet became a free alternative to paid hosting networks, and every cyclist uses it for free.
Advertisements or paid features would pay the bills, but they don’t belong on a platform like this. So we ask the people who use it: if Cycle Planet helped you find a bed, a visa or a route, help keep it going for the next cyclist.
What your donation pays for
Servers and database
Every profile, place and message lives on Google’s cloud (Firebase), and the site runs there too.
Maps
The world map and the country maps use MapTiler’s tiles, paid per view.
Requests to stay, messages and reviews reach you by email.
Building it
New features, fixes and the apps: the time Bas and his brother put into Cycle Planet.
Our promise
- Free for every cyclist, now and later: no paid memberships, no “premium” hosts.
- No advertisements, and no selling or sharing your data.
- Your donation goes to running and improving Cycle Planet, nothing else.