Please don't be! The majority of people will sign up for Cycle Goa to Hampi on their own. Once you've signed up for this best-selling overseas challenge, we'll send you a link to a private Facebook group for everyone registered or you use the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/596718975825091. Please use this space to swap questions, advice and updates with your fellow cyclists on your training and fundraising for charity.

You may also want to reach out to your fellow participants in this group to see if there's anyone in your local area you can meet up to train and fundraise with.

One of the amazing things about our challenge in Goa is that people of all ages will come together to achieve something very special for charity. Everyone who is at least 18 years old by the challenge departure is more than welcome to join this awesome cycle.

If you would like someone under the age of 18 to join you on the challenge please contact us to discuss (01590 646410 or bookings@dream-challenges.com) at least 17 weeks before departure.

Your non-refundable registration fee of £349 per person is used to administer the challenge and secure your seats with the airline.

Your challenge costs of £1,899 (ie. 50% of the fundraising target if you choose the Sponsorship option) cover:

• Your flights (not including airport taxes and the fuel surcharge, capped at £475).
• Accommodation throughout in hotels on a twin sharing basis
• Breakfast and dinner at all hotels
• Lunches included except on day 8
• All transfers by private coach
• Entry tickets to the temples at Hampi
• Cycling guides
• Expedition doctor

Please email us at bookings@dream-challenges.com if you would like to do this at least fourteen weeks before the challenge starts.

A cycling helmet is essential. Cycling shorts are also recommended and everyone will need their own water bottles or a CamelBak-type hydration system.

Apart from that, no specialist equipment is required. We will supply you with a list of everything you will need to take before you go.

In addition to paying your registration fee (£349) and either paying your challenge costs or raising the minimum sponsorship target, you'll need to budget for your:

• Airport taxes and the fuel surcharge (capped at £475)
• Personal travel insurance
• Gratuities
• Personal expenses
• Your lunch on Day 8
• You may also choose to pay for a single supplement at our accommodation (£486) - please contact us at bookings@dream-challenges.com or on 01590 646410 at least 17 weeks before your challenge departs and we can arrange this for you.

We will stay in comfortable hotels on a twin-sharing basis throughout this fabulous challenge.

Our hotel accommodation is included in your challenge cost on a twin-sharing basis.

However if you would prefer to have a room to yourself and pay for a single supplement, we'll be happy to arrange this for you at an additional cost. 

If you would like a single supplement, please get in touch by emailing us at bookings@dream-challenges.com or call us on 01590 646410 (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm) at least 17 weeks before the challenge departs.

Certainly. Our hotel accommodation is included in your challenge cost on a twin-sharing basis.

However, if you would prefer to have a room to yourself and pay for a single supplement, we'll be happy to arrange this for you at an additional cost. 

If you would like a single supplement, please get in touch by emailing us at bookings@dream-challenges.com or call us on 01590 646410 (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm).

The Dream Challenges team are here to help you achieve your cycling challenge and we will support you all the way. We are on hand from the minute you sign up to answer any questions that you may have about your training or the challenge itself.

Once you have registered, we will send you regular email updates with everything you need to know about your challenge, including the itinerary, an example insurance policy, the structure of an average cycling day, a full kit list, and a realistic training plan to help you get fit for the challenge. The training programme builds up gradually as the event gets closer.

We'll also send you important details and seasonal fundraising ideas. During the cycle, we'll have a UK doctor with expedition medicine training accompanying the group at all times, along with a team of outdoor remote first-aid trained challenge guides.

The key information updates go out at 6 months and 14 weeks before departure.

As we're not medically trained, we're afraid we can't offer you advice on this. We recommend you contact your GP or your local travel clinic, who will have the latest travel health advice.

We also recommend you visit the NHS Fit for Travel website here, to keep up to date with current travel health news and advice on staying healthy abroad.

NHS Fit for Travel website: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home

Travel Insurance

You will need to take out your own personal travel insurance upon registering for this challenge, covering health, accident, loss, and repatriation. We advise that you arrange personal travel insurance as soon as you can after you register to ensure you have coverage for your booking as well as the challenge itself.

Dream Challenges has an example of a policy that provides appropriate cover for this type of activity and also covers you for cancellation due to medically-diagnosed COVID-19. We will send you the details once you have registered. 

You can also call us for details on 01590 646410 during our office hours (9am- 5pm, Monday - Friday).

You can, however, take out your own insurance, providing it covers you for a charity bike ride in Goa.

Please ask the insurer about the nature of the cover. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate cover for your challenge.