#837 - Amsterdam Bike Tours Become Passive Profit Center
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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A traveler’s attempt to pay rent turns into one of Amsterdam’s premier touring companies.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's side hustle school feature was inspired by one of our stories in year one. |
| 0:12.9 | I'm always excited when that happens. |
| 0:15.3 | This guy in the Netherlands sets out to make some extra money. |
| 0:18.6 | Just like I talked about two days ago, starting from necessity, just wanted extra money, |
| 0:22.3 | that's totally fine. |
| 0:23.3 | But in his case, he grows it to a real business that can largely operate without him. |
| 0:27.8 | This business earns up to 20,000 euros a month. |
| 0:30.2 | It's like 22,400 dollars. |
| 0:32.8 | And he still has his day job. |
| 0:34.4 | What kind of business is it? |
| 0:35.4 | Well, it is a touring business. |
| 0:36.8 | In his case, a bike tour business. |
| 0:38.9 | We've had a number of different episodes featuring tour businesses in the history of the |
| 0:42.6 | show. |
| 0:43.6 | Something about Washington DC tours, Denver food tours, Chicago pizza tours recently, scooter |
| 0:49.3 | tours, a guy operating little kick bike, scooter tours in Florida, adventure tours, aerial |
| 0:54.0 | tours and more. |
| 0:55.4 | These stories often have some things in common, but also some differentiation as well. |
| 0:58.6 | And at the end of the story, I'll recap with a forest debt process to setting up your |
| 1:02.3 | own touring hustle, especially if you're in a city that sees a lot of visitors like Amsterdam. |
| 1:07.6 | So quick message from our sponsor. |
| 1:08.9 | I appreciate them helping us keep the lights on. |
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