From Tally Ho Cycle Tours to TallyHo.com

A short history of a long name

When Tally Ho began in 2011, the name was practical because the business was practical. We were Tally Ho Cycle Tours because that told people exactly what we did: London bike tours, led by tip-top guides, on beautiful British bicycles, with a fondness for quiet streets, good stories, and the occasional excellent pub.

It worked. Guests loved it. Travel advisors remembered it. Reviewers wrote it down. Guides shouted "tally ho" every day. The name earned its keep.

Then the business grew up around it.

The bikes stayed at the heart of things, but the adventures widened. Walking tours. Black cab experiences. Private family days. Corporate events. Tailored itineraries. Day trips out of London. Guests were still coming for the same reason — that feeling of being properly looked after by someone who knew the city and cared about the day — but "Cycle Tours" was no longer the whole picture.

The .cc years

At one point we moved to tallyho.cc. The thinking was simple: shorter domain, sharper looking, easier to type. We liked the neatness of it, and we were quietly following in the tyre tracks of rapha.cc and bikeshed.cc.

In practice, clever and clear aren't always friends.

Some people got it. Plenty did not. Emails were misremembered, guests searched for the old name, partners used different versions, and the staff had

years of habit to undo. The brand equity was real... it was just scattered across names, domains, links, inboxes, screenshots, printed mentions, and human memory.

There's a particular pain in watching your own brand become slightly harder to find because you made it more elegant on paper.

Coming home to TallyHo.com

In 2025, after a long negotiation, we bought TallyHo.com.

It felt less like a rebrand and more like putting the front door where people had always been trying to knock.

A domain does a lot of work beyond the website. It's what a guest types after a concierge mentions us. It's what a travel advisor forwards to a colleague. It's what a repeat guest half-remembers years later while planning the next trip. It shows up in email addresses, calendar invites, WhatsApp messages, saved receipts, search results.

TallyHo.com gives all of that one home.

What changed and what did not

The name has tightened. The work has broadened. What we actually do for guests is the same.

We still think London is best understood with a brilliant human guide, a sensible pace, and enough room for curiosity. We still care about the backstreet, the pause for a photograph, the strange little story behind the detour, the moment a visitor stops feeling processed and starts feeling hosted.

The old name wasn't wrong. Tally Ho Cycle Tours carried us through the first chapter and built a great deal of trust, and we're grateful for it. We were just ready for a name that gives the whole business room to breathe.

Today, Tally Ho covers bike tours, walking tours, black cab tours, private family days, corporate rides, tailored itineraries, and trips beyond London. The bicycle is still part of the soul. It just isn't the whole map.

If you rode with us under the old name, welcome back. You'll recognise plenty: the humour, the local knowledge, guides who make history feel fun, a strong preference for the interesting side street over the obvious selfie scrum.

You'll also find more ways to explore with us. Some guests still want the classic London bike ride. Others come back with parents, kids, colleagues, or friends who'd rather walk, sit in a black cab, head out to Windsor, or have us design something from scratch. That's why the name needed to grow.

For travel advisors and partners, a quick favour: if your notes still say Tally Ho Cycle Tours or tallyho.cc, please update them to TallyHo.com. The old references still belong to us, but TallyHo.com is now the cleanest address to share, remember, and trust.

There's a pleasing honesty to it. It's simple. It sounds like us. It gives the brand enough room for everything we now do without losing the spirit that got us here.

So yes — if you remember the old name, you're in the right place. We haven't been swallowed by a faceless travel conglomerate in matching fleece gilets. We've just moved the whole show to an address that finally fits.

Tally Ho is still Tally Ho.