My husband & I took our tandem on honeymoon to New Zealand!

Here are a couple of touring learnings -

1. however you do it, keep it as light as you can. I am a real pack rat w/ packing - but it was actually pretty fun to devise glam off the bike looks when I had 6kg of luggage total!

2. Am assuming she has a suspension seatpost? Stoking is hard on the butt (whether or not all the bumps are 'called') - I would have a Thudbuster if I could, but I don't even have enough clearance for a short-travel one.

3. If you can think of a good reply to 'She's not pedalling' - let me know. I just wished I had a £1 for every time I heard it. People are usually just trying to be friendly - but boy does it get annoying!

4. You can get great pictures & movies from the stoker seat!

I love touring on the tandem - it's a really great feeling on teamwork on a journey that you just don't get with single bikes. Have a great time!