Trolley Pub Madison

I unfortunately can’t speak to the pub tour itself, since it never happened.
Here’s what I can say: I originally booked a private tour for a party, but we ended up only having 6 people in the party. This was not enough for a private tour, so I contacted Trolley Pub Madison a week or two in advance to cancel the private tour and purchase 6 mixer tickets. This portion of the transaction worked seamlessly and I was told on 5÷21÷15 that this was perfect because there was already a group of 4 signed up for a mixer and their trip would be cancelled unless more people signed up. It seemed like a win-​win for everyone. We were all set to go and received confirmation the day before the trip that the tour would go on as scheduled.
3 ½ hours before the tour, I received a voicemail letting me know that the tour was cancelled. When I immediately contacted Trolly Pub Madison, I was informed that not enough people signed up, so the tour was cancelled. I did receive a full refund. I inquired about the group of 4 that was previously signed up; had they backed out? I was told that there never was a group of 4 signed up, despite having seen the group of 4 signed up when I booked the mixer tickets and being told by this same person days earlier that they were signed up. I also asked how many people needed to be signed up for the tour to not be cancelled. I was told it was a minimum of 10, despite their website saying it was 7.
As a last ditch effort to make this tour happen, I asked if I could scrounge up a few people to add to the party. I was told «no», that they needed 48 hours notice to add people. I thought this was rather odd, considering the tour was already booked, Trolley Pub was presumably losing business on this, and I had only just been told of the cancellation (why wouldn’t I get the same 48 hours notice if they’ve known for 48 hours that they could not add people?)
This whole scenario just didn’t seem to add up to me and honestly seems a little shady in retrospect. I was disappointed that we didn’t get to go on the tour and received such short notice and mixed messages from this company.

This was my first experience on a trolley pub of any sort, and it greatly surpassed my expectations! The staff made the day… they are fun, positive, outgoing, and encouraging when you feel like you can’t pedal anymore! We stopped a couple times to get food, walk around, take a break. At one stop, the driver broke out into an impromptu zumba class on the street (she actually IS a zumba teacher!) and got several of the riders to join. Bystanders and passersby watched and smiled, wondering how they could join in such fun themselves! It was a harder workout than I imagined, but that was partly due to the fact that I joined an established group made up of a couple older folks, and a couple teenage girls. I felt like I was doing 50% of the pedaling for the group! But they were a hoot too. Such a nice way to spend time with friends, or even random strangers who feel like friends afterwards.

Kicked off my bachelorette party with the pedal pub, best afternoon ever — I recommend it! They provide you a driver so you don’t get a DUI! The driver is also a bartender so that you don’t have to serve your own drinks — it makes for a great party!

The most amazing time in Madison for a visitor from out of state. Riley and Emelye are the bomb.

I loved the «big red bike»!! The owners and driver (Larry) were LOADS of fun. The experience was just what I was hoping for.
First things first, no, you can’t drink of the pedal pub, but you know what, you can still have fun.
If you prefer to be a little «tipsy» during the ride I recommend getting to your starting location at least an hour early, have some cocktails and then when you start the ride everyone will be feeling kinda silly and fun. Also bring an iPod and make a playlist ahead of time. They will let you plug it in and that really helps get the party started.
We stopped at the Vintage and then at the Cap Tap house and then circled the Capitol back to Buckinghams where we started. They were happy to help with photos of the group and really allowed our day to the take on it’s own fun energy that we had hoped for.

This was an awesome way to celebrate my niece’s 30^th bday. The staff were awesome, even got out and pushed for a big hill. We pedaled around the square stopping at several bars. The staff went above and beyond to keep the party lively.