Amsterdam: Multiple-Day Bike Rental

Cycling is the best way to get around the city. Using MacBike was an easy and convenient way to hire bikes and at a reasonable price.

We rented bikes for 3 days from their central station location. We wanted to leave our luggage as we were biking out of town. I even wrote to them before I made the reservation asking if they were keeping our luggage and they responded yes, for free - we were reserving for that location. When we arrived the person said that they offer this service, but not at that location due to some odd law about their central location…he then said we could go to luggage storage place. After giving us inaccurate info about how to find it, we finally found it. After some stress we found 2 lockers, stored our bags and returned to the shop…an hour later! We then heard him say to another couple that they had a shop 5 minutes away! Why did he not tell us this, we would have just gone to that other location, instead we spent $50+ dollars storing our luggage! The bikes themselves were awful…very old and very heavy. We asked the person about the route we wanted to take and he showed little interest and just said google map it. We had the Fietsknoop app, but he showed no interest in trying to get us on the right track. Just disinterested. I would never rent from this company again!

The bike was easy to use and had a convenient locking system. The shop owner explained clearly the rules for cycling around Amsterdam. I would say this is best as an inner city bike rather than for cycling out of town. If you want to explore further afield maybe check their other bike options or go elsewhere. The plus point of the bike being so visibly a tourist bike is that locals will navigate around you because they know you are less familiar with their biking customs.