OUR EXPERIENCE

At the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY,we know Surreys. With over three decades of combined experience as both a manufacturer and owner of rental facilities across the United States, we offer your business unique expertise that is unparalleled in the industry. We know of no other company that has both produced these distinctive four wheel bikes for worldwide distribution as well as tested, through decades of rental use, what makes a Surrey bike best suited for the rental industry. What has evolved through this process is a Surrey bike engineered with the rental owner in mind, embodying the reliability and quality important to a business and offering the enjoyable ride and safety important to its customers. When it comes to Surrey bikes, our values and goals are aligned with yours because the Surrey bikes we recommend for your use are the Surrey bikes we use ourselves.

 

At the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY, we know the rental industry. We believe that the profit-making potential of Surrey bike rental ownership is one of the best kept secrets from those seeking lucrative investment opportunities. Surrey bikes are not only ideal for the makings of a standalone business but are a great addition to almost any existing business. As the owner of rental facilities, we know that a rental facility operating at a good location during peek months can generate the amount of income enjoyed by only a small percentage of small businesses. As a manufacturer, we also recognize the barriers that have prevented many potential business owners with this knowledge from entering the rental industry, including the restricted supply of Surrey bikes and the sizeable, upfront investment required for their purchase. Once operational, we understand the frustration often felt by rentals owners unable to obtain necessary parts for repairs and the impracticability of frequent unit refurbishment which demands considerable time, skill and money.

At the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY, we know the solution. It has been our mission to devise affordable, innovative ways to overcome these hindrances, making rental ownership easier than ever before with our affordable lease and purchase options. Because we are uniquely situated in the industry as the only company to have done everything from manufacture Surrey bikes to send countless families out on enjoyable Surrey bike rides, we are able to offer a leasing program that allows your company to have a new fleet of rental-grade Surrey bikes delivered to your door every leasing term for a fraction of what it would cost to purchase a similar fleet. Our Leasing Program is the first of its kind in the Surrey bike rental industry, allowing you to maximize your profits with only a small investment and minimize your risks. In addition to our leasing option, we offer our customers the option of purchasing our state of the art Surrey bikes at special below-market pricing. You can do business with the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY with the assurance that we have come to know Surrey bikes and the rental industry better than any other company in the business since our inception in 1970.

OUR HISTORY

The history of Surrey bikes in America is the history of the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY.

As a Surrey Rental Operator

In 1970, several importers brought Surrey bikes into the United States for commercial use in the rental industry. A Houston, Texas company imported the Gitane Rosalie, a uni-frame four-wheel cycle manufactured in France. That same year, Cliff Marshall Imports introduced the Selene Surrey, an Italian-made Surrey with a bolted-together frame, which debuted in Dennisport, Massachusetts as a rental cycle. A few months later, the Surrey Company opened rental locations in Kissimmee, Florida and Galveston, Texas. The Surrey Company's affiliate rental company, Beach Bike Rentals, rented cycles of all types, including the Rosalie and Selene, with great success.

As a Surrey Manufacturer

Through our experience as a rental operator, we encountered the abusive nature of the rental industry and the shortened useful life of Surrey bikes because of such abuse. More than 35 years ago, we began to evaluate the weaknesses of the product and worked with the importer to communicate these weaknesses to the manufacturer. The Surrey Company eventually found it necessary to set up a facility to remake certain components of the Surrey bike, including frame and awning parts. The Surrey Company was still importing Surrey bikes in the early and mid-80s but found that our suggested changes to improve the imported Surrey bike were being incorporated into cycles going to our competitors. It was at this time that the Surrey Company began manufacturing a rental cycle with no equal, a Surrey bike that was state of the art and could withstand the rigors of the rental industry. By 1996, the Surrey Company started exporting our Surrey bikes internationally, and the Surrey Company name gave way to the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY to reflect this growth in our profile.

From 1970 to the current day, we have supplied or operated rental agencies all over the United States and abroad. Simply put, no other company exists within or outside of the United States with more experience or knowledge of the Surrey bike and leisure cycle rental business than the INTERNATIONAL SURREY COMPANY.

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