Welcome to the travel industry’s new favorite sport: Pickleball. Hotels from luxury resorts to urban properties are rapidly adding pickleball courts to their grounds, and cruise lines, even river cruises, are netting off courts on their ships. It seems clear from our reporting that travelers are keen to take their paddles anywhere and everywhere to keep up their routine, play with fellow guests or locals, or use the opportunity to learn the game.

Hotels editor Christina Jelski, who spearheaded our pickleball cover story and who has tracked the popularity of the game within the hospitality sector, co-hosts this episode with host Rebecca Tobin. Our guests are Melinda Alcossar, a travel advisor who founded Travel With Heart, a division of All-Travel, and specializes in organizing “Carpe Dinkem” pickleball vacations, and Rob Coleman, Holland America Line’s vice president of North America sales, which is going “all in” on pickleball.

Among our topics: How fast this sport has grown among travel companies, why travelers love to play and where travelers and advisors can find creative and plentiful courts and opportunities for play.

Episode sponsor: 

This episode is sponsored by Windstar Cruises https://www.windstarcruises.com 

Related reports:

Cover story: Picking up on the pickleball craze https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Picking-up-on-the-pickleball-craze 

Cruise insight: Pickleball is a hit, and Holland America Line has taken notice https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/Holland-America-is-jumping-into-pickleball 

River cruise insight: River lines put more sports options into play https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/River-lines-put-sports-cruise-options-in-play 

From 2019: Anyone for pickleball? Resorts embrace the booming sport https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Anyone-for-pickleball-Resorts-embrace-booming-sport

Welcome to the travel industry’s new favorite sport: Pickleball. Hotels from luxury resorts to urban properties are rapidly adding pickleball courts to their grounds, and cruise lines, even river cruises, are netting off courts on their ships. It seems clear from our reporting that travelers are keen to take their paddles anywhere and everywhere to keep up their routine, play with fellow guests or locals, or use the opportunity to learn the game. Hotels editor Christina Jelski, who spearheaded our pickleball cover story and who has tracked the popularity of the game within the hospitality sector, co-hosts this episode with host Rebecca Tobin. Our guests are Melinda Alcossar, a travel advisor who founded Travel With Heart, a division of All-Travel, and specializes in organizing “Carpe Dinkem” pickleball vacations, and Rob Coleman, Holland America Line’s vice president of North America sales, which is going “all in” on pickleball.
Among our topics: How fast this sport has grown among travel companies, why travelers love to play and where travelers and advisors can find creative and plentiful courts and opportunities for play.
Episode sponsor: 
This episode is sponsored by Windstar Cruises <a href="https://www.windstarcruises.com">https://www.windstarcruises.com </a>
Related reports:
Cover story: Picking up on the pickleball craze <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Picking-up-on-the-pickleball-craze">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Picking-up-on-the-pickleball-craze </a>
Cruise insight: Pickleball is a hit, and Holland America Line has taken notice <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/Holland-America-is-jumping-into-pickleball">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Insights/Holland-America-is-jumping-into-pickleball </a>
River cruise insight: River lines put more sports options into play <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/River-lines-put-sports-cruise-options-in-play">https://www.travelweekly.com/River-Cruising/Insights/River-lines-put-sports-cruise-options-in-play </a>
From 2019: Anyone for pickleball? Resorts embrace the booming sport <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Anyone-for-pickleball-Resorts-embrace-booming-sport">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Anyone-for-pickleball-Resorts-embrace-booming-sport</a>

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

The Folo by Travel Weekly

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Advertisement