HISPORTS Getaways turns pickleball vacations into global travel packages
HISPORTS is selling pickleball as a full travel product, with coaching, resorts, flights, and sightseeing bundled into one trip.
A travel package, not just a clinic
HISPORTS Getaways is making a clear case that pickleball vacations can stand on their own as a global travel product. The pitch is not simply court time in a warmer place, but a bundled experience built around expert coaching, structured practice, friendly matches, resort stays, flights, transfers, and local sightseeing.
That matters because the company is not starting from scratch. HISPORTS says it grew out of Ontario clinics, then expanded into destination trips that mix training with leisure. The formula is simple but telling: players arrive, drill, compete, eat well, explore, and leave with more than just a few hours on court.
Why the market is ready for it
The broader pickleball boom makes this kind of package easier to understand. USA Pickleball says the Pickleheads database added more than 2,300 new U.S. locations in 2025, bringing the total to 18,258 places to play, while the wider court database now shows 82,613 known courts after 14,155 were added in 2024. The Sports and Fitness Industry Association says U.S. participation jumped from about 4.2 million players in 2020 to more than 24 million in 2025.
That scale helps explain why retreats are moving beyond the domestic weekend model. When the player base is that large, a trip built around coaching and resort amenities is no longer a niche splurge. It starts to look like a recognizable segment of sports travel, especially for players who want instruction and a vacation in the same purchase.
Punta Cana leans into the resort side
The Punta Cana departures show how HISPORTS packages the sport around a classic all-inclusive escape. Travelers are offered stays at Grand Palladium Punta Cana or TRS Turquesa, round-trip flights from Toronto, airport transfers, and coaching from Alex Stojkov and Christina Chin.
The resort pairing is deliberate. Grand Palladium Punta Cana Resort & Spa sits on Bávaro Beach and offers access to multiple restaurants, pools, spa services, and transfers from Punta Cana International Airport. TRS Turquesa is adults-only and gives guests access to the larger resort complex’s amenities, which pushes the trip closer to a polished resort getaway than a bare-bones training camp.
That is the key difference from many domestic retreats. A typical regional pickleball escape often centers on court access first and lodging second. Here, the resort experience is part of the value proposition from the start, which makes the package easier to sell to couples, mixed-skill groups, and players who want a more polished all-in-one trip.
Da Nang shows the full model in motion
The Da Nang trip is the clearest example of HISPORTS turning pickleball into a destination itinerary. The listing says the May 2026 trip starts at C$3,480 and includes more than 15 hours of coaching, seven nights at M Hotel, daily breakfast, and a Hoi An boat dinner cruise.
What makes that package stand out is the balance between sport and travel. The trip also includes a Canada-versus-Vietnam tournament, so the itinerary is not just about instruction or sightseeing in isolation. It is built as a blended experience, with the competitive side, the leisure side, and the destination side all folded into one booking.
That structure is exactly what separates a global retreat from a simple court getaway. Players are not just buying access to a few sessions. They are buying a curated week in Vietnam with coaching, competition, meals, and an excursion that ties the whole trip to the region.
Italy adds credibility through coaching and partnerships
HISPORTS is using the same playbook in Frascati, Italy. The Rome and Frascati materials tie the getaway to New Country Club Frascati and Pickleball Italia, which gives the trip a stronger local anchor than a generic resort offer would.
The coaching names matter too. HISPORTS identifies Alex Stojkov as a top Canadian pickleball coach and Christina Chin as a five-time Canadian national champion. That kind of credentialing helps sell the trip as more than travel with a paddle in the bag. It tells players that the instruction has pedigree, and that the destination itself is part of a wider pickleball network.
For a retreat audience, that is a powerful combination. The trip is not framed as a one-off vacation, but as a structured international experience where the on-court side is serious enough to attract players who care about improvement, while the off-court side makes the trip feel worth the airfare.
A category with clear upside
HISPORTS is not alone in leaning into this model. Other operators are already marketing luxury pickleball travel, including curated retreats, resort packages, and destination trips in Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. That suggests the category is moving beyond a novelty stage and into a recognizably commercial lane.
The important shift is not just that players can now find a trip with pickleball on it. It is that the trip itself is being designed around pickleball from the beginning. Coaching, practice sessions, matches, sightseeing, airport transfers, and premium lodging are no longer add-ons. They are the product.
That is why HISPORTS Getaways looks less like a rebrand and more like a sign of where the sport is heading. The company’s pitch reflects a market where players want the convenience of a packaged vacation and the purpose of a serious pickleball experience, and the global itinerary is becoming the new way to deliver both.
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