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How it all started
www.padeltrips4u.com was launched in response to a request from players at the founders’ local club. The club offers four uncovered courts that are well-built and drain well, but nonetheless offer no protection against days of rain, intense cold or wind. Even the hardiest of players, who bravely battle snow, rain, and hail, not to mention wind and cold, deserve a break from time to time.
Using the team’s international contacts for the padel trips, an agreement to host up to 24 players over a 3-to-4-day period, was quickly reached with one of our long-standing colleagues, head of a large overseas club. Within two days, 50 club members signed up, with 23 committing to joining an inaugural group.
It became evident that there was an opportunity to provide a service to local players, but would padel trips have a broad appeal? The idea crystallised on the back of two experiences:
While the number of padel courts in the UK has increased from around 80 in 2022 to 1559 across 559 venues at the end of 2025, the focus has now shifted from availability (even though a significant percentage of courts remain uncovered) to affordability. For those outside the capital, playing overseas can cost less than travelling into London, for those in the capital city or having to travel regular long distances to a covered court, a padel trip overseas may cost less than a week’s padel in the UK. Padel trips are an excellent opportunity to combine a passion for playing with the certainty of being able to play, regardless of the weather. The predictability of the weather (i.e. good weather and covered facilities) is also extremely important, especially for vets (40+) looking to avoid injury.
With a greater number of local options, the team have also been instrumental in organising padel trips within the UK, some of which as part of the voluntary work performed by team members. These include inter-county social and competitive matches and trips to participate in local tournaments.
www.padeltrips4u.com is part of a fast-growing padel tourism sector, in which amateur padel players of all levels now travel to view top players at international events. Our team have organised or participated in travel to several FIP events in Spain, Italy and the UK.
While playing at a large indoor padel club one day, we met a fellow player who had travelled one and a half hours to play a padel game! That’s a 3 hour round trip. When we asked him why he had not gone to something closer to home, he told us that there were no covered courts closer to him. The certainty of being able to play was top of his list. But in 3 hours he could have travelled to Spain or Portugal and cleared baggage reclaim on the other side!
Testimonials
I really enjoyed Portimão, it was easy to get around and everything was within 15 mins travelling time once we were there. Faro to Portimão was a 45 min drive on very good roads! The padel club was awesome with a range of quality courts, coaches and locals very friendly and made everyone feel really welcome. I will definitely be visiting again.
Brilliant sense of community brought together by Padeltrips4U. The coaching and playing local players were particular highlights for me.
Our coach was very personable and clearly identified areas where we could improve. His demonstrations of the shots were excellent and he gave praise when it was warranted. PadelTrips4U were clearly working as a good team organising matches and joining in themselves. It was great to play with them and to watch them in action playing with the locals.
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