We have already written before (and more recently here) about one of the world’s best inline skating networks of trails, the Flaeming region in Germany. Read that post first if you are not familiar with the trails. But how did it come to be? We checked in with our friend Uwe Kuhlmey, the owner and Continue Reading →
Category: Germany
Why Bikers Love our Inline Skating & Biking Tours
We started out in 1997 as Zephyr Inline Skate Tours, the world’s first inline skating (Rollerblading) tour company. By 1990 we were running ten skate tours a year – but two of them were “bike friendly”. The following year we ran 16 skate tours, with four of them “bike friendly”. So the reality is that Continue Reading →
Expert Advice: How To Travel With Skates
Our friends at Inline Warehouse are the best gear experts out there when it comes to all things inline skating. They cover different skating styles with a variety of styles of skates (plus protective gear, wheels, and parts, clothing) and even accessories to help you travel with your skates in tow. Here’s their expert advice Continue Reading →
2025 Travel Trends & Top Trips
As the new year begins, it’s the perfect time to imagine your ideal getaway—whether it’s an adventurous trip of a lifetime, an active challenge to accomplish, or a fun escape with friends and family. Now is the best moment to plan your vacation before the busyness of everyday life takes over. Exploring the great outdoors Continue Reading →
Crowd-Free Travel
I just read an article on “crowd-free travel”, which the Adventure Travel Trade Association is highlighting as a trend for 2025. We are all in. Travel shut down in 2020 due to the pandemic. It rebounded domestically in 2021 but boomed in 2022 and has remained high. This has affected our business. We run fewer Continue Reading →
The Remarkable and Yet Unknown Fläming Skate Region
Chances are you have never heard of the Fläming Skate. Even if you are an inline skater. Yet the network of paved trails in the Brandenburg region south of Berlin is well known by German skaters as being the premier long-distance inline skating location in the country. And from my point of view as a Continue Reading →
Upcoming New Tour Locations
We recently completed a survey of our alumni travelers on potential new tour locations. We asked them to rate each of 25 possible new tours as their Top Destination, Very Likely to Do, Somewhat Likely to Do, or Not Interested. The Top Locations The top locations in order were as follows: Greek Islands Hiking Adventure: Continue Reading →
The Easiest Bike Tour Location in the World? Try the Mosel Valley
We have been running inline skating tours in the Mosel Valley since 2007. That alone should tell you the location is flat with well-maintained pavement. The beautiful thing about the Mosel Valley as a bike tour location is the Germany government has created paved paths on both sides of the river for hundreds of kilometers. That means Continue Reading →
Mosel Valley is a World Class Skate Tour Destination
We recently completed a Mosel Valley Skating Adventure, which took place July 17-23, 2016. This is the third time I have run this tour but the first for us in six years. I must admit I was shocked to not have accurately remembered how great the Mosel Valley is for a skate tour! Here are Continue Reading →
Skating and Biking Along the Mosel Valley
I cannot say the Mosel Valley Skating Adventure is my favorite skate tour of all time. We simply have too many tours in great locations we have run over the years. But it is pretty dang spectacular. Here are some of the features that make our Mosel Skating Adventure (which is open to bikers) special: Continue Reading →