Advice & Tips
Is it safe to travel to Turkey in 2023?
Travellers considering a trip have many questions and must make multiple decisions. One of them may be “Is it safe?” We have recently been asked if it is safe to travel to Turkey in 2023. Every individual must take responsibility for informing themselves and ultimately deciding. We are happy to offer some background and our…
How to Choose a Rowing Trip that Suits You
There are many things to consider about how to choose a rowing trip. One is the type of trip: centre-based, point-to-point or sampler
Planning 2022 Travel in a Pandemic
There is good news and bad news. The good news is that in September and October we successfully and safely ran three rowing tours in Austria, France and Turkey. All guests were fully vaccinated. Participants who had Covid tests before returning home all received negative results. We navigated vaccination passes, entry forms to cross borders…
Travelling in 2021
03 June 2021 – What a long haul it has been through this pandemic, and of course it is not done yet. However, there are grounds for optimism and renewed hope. We have started reviewing which trips might be able to run in 2021. As always, our top priority is the safety and health of…
Best private rowing trip destinations
Best places to take your crew, club or family on a private rowing trip. Choices in Europe, Canada and elsewhere.
COVID 19 and 2021 Rowing The World Trips
What a difficult year 2020 has been. We hope that our rowing friends and their families around the world have stayed safe and healthy. So many lives have been lost and many have suffered in a multitude of ways. For many, I know that the chance to row has offered some measure of solace and…
Update on Rowing Travel
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world, bringing death and economic hardship among many other disruptions. But there are encouraging signs in some locations and a return to rowing and to travel has begun. What does this mean for Rowing The World trips? This post serves as an update to our first Covid-19 post…
COVID 19 and Rowing The World Trips
Update 02 July 2020 – The situation remains fluid and we have cancelled or rescheduled many of our trips but some may still run. Please see our 2020 Rowing Trips summary for updates and individual tour pages. We are investigating adding some new trips for 2020 which are aligned with current circumstances, especially more local…
How to Choose the Right Type of Rowing Trip for You
Tourism boards crunch all sorts of numbers and big data in attempts to figure out why travellers choose certain types of trips. Destination is very important, but there are other factors. Some travellers want ease in every way including unpacking their suitcases only once and getting to know one place well. Some have a goal…
Travel Planning for Rowers
We are just over half-way through the year, and while our focus is resolutely on our upcoming rowing tours, we are already starting to plan our trip offers for the next year. But we are not alone in this travel planning for rowers. Individuals are plotting and dreaming about where they might row next year…
