Media Spotlight: Article by Heather Mundt
How to plan your next pickleball vacation
It’s okay to admit you were wrong about pickleball. Sure, you dismissed it just a few years ago as a silly pastime meant only for retirees and out-of-shape adults. And then, like the 19.8 million other Americans who played in 2024, you picked up a pickleball habit.
Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year, says the Sport and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) in its 2025 Topline Participation Report: Participation has more than tripled since 2022.
And it’s no longer just for retirees—pickleball is also catching on with younger players, according to the SFIA’s 2024 report. The sport’s largest demographic comprises 2.3 million paddle wizards aged 25–34, and one million children have also joined in on the fun.
More popular even than soccer and baseball, the sport is also breeding an entirely new brand of travel: pickleball vacations.
