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About Sports Travel Tom
Sports Travel Tom is a sports travel journalist and storyteller, helping people travel better for sport and adventure — with clarity, context and practical insight.
Why Sports Travel Tom exists
I’ve spent years travelling for sport — sometimes for work, sometimes on my own — and I’ve come to believe it’s one of the most natural ways to understand a place.
Sport and adventure have a way of bringing people together. They cut through language, background and opinion, and create shared moments — in stadiums, on trails, in pubs, on trains home.
Sports Travel Tom exists because those moments matter. Not just the headline events, but everything around them — the journey, the atmosphere, the people you meet and the sense of place you carry with you afterwards.
This is about helping people travel better for sport and adventure, with clarity, context and practical insight — so when you go, you know why you’re there and what you’re hoping to find.
Why you can trust me
I’ve seen sport from different angles. From inside broadcast compounds and hospitality areas, and from the stands with a ticket I’ve bought myself.
I’ve worked in sports media and live events for much of my career, but I’ve also travelled independently to experience the same places and occasions without access, without a crew, and without a safety net.
That mix has shaped how I judge what’s worth travelling for. Not everything is. Some things look better on paper than they feel in reality. Others — often smaller, quieter experiences — stay with you far longer than expected.
Sports Travel Tom is built on that judgement. Honest guidance, informed by years inside sport and just as many years navigating it as a traveller.
Experience, in context
My work sits at the intersection of sport, travel and storytelling.
Broadcast & presenting
I’ve worked as a presenter and event host across major sporting events, operating inside live broadcasts, tournament environments and global sports organisations — seeing how elite sport is staged, packaged and experienced from within.
Travel & storytelling
Alongside that work, I’ve travelled independently to experience sport and adventure on my own terms — planning trips, buying tickets, navigating access and discovering how events fit into the rhythm of a destination.
Practical insight
That combination shapes how I judge what’s worth travelling for. Some experiences deliver exactly what you hope for. Others don’t. Sports Travel Tom is about recognising the difference — and sharing it honestly so you can travel better.
What you’ll find here
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Destination stories explored through sport and adventure
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Sporting experiences — from global events to local fixtures
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Adventure guides so you can follow in my footsteps
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Practical insight on tickets, timing and travel decisions
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Video-led storytelling supported by written guides and context
My Story
Sports Travel Tom didn’t appear overnight. It’s the result of years working in sport and media, travelling independently, taking risks that didn’t always work out — including a rather ambitious attempt to sail around the world — and gradually realising that sport and adventure offered the clearest way to understand the world.
If you’d like to read the longer story — including the moments that shaped my love of telling the story of our world through sport and adventure — you can find it here.
The longer journey — and how Sports Travel Tom came to be.
My Top 5's
Here are a few personal reference points from books, sporting events and adventures that have shaped how I see the world through sport, adventure and travel.
(You can read more about these experiences within my Sports Travel Tom Destination pages.)
Favourite travel books
Michael Palin — Around the World in 80 Days
Chris Eakin — A Race Too Far
Bill Bryson — A Walk in the Woods
Jon Krakauer — Into Thin Air
Robin Knox Johnston — A World on my Own
(Some book links on this site may be affiliate links.)
Books that have captivated my love of exploring our world through sport & adventure
Sporting events that stay with me
A mix of global stages and local experiences.
Wimbledon — London, England
Valencia CF — The Mestalla, Spain
Altoona Curve — Altoona, USA
Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park — Pittsburgh, USA
Braemar Gathering — Braemar, Scotland
Adventures that changed my perspective
Moments where effort, environment and reflection mattered as much as the destination.
Hiking South Lake Tahoe — Nevada/California, USA
Kayaking the Potomac River — Washington D.C. USA
Sailing the Caledonian Canal — Highlands, Scotland
Hiking the Calanque National Park — Cassis, France
Hiking Breakneck Ridge — New York State, USA