Tom Hale

Tom Hale is the founder, president and CEO of Backroads, the world's leading active travel company. Founded in 1979, Backroads now runs over 5,000 trips across all seven continents. Hale started the business in his 20s with a simple idea: why not take people on bike trips?

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EP 781

Backroads: Tom Hale. How a desk worker became a trailblazer in active travel

Tom Hale

Backroads

Ditching a stable city planning job in Las Vegas, Tom Hale bet everything on a radical idea: that people would pay to bike and camp through places like Death Valley. With four strangers on his first trip, no business experience, and nights spent washing dishes to survive, Hale built Backroads from a one-man operation into a global active travel empire spanning 60 countries—all without taking a single dollar of outside investment.

Nov 10, 202550 min

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Backroads

Backroads is an active travel company that delivers deluxe biking, hiking and multi-adventure vacations in over 50 countries. With four decades of expertise, they craft exceptional trips for families, couples and solo travelers seeking authentic experiences.

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