Slow Travel Pass - ex Slowby
A unique collection of the best multi-day cycling & hiking trips in Belgium.
Carefully curated by us, easily organized by you.
๐ฅพ๐ฒ๐ง๐ช
Get your pass here: https://slowtravelpass.com/ โจ
New/Nouveau/Nieuw! ๐
By popular request, weโve already added an extra cycling trip from Dendermonde to Knokke! Swim in lakes, take a small yellow boat across the Scheldt, stop in historical cities... a ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ or if ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ฒ
Discover the trip here: https://www.slowtravelpass.com/
Enjoy! ๐คฉ
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐! ๐ Our first multi-day cycling and hiking trips in Belgium are now available on https://slowtravelpass.com ๐ฒ๐ฅพ
With the Slow Travel Pass, weโve built a unique collection of trips for all levels which combine the ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐. In short, you can go on slow travel adventures without hours of planning. Pretty exciting, right? ๐คฉ
โก๏ธ Explore all trips on https://slowtravelpass.com โฌ
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We put a lot of love and energy making the Slow Travel Pass, and would like to ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐. Your support and enthusiasm is really what motivates us everyday! ๐
Enjoy exploring the trips! If you have any questions or suggestions, please send us a message, we really want to make this a success with you! ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ & ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป
A happy Slow Travel Pass team ๐คฉ
๐Great news: the Slow Travel Pass will be live tomorrow!๐
Last Friday, when we added our first selection of trips to the platform, Thor (our developer) said, โI stopped developing for a while, because I was looking at all these trips in detail. And I want to do so many of them already!โ ๐คฉ
Weโre currently having such a great time making the Slow Travel Pass! Why? Because the pass will also be super useful for us to easily go on trips. We hope youโll love it as much as we do. ๐ซถ
Stay tuned: our first selection of trips will be available at the end of the week! ๐
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐! ๐๐คฉ
Here's a sneak peek at the beautiful design Marie made. Beautiful, right? ๐ We are sooo excited that you'll get to go on these trips soon. It feels like everything we have done so far brought us here. What a journey!
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ซถ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐! We'll send you an email very soon.
For those who haven't got their Pass yet, you know what to do!๐
More info & preordersโก๏ธ https://slowtravelpass.com/
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐! ๐
๐ฅพ Hiking
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2 days
๐งญ Intermediate (+- 20km/day)
๐จ Youth hostel in the middle (private rooms for +- โฌ30 per person/night!)
And of course train station to train station- as all the trips you'll find in the pass. ๐
โก๏ธ Preorder your Slow Travel Pass (for yourself or as a gift - or both ๐) to get early access to our ready-to-go trips in March! โจ
More info: https://slowtravelpass.com/
A happy team! ๐ Thank you to the first 30 fantastic people who already preordered their ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐
We're now working hard on it (see the board behind us ๐
), and can't wait to show it to you in March. Get ready for amazing slow travel adventures in 2024! ๐
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๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ? ๐ฅพ๐ฒ
The Slow Travel Pass includes ๐๐+ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ in Belgium. The trips are for ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, and combine the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ. In short, all you need to go on amazing slow travel adventures, without hours of planning!
Preorder your Slow Travel Pass today and get early access to all trip plans in March: https://slowtravelpass.com/ โจ
Hello everyone, we have exciting news: weโre launching our ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ today! ๐
Over the last year, we've handcrafted secret trips for 600+ slow travellers, and they really loved them. To make it easy for more people to go on amazing slow travel adventures, weโre now making our ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐+ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ available through our Slow Travel Pass. ๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ฅพ๐ง๐ช
With just one Pass, you get access to all ready-to-go plans for trips from 2 to 5 days. Preorder your Pass (โฌ60) now to get early access to all trips in March.
For more info and preorders, check out our website: https://slowtravelpass.com/
๐๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐! ๐คฉ
Slow Travel Pass | Go on amazing slow travel adventures, without hours of planning. We curated the best 25+ multi-day cycling and hiking trips in Belgium, so you can easily spend time in nature and discover new places.
๐ What a Christmas gift! Slowby got covered for the first time in... Italian! Waw!! ๐
Massive thank you to Bikeitalia.it & Pinar Pinzuti for making this happen, you are the best! โจ
Slowby pianifica il tuo viaggio segreto in bicicletta - Bikeitalia.it Il valore del viaggiare lentamente fuori dagli schemi: con slowby puoi pianificare le tue esplorazioni personalizzate a piedi e in bicicletta
Oh oh oh! Mรจre Noรซl a rendu nos beaux cadeaux encore un peu plus beaux pour cette fin d'annรฉe !๐๐งโ๐ Pour que ce soit encore plus joyeux d'offrir du temps et un moment de qualitรฉ ร quelqu'un โจโฅ๏ธ
Ce qu'on fait ? Des trips secrets de plusieurs jours ร pied ou ร vรฉlo pour dรฉcouvrir plein de nouveaux endroits en Belgique ๐ฅพ๐ฒ
Et en coulisse, รงa ressemble ร รงa ๐
๐ Comptez entre 2 et 4 jours ouvrables pour le recevoir par la poste. Si vous voulez le recevoir juste par email, c'est fait en quelques heures ๐
Commandez via notre site ou par ici directement โก๏ธ https://gift.slowby.travel/fr
Bisouskes!
The truth is...
We don't need more stuff.
We need more quality time!
๐ Order a ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ before 16/12 to receive our slow travel postcards with it. Time is the most precious time, isn't it? ๐ฅฐ
โ PM us if you have any questions!
โก๏ธ Link:
Thor, our amazing CTO, is already heading back to Helsinki, where he currently lives! ๐ซ๐ฎ
Having him in Belgium for two weeks was absolutely fantastic. It made us realize even more how much we all fit amazingly well together as a team.
Weโll be working remotely again for the next weeks (with some really exciting things happening! More on that soon ๐ฅ). A perfect excuse for a nice photo!
๐ท Missing on this picture Janneke & Ward!
Really nice feedback from Thomas and Caroline who travelled with their 9 months daughter (how amazing is that?!! ๐)
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"Slowby was the perfect introduction to slow travel by bike! We were eager to find a way to travel without being obligated to take the plane and then we found Slowby ๐ฅณ Everything is planned for you, you just need to ride from A to B and enjoy the point of interest that the team found especially for you! We did 3 days 2 nights with our 9 months old daughter and it was a challenge but we did it non the less ๐ช๐ป The host were so kind and welcoming ๐ฅฐ We are now gearing ourselves to make a bigger trip!
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Thanks for going on a secret trip by bicycle, you're amazing! ๐
Our kind of days off โค๏ธ
The joy of hiking in autumn! ๐
The harvest made by a mum and her daughter who slow travelled by foot for two days last week. Yummy! ๐ฐ
The joy of having posted gift cards! ๐ฅณ Your support means a lot to us, thank you! ๐
๐๐: ๐โ๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐! ๐ป๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐!
โก๏ธ https://gift.slowby.travel/
Now, this is what a happy team looks like! โค๏ธ
Here's the full Slowby team: Ward, Janneke, Thor, Manon & Dries.
What binds us together? Our deep belief that is a force of change, that if more people adopt it, the world will be a nicer, fairer and more ecological place.
It's pretty amazing how complementary we are together, doing our best for each other and for the impact we want to make.
And it's only the beginning, let's do this!! ๐ฅ๐
Fun things to do in autumn:
๐ Gฬตoฬต ฬตnฬตuฬตtฬตsฬต >> Collect nuts ๐ฐ
๐ Fฬตeฬตeฬตlฬต ฬตrฬตuฬตsฬตhฬตeฬตdฬต >> Hunt mushrooms ๐
๐ Sฬตtฬตuฬตfฬตfฬตyฬต ฬตnฬตoฬตsฬตeฬต >> Fresh air ๐ฌ๏ธ
๐ Wฬตaฬตtฬตcฬตhฬต ฬตNฬตeฬตtฬตfฬตlฬตiฬตxฬต >> Play outside ๐
In short: go on a ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ! ๐๐ฃ Big bonus: kids come for free during the autumn break. Use code ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ at checkout!
Have a nice weekend!
We have great news for parents, friends of parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents out there! ๐ฅณ
Autumn is throwing a party, and so are we! ๐
Take your children on a slow travel trip for free!
Hereโs how you do it:
1๏ธ Book a slow travel trip and travel between 22/10 and 6/11
2๏ธ Minimum two adults - as many children as you can handle! ๐
3๏ธ Use the code ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ at checkout
Go to https://secret.slowby.travel/ to get started!
PS: Thanks for forwarding this message to families & friends ๐
๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฅพ
Autumn is a perfect season to slow travel by foot! Here's a little souvenir from this summer - when we tested hiking trips with Manon & Ingrid.
These woods are just ๐
This summer, Frederik & Els gave us a fantastic challenge: they wanted to slow travel by bicycle during 10 days with their baby and sleep inside. All right, challenge accepted! ๐คฉ
So, we rolled up our sleeves and started building a secret route for them! We worked out a secret trip based on their profile + interests and curated 9 nice B&Bs along their route. They made direct bookings and, a few weeks later, they were already hitting the road!
Thank you for your trust Els & Frederik, you are amazing! You can read a bit more of their travel story here! โฌ๏ธ
https://www.slowby.travel/travel-stories/els-frederik-en
Yesterday, we officially launched two new options: hiking and inside stays! ๐
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐? ๐จ
1๏ธ You tell us what kind of stay you prefer.
2๏ธ We find great slow travel stay(s) for you.
3๏ธ You get the direct link for the booking in your mailbox.
So basically, we curate it, you directly book it (we take no commission)! We tested it out this summer, we'll share a very nice story tomorrow! ๐
Waw, Dries wrote his first opinion piece about ! ๐คฉ
"Konden het avontuur en de ontdekkingen niet blijven doorgaan in onze eigen achtertuin? Zo kwamen Welcome To My Garden en Slowby tot leven!"
Congrats Dries! ๐
https://nl.planet-lifestyle.be/uit-in-belgie/belgie-een-paradijs-voor-slow-travel/ #
Belgiรซ, een paradijs voor slow travel โEn hoe was het om terug te keren naar Belgiรซ?โ is ongetwijfeld een van de vragen die ik het vaakst heb gekregen sinds mijn vriendin Manon en ik eind 2019 terug zijn thuisgekomen van een lange fietsreis van 11 maanden en 13.500 km tussen Brussel en Tokio.
We have big news!! ๐
We're incredibly happy to say that Thor Galle has joined us as our CTO (Chief Technology Officer) & Co-Founder! ๐
Thor Galle is an extremely talented software developer & UX designer. He originally comes from Leuven, Belgium but currently lives in Helsinki, Finland. He's also a slow traveller at heart, who's deeply driven by our mission of making more accessible.
This is a big step for us as our co-founder team is now complete. This means we can now start to build upon everything we have learned this summer - and therefore, make even more impact through slow travel.
๐ We also want to take this opportunity to tell you how grateful we are to every single one of you who left on a secret trip in the past months. Thanks to you, we learned step by step how to create unforgettable experiences and your input helped us get better each time. Now, we're taking all these learnings and input to go forward and start building!
We're so excited for this new chapter! Welcome Thor! ๐
After an amazing summer of helping 200+ travellers start to , we left on a 2-week bicycle trip in Northern England! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง
(1) We mastered the push-your-bike strategy (some hills were 25% steep, which is ๐ณ!)
(2) We stayed at our first international host and they were amazing people! ๐
(3) We had many new ideas and thoughts about how to take further. It's so exciting to be able to work on what you love!
We're now starting the chapter 2 of , with really exciting news coming up tomorrow! Let's go!! ๐ฅ
Comment bien terminer la semaine ? En lisant ce magnifique tรฉmoignage de Cรฉline - qui est rรฉcemment partie en avec son amie Caro ๐คฉ๐
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ยซCe trip secret mโa permis de me rendre compte de la valeur de certaines choses du quotidien dont je ne me rends plus toujours compte : la facilitรฉ pour lโaccรจs ร lโeau potable, la do**he chaude, la nourriture ร dispositionโฆ Nous nโavons manquรฉ de rien mais cette expรฉrience est essentielle pour se le rappeler. Le bonheur fut surtout aussi de se rendre compte quโil ne faut pas aller loin pour que des personnes nous ouvrent leur porte sans nous connaรฎtre. Cela me rassure sur lโhumanitรฉโฆ Quโil y a รฉgalement tant de belles choses et tant de personnes si diffรฉrentes mais avec lesquelles nous avons un point commun : la rencontre avec lโautre, en toute authenticitรฉ. Toutes ces raisons qui font que personnellement jโaime vivre ce genre dโaventure que ce soit ici ou ร lโรฉtranger. Hรขte de repartirโฆ Merci pour ce trip secret qui mโa aidรฉe ร lรขcher prise. Nous avons vรฉcu notre Belgique Express. Merci ร mon amie Caro dโรชtre ร mes cรดtรฉs sur ce chemin. Merci ร nos hรดtes dโexception.ยป
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Merci ร Caro et Cรฉline pour leur confiance et aux ambassadeur.rirces Welcome To My Garden pour รชtre si incroyables ๐
Bon week-end !
๐ Big news! We're super excited to announce that we are partnering up with Wikimedia Belgium to make more accessible. โก
Our secret trip so far were all built with . As a next step, we also want to actively contribute to the biggest encyclopedia of the world.
Contributing to an open ecosystem, where knowledge is shared, is fundamental to us. We're convinced that good open data is the road to slow travel! ๐
Thanks for your support & trust Geert Van Pamel and the whole board of Wikimedia Belgium!
๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ โฌ๏ธ
"Trรจs belle faรงon de voyager en famille avec Slowby! Les itinรฉraires prรฉparรฉs avec soin sont magnifiques et trรจs clairs. Le roadbook est bien fait, avec quelques points dโintรฉrรชt relevรฉs en fonction des demandes prรฉalablement donnรฉes, les magasins pour organiser ses repas et les restaurants. Le cรดtรฉ trip secret รฉtait gรฉnial aussi!
Le principe de Welcome To My Garden nous a sรฉduits et nous avons rencontrรฉ des gens charmants! Expรฉrience super positive en famille!"
Merci pour ce trรจs beau tรฉmoignage Margaux et toute la tribu ! ๐โ๏ธ
https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6309f1816a3e1ed2c3c2247e
Marguerite Vinรงotte gave Slowby 5 stars. Check out the full review... Trรจs belle faรงon de voyager en famille avec Slowby! Les itinรฉraires prรฉparรฉs avec soin sont mag ...
Our second newsletter is out ๐ฅณ
Perhaps, like us, you worry from time to time about the impact of your adventures. About your ecological footprint, about the way mass tourism is damaging beautiful places like Amsterdam, Venice, Barcelona, Mount Everestโฆ We travel because we want to witness beauty, not because we want to damage it, right? So how can we change this pattern?
Read it here! โฌ๏ธ
https://mailchi.mp/7e7e4317a7c0/tourism-with-a-positive-impact-we-can-do-it