About
Travel feels completely different when you know someone local.
Sport makes that connection easy.
Our Story
The best way to really discover a place is through the people who live there.
LocalTri started with a simple idea.
Wherever we travel, the moments we remember most are rarely the monuments. They are the people we met along the way.
So we asked ourselves a question: what if we could feel part of a local community wherever we travel?
The idea
What if you could arrive somewhere new and already have people to swim, ride or run with?
And then spend the afternoon discovering their favourite places, sharing food, going for a drink, learning about their culture, laughing and seeing where the day takes you.
That is the idea behind LocalTri.
Why LocalTri exists
- Sport creates the connection.
- People create the experience.
- Places are amazing.
- People make them unforgettable.
Beti, who started LocalTri.
Beti is from San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, a little corner of northern Spain between the sea and the mountains.
She has worked internationally as an architect in more than 15 countries, and all those years of travelling taught her something important: the places we remember most are often the places where we connected with people. Meeting people from different cultures opened her mind, created unforgettable experiences and changed the way she sees travel.
Sport has always been part of her life. Beti is part of both a local triathlon club and a running team, where she has found friendship, energy, motivation and that special feeling of belonging to a community. She loves bringing people together, getting everyone involved and discovering new places as a group.
LocalTri was born from that: the best memories come from people, places and shared experiences. Travellers get genuine local connections through sport, and host clubs gain new connections, international visibility and income for their community.
Travellers and clubs
LocalTri organises active travel experiences built around local sports communities.
For travellers, it is a chance to stay active, swim, ride or run with local club members and experience a destination from the inside.
For clubs, it is a chance to welcome athletes from around the world into their training, share their sport and local knowledge and receive payment for their participation, while LocalTri organises and coordinates the trip.
Because LocalTri is not only about sport.
Phase 1 — Building the global host club network
Wherever you train, we'd love to hear from you.
LocalTri is building its first global network of host clubs. Share your training grounds, your community and your destination with active travellers from around the world.