Culture · Education · Sport
Compete. Connect. Learn. Beyond Borders.
Go beyond the game and the classroom. ActivSport Travel designs international journeys that bring teams and students together through meaningful competition, authentic cultural experiences, and hands-on learning. Every itinerary is tailored to your school, club or group — creating stronger connections and a wider view of the world.
Be a Traveler, Not a Tourist
2006
Founded
Originally ProActive Travel
19
Destinations
Visit one or combine several
In-house
Custom planning
We design it, we don't outsource it
16
Sports and counting
Soccer, basketball, volleyball and more
Why ActivSport
The Art of Itinerary Design
The difference isn't simply where you go. It's how every day unfolds.
Founder Jeff Davis personally designs every ActivSport itinerary, drawing on more than 20 years of experience crafting international travel for American schools, sports teams, clubs and groups. His intimate knowledge of destinations and understanding of American visitors abroad inform every choice.
Jeff shapes each day around the people traveling — connecting authentic experiences, culture and meaningful learning, with competition where it fits. The art is in the sequence; the science is in the distances, timing and balance of activity and rest.
Trusted incoming operators help organize and deliver local services. Jeff directs and authors the itinerary from the ground up, rather than adopting a prepackaged program.
A rhythm that works
Day by day, hour by hour: experiences connect naturally, with time to enjoy them rather than rush through a checklist.
Authentic local connection
Local hosts, neighborhood meals and smaller towns complement the landmarks, giving your group a closer view of everyday life.
Purposeful sporting experiences
For sports groups, games, training and professional fixtures are chosen to suit the team's age, level and goals.
Clear proposals
Your custom proposal sets out the price, inclusions and exclusions, so you can make informed decisions for your group.
Practical logistics
Realistic travel distances, well-placed stays and coordinated local services leave room for discovery, rest and the unexpected.
Your group comes first
Age, interests, learning goals and energy shape the plan — whether you're traveling with a school, club, team or other group.
More than a tour
Culture. Education. Sport.
The ingredients, not a fixed formula. Jeff weaves these pillars into each itinerary in the balance that fits your group — with no requirement to include sport or competition.
01
Culture
Markets, shared meals, local hosts and neighborhood walks bring a destination's history and everyday life into focus.
02
Education
Educate Beyond the Classroom. Historic sites, hands-on experiences and local perspectives connect learning to the places your students explore.
03
Sport
For sports groups, club matches, training and professional fixtures offer a window into local sporting traditions and different styles of play.
Compete. Explore. Serve.
Some of the most meaningful moments happen away from the field
Through our connection with the Student Athletes Without Borders Foundation, teams can incorporate locally guided service projects into their international experience — youth clinics, an equipment handover, or work shaped around needs local partners identify themselves. It is optional on every itinerary, and it only goes in when a local partner says it would genuinely help.
Our founder started SAWB, a separate nonprofit, in part to make that possible: finding out what communities actually need, and connecting programs to the local coaches and organizers already doing the work.
Serve local needs
Local leaders name the need first. The project follows their answer.
Build global citizens
Players meet a place through people and work, not just fixtures.
Strengthen your team
Bonding built on doing something together that matters.
Sports team travel
Your sport, somewhere it's played differently
Sports team travel is our primary business. We arrange the games, the training and the professional fixtures — then build the culture around them.
Soccer
Fixtures against local clubs, professional matches and the cities where the game is religion.
Basketball
Euroleague atmospheres, club games and training in the sport's most passionate leagues.
Volleyball
Club matches, training blocks and coastal beach sessions.
Other Sports
Field hockey, rugby, hockey, lacrosse, swimming, skiing, water polo, baseball and more.
Lifelong memories
Ten days abroad becomes the story your student-athletes tell for the rest of their lives.
Team chemistry
Shared travel builds trust faster than any preseason. Groups return closer, and it shows.
Recruiting and retention
An international trip on the calendar helps you attract quality players and keep them.
Program image
A well-run tour elevates how your program is seen by families, alumni and administration.
Sporting development
Games, training and exposure to different styles of play push players out of familiar patterns.
Study-abroad alternative
For athletes whose seasons make a semester abroad impractical, this is the international experience.
Destination inspiration
19 destinations. Choose the route that fits your group.
Iconic cities get groups excited. The smaller towns and countryside we add alongside them are usually what travelers talk about afterward.
How it works
Four steps, and we carry most of the weight
Most organizers have never planned an international trip before. That's normal — and it's our job, not yours.
01
Tell us about your group
A short conversation with the coach, teacher, administrator or parent organizing the trip. Goals, timing, group size, travel experience and budget.
02
We design your trip
We recommend destinations that actually fit, then build one or two tailored proposals with a day-by-day itinerary and per-person pricing. You give feedback; we refine until it's right.
03
Your group registers and prepares
We open registration and handle payments, documents and traveler questions directly, so you're not chasing forms. Fundraising and contribution support is available if you need it.
04
Travel and experience it
Group flights, transfers, hotels, guides, matches and activities are locked and staffed. You coach and enjoy the trip; we run the logistics.
Two decades of groups
Programs that have trusted us with their travel
Since 2006 we have planned international travel for college and university athletic programs, high schools, clubs and school groups across the United States. Institutions we have planned travel for over the years include:
- Harvard University
- Brown University
- Bucknell University
- Northeastern University
- University of Michigan
- Binghamton University
- Earlham College
- Waynesburg University
Listed as organizations for which ActivSport Travel (or its predecessor, ProActive Travel) has planned travel. Not an endorsement, sponsorship or current partnership.
Our story
Started in a student residence hall in Lyon
In 2006, while finishing his degree at EM Lyon Business School, founder Jeff Davis launched ProActive Travel from his residence hall. He was a former NCAA scholarship athlete in soccer and basketball, a university team captain and coach in France, and a high-level referee in the Ligue Rhône-Alpes with a working relationship with Olympique Lyonnais.
That network is why American teams started asking for trips. By 2008, educational sports travel was the core business. In 2019 the company relaunched as ActivSport Travel with a sharper focus: fewer trips, planned better.
Start planning
Let's talk about your group
Tell us the sport, the roster size and roughly when you want to travel. We'll come back with destinations that actually fit — and honest pricing.