Welcome to the Lumi Experiences blog, where we share stories and tips related to our trips. It’s more than just a collection of stories though. Scroll through the posts or click the dropdown menus below to search by country, topic, and year for updates about upcoming trips, travel tips or just to check out the photos. Enjoy!
Summer is finally here! Chances are, you are flying somewhere this summer, whether to snow in New Zealand or perhaps to spend time with friends or family. Guests on our Lumi Experiences trips often ask for tips about when, where and how to choose flights. Here are a few of our insider tips, specifically for skiers.
Read MoreThis Saturday, June 29, the best cyclists will set off from Florence, Italy for the first stage of the 2024 Tour de France. For the next three weeks, they’ll be riding around 200 km of often hilly or mountainous terrain every day. This devilishly grueling stage race serves as a model for the winter equivalent – Tour de Ski. How about a Tour de France or Tour de Ski with Lumi this winter? We’re offering $300 off both trips through the final stage of the Tour de France.
Read MoreHappy solstice!! This week, Scandinavians are celebrating Midsummer: what Europeans in more temperate, northern places like Finland and Norway celebrate in lieu of the Summer Solstice. However, during the winter, when the daylight hours are at their darkest in December and January, can you guess where Scandinavian sunseekers go to cross-country ski? Find out inside!
Read More“Revenge is a dish best served cold” goes the old adage. Though perhaps the word I’m searching for is not revenge, but rather payback – payback to both my parents for instilling me with a love for skiing and passion for travel. I have them both to thank. If you’d like to raise a glass with your parents or adult child(ren), we’re offering $300 off all Lumi trips through Father’s Day – this Sunday, June 16 – and still have space available on a few of Lumi’s popular 2025 Worldloppet trips.
Read MoreWhat do Estonia and Finland have in common? There’s a lot more that connects these two small countries in northern Europe than simply the Baltic Sea. Lumi’s newest cross country ski vacation takes guests to Estonia & Finland and offers the opportunity to ski the Tartu and Finlandia Worldloppet events on back-to-back weekends. In preparation for the new Estonia & Finland Lumi trip, I spent last week in both countries, immersing myself in the local landscape and culture.
Read MoreFollowing the Tour de France this July brings back fond memories of the first Lumi Experiences trip to France last winter.
Read MoreWhat's it like to visit Slovenia’s Julian Alps in winter? What's the cross-country skiing like? Learn more about our Slovenia Sight-Skiing trip to this laid-back winter wonderland with world-class skiing.
Read MoreBack on March 20, I packed my bags in Sjusjøen, Norway. Guests on Lumi’s Norway Birken trip had finished the Birken a few days earlier. I stayed in Sjusjøen for a little skiing on my own and to develop a new private group trip for 2025. With bags packed, I stood at the bus stop in Sjusjøen thinking that this morning’s ski would be my last ski of the season. It’s March 20. Time for bike season, right? Not quite…
Read MoreThe Tour de Ski starts tomorrow in Toblach, Italy and will continue in Cavalese, Italy later in the week! If you’ll be rising early to watch the Tour de Ski live from the US, how about traveling to watch it live on Lumi’s Tour de Ski Trip next winter? Check out the trip highlights inside.
Read MoreIn a small town with only three hours of daylight on the shortest day of the year, the annual Fossavatn ski event every April brings the whole community together as it’s waking up to spring – for skiing, cake (lots of cake!), seafood and dancing. Check out this report from Lumi’s inaugural Iceland-Fossavatn trip.
Read MoreThe FIS 2025 World Cup schedule is confirmed! I’ve been eagerly anticipating this announcement and am thrilled that there is so much overlap with Lumi trip destinations. Would you like to join one of Lumi’s popular World Cup or World Championships trips this winter? Or ski a Worldloppet ski marathon with the support of Lumi trip leaders in one of the other 2025 World Cup venues? Reach out soon: info@lumiexperiences.com Several 2025 Lumi trips are already full and others are filling quickly.
Read MoreLeading up to Mother’s Day, we’re taking an opportunity to reflect on the special time that adult children and parents can spend together on a ski vacation and wanted to share some reflections from Katie who traveled with her mom Francie to Austria & Italy on the Seefeld & Seiser Alm Sight-Skiing trip last winter. Do you want to take a special ski trip with your or parent(s) or adult child(ren) this winter? Sign up for a 2025 Lumi trip that still has availability before Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16 and save $300 per person!
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