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According to a 2019-20 travel trends
survey released in January by New
York-headquartered Travel Leaders
Group, one of the top niche areas is
trips for women only. But B.C. organiza-
tions are ahead of the curve. In 2007,
White Rock's Village Travel and
Cruises launched Ladies on the Go,
a club for women who like to travel but
want the safety of a group. Since 2012,
both Victoria's Departures Travel
and female-owned Finisterra Travel
in Vancouver have offered tours for
women. And activities geared to gals
don't stop there.
■ WIND ENERGY
Vancouver Island is the hot spot for
women's sailing courses: established in
1987, Nanaimo's Herizen Sailing for
Women offers local and global tours,
and two outfits have five-day live-aboard
instructional cruises: Women's Only
Cruise and Learn through Nanaimo
Yacht Charters and Sailing School
and Cooper Boating's Cruise and
Learn out of Sidney and Vancouver.
■ PADDLE PUSHERS
Since 2001, Parksville's Adventur-
ess Sea Kayaking has led two-day
kayaking and camping tours, adding
Women in the Wild trips combining
kayaking with in-depth training, skills and
campcraft five years ago. Terracentric
Coastal Adventures in Lund has
WaveWalkers female-only sea kayak
lessons, and Women on Water brings
female kayakers together in Deep Cove.
■ GOOD SPORTS
If boating's not your thing, there are golf
lessons like Predator Ridge's Swing
Like a Girl in Vernon or Sweet Skills
mountain biking in Whistler and Pem-
berton, and Tofino's Surf Sister. •
ON T R E N D
GIRL
POWER
Activities just for women
are coming on strong
by Felicity Stone
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