OUR MISSION
To HAVE FUN traveling! To learn about ourselves and others. To spread joy while seeing and doing everything. To BROADen minds through FUN BALLS-TO-THE-WALL EPIC TRAVEL ADVENTURES in soul-crushingly beautiful locations. To promote personal and social health and wellness. To build friendships with locals and among travelers. To do our part to reduce cultural bias through travel and connection with other humans. To make good choices for the environment. To build and strengthen small/ local economies and support women+ owned and BIPOC owned businesses. To share the love by making travel accessible to women+ who might not otherwise be able to travel.
OUR VISION
To show visitors as much of Asheville as possible in a single day. To plan and guide four-day small group trips to Asheville in a soup to nuts style adventure for women+. To offer epic guided travel and wellness global adventure trips for small groups of women+ every month of the year. To offer physical and mental wellness activities every day of our trips including the yin of hardcore outdoor play and the yang of massage, stretch and meditation. (PLAY HARD + RELAX HARD). To include a shop full of products made with earth equity in mind: made from upcycled/ recycled goods sourced from both local Asheville artisans and artisans from locales we travel to. To make new friends everywhere we go bridging cultural divides and broadening our minds. To support local economies—first and foremost Asheville tour companies, restaurants, and makers. To have a blast!
CORE VALUES
do the right thing
be real
show courage—practice badassery, grit, empowerment
show respect—for yourself, others and the earth
trust your Spidey senses
have fun
try new things—ask and learn. embrace spontaneity
connect—be open to other cultures, ideas, beliefs
disconnect—unplug and be present
be kind
there is no such thing as a stranger
Lindsay Palmirotto is The Broad behind BroadMind Travel and its subsidiary: Asheville Day Trips. A lifetime traveler and adventure-seeker, she loves to get outside and play. Her niche lies in blazing an epic adventure of a lifetime off the beaten path via relationship-building. The escapades she has taken with locals or recommended by locals have been the most exciting stories she has earned, and her soul thrives when she can share her style of epic travel and cultural experience with other women.
Our Story
Owner and founding guide Lindsay Palmirotto has been traveling the U.S. and beyond since age 4. She incorporates physical and mental wellness into her everyday life as a necessity for survival--she has 3 kids and a dog, and she refuses to be anything but the leader of the pack in her Asheville, NC home. She has more energy and zest for life than most people, saying yes to most opportunities and adventures that present themselves. (For Asheville weirdos/ witches/ hippies: she is a Scorpio AND and an Enneagram 7 with an 8 wing). And that's why she also desperately needs and values her 9 hours of sleep, her time for meditation, stretch, relaxation, and the calm and harmony that comes from being in nature. AND the chance to hardcore let loose! She loves to dance and to try new things. Music of every. single. genre. has had a part in forming her soul, but she has a special place in her heart for hip hop and punk rock (aren’t they the same at their core?!) Her friends fill her up, and the mountains and/or a tropical beach anywhere are her happy places.
Our guides are experienced travelers who are wellness and health-conscious, and we have a knack for trusting our instincts. We explore hard, relax hard, and practice mindful wellness along the way…