Privé Padel Brings Luxury Padel to a Global Audience

Founded by Chris Moore, Privé Padel began as a single outpost on the water at the historic Montauk Yacht Club, where two state-of-the-art Spanish courts turned a sleepy summer ritual into one of the Hamptons’ most coveted social scenes. Now, with 600-plus members spanning Hamptons, New York, Palm Beach, and Miami, and partnerships with more than 40 hotels across 15-plus countries, Privé has outgrown any one zip code. Its newest offering, Privé Passport, takes the brand’s founding instinct, (that padel is, at its core, a connector of people and places), and stretches it across continents.

Available exclusively to Privé Passport members ($595 annually), Privé Passport is a global padel and lifestyle platform offering access to premier courts, luxury partner properties, curated private programming, and exclusive benefits across the world’s most desirable destinations. Select properties are offering Experiences,  curated retreats that pair daily padel instruction with some of the most extraordinary cultural, culinary, and lifestyle experiences on earth. Three upcoming excursions in Madagascar, Bordeaux, and Indonesia set a new standard for what experiential luxury travel can look like when sport is the focus.

A Brand Built on Hospitality, Not Just Backhands

Ask Moore where it all began, and he talks about summers.

“There’s something special about the Hamptons, and Montauk in particular,” he says, recalling childhood days spent at the Walking Dunes, the Lighthouse, Camp Hero. “It’s an incredibly unique and beautiful place.” Equal parts exclusive and unpretentious, it became the blueprint. In Privé’s first month on Montauk’s courts, free play sessions and casual socials drew the local community in fast. “Players playing, spectators watching, everyone just enjoying being there,” Moore remembers. “Those first couple of months were special and really shaped the trajectory of our business and brand.”

That instinct toward genuine hospitality became the focus as Moore began scouting partner properties for Privé Passport. He didn’t need to set foot on Madagascar’s reef-fringed shores or Sumba’s barefoot-luxury sands to know they belonged in the portfolio. “Even before visiting these destinations, I got that same feeling just meeting with them over Zoom from across the world,” he says. “It was obvious that hospitality was at the center of what they do.”

Why Padel? Why Now?

Padel’s social DNA is precisely what’s made it a draw for a luxury audience already weary of solitary fitness routines. The sport is always played in doubles, which means every match is, by design, a shared experience. Brands like Rolex, Prada, and Lamborghini have taken note, lending their sheen to a sport that’s become the chicest way to break a sweat. But Moore is building something more specific than a trend.

“What padel unlocks is connection,” he says simply. “It’s the most social sport I’ve ever been around, and that makes it a powerful way to experience a destination.”

That philosophy extends directly into how Privé Passport retreats are built. Without a fixed clubhouse to gather members season after season, Moore has had to get creative about community. “We want people to travel together, but we also want people to meet each other,” he explains. “These retreats are the perfect way to create that sense of community.”

And for the padel-curious traveler weighing a Passport membership purely for the trips? Moore’s pitch is refreshingly honest: you don’t need to already love the sport. “The sport will absolutely become the surprise,” he says. Privé’s traveling pros, including original Montauk instructor Dan

Gottlieb, are built to coach total beginners alongside seasoned players. “It’s one of the easiest and most enjoyable sports to pick up, and it’s incredibly addictive,” Moore says. “Hopefully when people return home, they’ll have the itch to keep playing locally.”

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Three Destinations, One Consistent Thread

Madagascar’s wild reefs. Bordeaux’s centuries-old vineyards. Sumba’s barefoot beaches. On paper, the three inaugural Privé Passport retreats couldn’t look more different, and that’s the point.

“That was intentional, and of course, the through-line is padel,” Moore says. “We are a travel brand, but we’re a padel brand first. Everything we do has to start and end with padel. The destinations can be completely different. In fact, I want them to be different.” What stays consistent, he says, is the experience itself — the feeling of waking up each morning knowing padel is on the agenda, delivered by Privé pros with the same caliber of coaching and hospitality no matter the latitude. “Just like when you walk into an Aman, Four Seasons, or Ritz-Carlton, there’s a familiarity and consistency no matter which property you’re visiting,” he says. “I want our members to feel that same consistency when they step on the court with a Privé pro.”

VOAARA, Madagascar | September 1–7, 2026

The most far-flung of the three, this seven-day island escape unfolds on one of the most remote and least-visited coastlines on earth. Mornings begin with padel before the day unspools into snorkeling at the North and South Reefs, quad-bike excursions to natural pools and mangrove forests, and whale watching just offshore. A day trip to Île aux Nattes, oyster tastings, and castaway picnics on untouched sand round out the days, while evenings bring cocktails at Bird Nest and a beach dinner staged below the tide line at sunset. The week closes with a final island-wide padel tournament, equal parts competition and farewell party.

It’s also, notably, the retreat Moore would choose for himself. “Madagascar probably sounds the most intriguing to me personally,” he admits. “It’s such a unique destination, and I’d love to experience it firsthand.” And despite founder duties, don’t expect him courtside with a clipboard. “Who said I’ll be watching from the sidelines?”

Château de Lussac, Bordeaux | September 15–October 15, 2026

For a full month, members can settle into a historic wine estate in the heart of Bordeaux, where padel courts sit framed by rows of vines heavy with the coming harvest. Days move between cellar tours, château dinners, and matches played in the kind of pastoral quiet that makes wine country wine country. Excursions push outward into Saint-Émilion’s medieval streets, the city of Bordeaux itself, the oyster beds of Arcachon, and the towering Dune du Pilat — Europe’s tallest sand dune, rising improbably out of pine forest just beyond the coast.

It’s the retreat that most directly embodies Moore’s “different destinations, consistent experience” ethos: the terroir changes, but the rhythm of court time, culture, and connection holds steady.

NIHI Sumba, Indonesia | November 15–December 15, 2026

The shortest and arguably most intimate of the three, this five-day journey lands at one of the most celebrated barefoot-luxury resorts on the planet. Members will swim alongside horses on Nihiwatu Beach, trek to the thundering Lapopu Waterfall, and spend a half-day on a Spa Safari winding through Sumba’s wild west coast. Yoga sessions and private dining under an unpolluted sky round out the wellness side of the itinerary, while immersive programming with the Sumba Foundation (NIHI’s long-running community initiative) offers members a meaningful window into the island beyond the resort gates.

The Long Game

Privé’s expansion hasn’t been without friction. Surprisingly, it isn’t hesitant hotel partners that have given Moore the most trouble, it’s convincing his own members that a membership this flexible is real. “This is a new concept,” he says. “While designed to be self-serve, it may not feel that way at the start. We constantly need to get in front of our member base to let them know this is available and that you can use it whenever you travel.”

What keeps him confident is the look on a player’s face when the concept clicks. “You can almost see the light bulb go off when they realize they spent hours searching for destinations with padel courts for their last vacation,” Moore says. “People are already traveling for padel. Now they can do it more easily, receive meaningful benefits at our partner properties, and feel like they’re part of a community.”

As for what’s next on the map: Moore doesn’t hesitate. “I have my sights set on Marbella,” he says. 

It’s a fitting answer from a founder who, two years ago, had to explain what padel even was before he could explain anything else about his business. He expects padel to be as culturally fluent as golf or tennis within five years, and if Privé Passport’s opening trio of retreats is any indication, he’s not just predicting that future. He’s building the passport for it.

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