About Our Trips
Reflect. Renew. Retreat.
Our custom-designed small group women centric trips of 6-12 people span six continents and 25+ countries. Each specialized itinerary provides travelers with opportunities to reflect, renew, and retreat through explorations in nature, cross-cultural engagement, and local experiences.
Every detail is customized uniquely for each traveler, infusing reflection, renewal, and retreat into each trip. What do we mean by that? For us, we take a custom-driven and retreat approach to each aspect of your experience:
Accommodations
When selecting your accommodations we search for retreats. Each traveler can be assured that whether their retreat is a boutique hotel, cozy B&B, rural guesthouse or unique eco-lodge, we will offer plenty of comfort and exceptional service. We know that your 'retreat' is an integral part of your travel experience and we work diligently to deliver options that exceed your expectations. Some of our accommodation hosts and the unique spaces they provide become a treasured and key aspect of the experience!
Routes
While our trips offer a unique approach to travel, our goal is to create personalized and custom itineraries. What that means is that even when traveling through popular destinations like Italy or Ireland, we’ll take you to unique and off-the-beaten-path spots as well as the truly unmissable sites. We are mindful of the time spent getting from place to place and create itineraries that cover manageable distances in any given day. This way, you are truly able to savor, experience, and reflect on the present. We practice slow travel, and strive to collide the perfect balance of activities and reflection during your trip.
Local Guides
It is the locals who are the heart and soul of a destination. This is why we choose to use locals throughout your trip. Knowing how crucial their role is in your overall experience, we are thoughtful and specific as we select exemplary individuals who are passionate about their home cities and countries-- eager to share unique and incredible attributes with you. Your guides will bring your trip to a climax with their cultural insights, connections to the community and insider knowledge. Seeing a country through the eyes of a local is the most ideal way to immerse yourself and gain in-depth understanding!
Activities
We include activities we think most will enjoy: cooking classes, boat trips or city walking tours. We offer optional inclusions or add-on activities for those who are most adventurous: Vespa rides, canyoning, zip-lining, glacier hikes, horseback riding, ballooning, or cycling. With each activity, we ensure the experience follows our guiding values of responsible and renewal travel.
Cuisine
Experiencing traditional food encourages us to explore a new destination. Local cuisine is inextricably tied to a city or country's history and customs. With our expertise, we invite you to experience some of the best restaurants and culinary experiences. We personally know that dining preferences vary, therefore, we balance our included meals - typically breakfast every morning, a Welcome & Farewell dinner, and a few more meals sprinkled in - while giving you free time to choose some cuisine on your own.
Nature Driven
We hand-select some of the most captivating places on earth for you to explore. Each itinerary offers time to reflect, renew, and retreat in awe-inspiring natural scenery. Our focus and goal is for you to unwind and reset. There is no better way to enter into a place of calm than by surrounding yourself with expansive landscapes, mountains, coasts or forests. Even our more city-focused trips offer time to reflect in nature. Of course as we explore Mother Nature’s beauty, our "do no harm" mindset ensures we give nature the respect she deserves. We prioritize partners that support conservation, sustainable agriculture, and other environmental issues.
People to People Experiences
In addition to your local guides, you’ll interact with gifted chefs, sustainable farm owners, artists, health and wellness specialists, and community experts who will make each day of your journey unique. Our goal is to give travelers the freedom to practice different forms of retreat. This grants travelers the opportunity to gain insight on how others reflect and retreat through everyday experiences.
Safety
The trust and confidence that you put in us to provide safe travel experiences across the globe is something that we take very seriously. Prior to departure, we’ll provide safety and cultural tips that help you navigate new destinations with empowering knowledge. Your trip hosts, guides, drivers and activity leaders will help ensure that each excursion and adventure is undertaken with careful precautions. Additionally, we have created a framework to address safety concerns related to COVID. We are motivated in providing you with worldwide journeys that allow you to reflect, renew, and retreat fully without impeding concerns or questions regarding the safety you require and deserve.
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