Dear Lifetime Member,

You’ve probably heard it called the Lowcountry. Moss-draped oaks, wrought-iron balconies, wide front porches, friendly people. Charleston, South Carolina sits low on the sandy coastal plains. Visitors from from all over the world come to Charleston to experience this city’s distinctive cuisine, folk art, and natural beauty. The best hotels and restaurants are booked up a year in advance.

Cross the state line and you’re in Savannah. Georgia’s oldest city (founded in 1733) and its crown jewel. 22 shaded downtown parks (locals call them “squares.”) You can walk around with a cocktail/mocktail and sip your way through the sights and sounds of this charming seaside city, another place that attracts international visitors year-round.

Charleston and Savannah are just two hours apart by car (we drive you) and each has its own distinctive story and beauty.

We’re happy to offer you two new NextTribe journeys, each built with local women who know these cities from the inside. Choose Charleston. Choose Savannah. Or choose both for a reduced price when you book them back to back.

This isn't “take a selfie in front of a pastel row house and move on.” This is chef's-table suppers, historians who'll tell you the whole, unvarnished story, artists and makers who've built a life in these places and are saying “come inside and sit awhile.”

This is the Charleston and Savannah that the women who live there actually love. And it's far richer than the postcard views in the gift shops.

Come with us to Charleston March 9-12

Come with us to Savannah March 12-15

Tourism websites show the Charleston of magnolias and horse-drawn carriages. What they don't point out is what our travelers say they love most. It’s a city where Gullah Geechee culture, Lowcountry cuisine, and centuries of complicated history sit side by side with some of the best food in the American South.

We introduce you to women who've spent their lives here: writers, artists, chefs, philanthropists, business owners.

They shape this trip — and you'll remember them long after the trip is over.

🦪 A Lowcountry Boil — Shrimp, sausage, corn, and potatoes, eaten at a long table on the beach the way it's meant to be.

🏛️ An intimate gathering in a beautiful home. No hotel ballroom. Just salt marsh views, a locally prepared lunch, and a Low Country woman with a life worth hearing about..

🎨Farm-to-Market Food — Help pick out the produce then sit back as our chef prepares our feast.

Savannah gets called a movie set. What the movie-set version misses is a city of working artists, historic Black churches still active after two centuries, and a food scene rivaling New Orleans.

This is the Savannah you find with a local guide who'll walk you through the town, telling the stories the ghost tours leave out; suppers at fine restaurants, where chefs built their menus around what their grandmothers taught them. And yes, as with all NextTribe trips, we tend to favor chefs who happen to be women!

🍽️ Chef's-Table Suppers — Multi-course dinners built around Lowcountry classics.

🌳 The Squares of Savannah — A walking tour of the city's famous garden squares, with the stories behind the statues and the oaks.

🐊 Wild Beauty — A morning at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, alligators spotted from a safe distance.

✍️ An Authors' Lunch — An exclusive lunch in a gorgeous downtown home with women writers who've found their muse here.

You know how we like to plan trips for you. These two are no exception. We don’t go for typical tourist traps. We built these itineraries around and with the women who live in these cities: historians, chefs, artists…local icons.

Take Charleston alone, Savannah alone, or link them together for total southern comfort. (See what we did there?) We’ve made it easy to combine both without missing a day. We provide the transportation between the cities. We've built in structure where it matters — the history, the meals, the studio visits — and a little bit of free time. But each trip is short, and we want you to get your money’s worth!

It’s beautiful in Charleston and Savannah in early Spring, with warm days and cool evenings. Our hotels have been selected for character: King’s Courtyard Inn in Charleston's historic district, and the Kimpton Brice Hotel in Savannah's center.

🔥 Here is your early bird pricing for Charleston.

$1,899 for doubles

$2,899 for singles

PRICE GOES UP SEPTEMBER 25: Tick Tock

$500

DEPOSIT

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5 PAYMENTS (Interest Free)

🔥 Here is your early bird pricing for Savannah.

$1,899 for doubles

$2,899 for singles

PRICE GOES UP SEPTEMBER 25: Tick Tock

$500

DEPOSIT

+

5 PAYMENTS (Interest Free)

(We will deduct the $250 from the amount due once both bookings are made.)

As Lifetime Members, you’re the first to know about these two new trips. Next week, we’ll notify other members that the trips are available. Then we’ll open bookings to the public.

So if you’re interested, don’t hesitate! Save your spot on either trip for $500!

Jeannie Ralston, Co-founder and CEO