The journeys · 2027 & 2028
Four nights or eight. Timed to the moment.
Circles of eight to fourteen guests, each journey timed to a place at its best, and each hosted start to finish by our founder. A $500 deposit holds any place — everything else is arranged in a conversation, not a checkout.
Retreat
Restore.
From $2,400
Mornings of movement, long afternoons, a table that does the rest. Scottsdale and Tuscany are Retreats — and so is Cape Town, when it opens.
Escape
Go and see.
From $5,900
A country at full voltage, timed to the fortnight that matters — autumn in Japan, race week in the Engadin. More moving parts, more spectacle, the same standard of hosting.
Private
Just your circle.
On request
Any journey, held for your group of eight to fourteen, on your dates. A milestone birthday, a company offsite that isn't one, a family that travels well together.
2027
Three journeys · open now · more announcing at the Year-End Gathering
01 · The founding retreat
Scottsdale
Arizona, USARetreatWomen's Journey
Four nights at the foot of Camelback Mountain in the desert's kindest season — sunrise hikes, spa mornings, a private golf lesson for those who want one, and golden-hour dinners under an open sky. No long flight, no jet lag, all of the care.
Our Pilates & Putts Day runs inside the same window — journey guests join it at no extra cost.
02 · New for 2027
The Tuscan Journey
Tuscany, ItalyRetreatOpen to all
Five nights in the hills between Siena and Florence, in the fortnight the poppies come up. Movement in an olive grove, a pasta lesson with the family who has cooked in that kitchen for forty years, a slow day among the vines, and a long table under a pergola every night.
Runs directly after Pilates in a Castle in the same region — book both for seven continuous nights in Italy, one flight, one transfer, at a combined rate.
03 · The flagship
Tokyo & the Mountains
JapanEscapeOpen to all
Seven nights, two chapters, in Japan's red-and-gold season. Tokyo first — gardens in crimson, a guided day through doors you'd never find, the quietest bathhouse in the city. Then one bullet train to Kanazawa, the old samurai city, for a sword lesson with a master, tea houses, gold leaf, and an onsen evening under the maples. With a guest co-host.
Still being walked
More of 2027.
International & closer to homeAnnouncing December 20
We hold room for up to eight international journeys a year, and several more are being walked and slept in now — every venue seen, every table tasted, before a seat is offered. Where we can, each new journey is planned to sit beside a weekend in the same region and season, so one flight covers two trips and the cost of both comes down. They're revealed at the Year-End Gathering on December 20; the guest list hears next.
2028
Announced early · reserved by the people who came in 2027
04 · Winter
St. Moritz
Engadin, SwitzerlandEscapeWomen's Journey
Five nights in the Engadin at the fortnight the whole alpine calendar points to — White Turf race days on the frozen lake, blue-sky mornings on the Corviglia pistes, a sleigh into the Roseg valley, and fondue in a chalet with a very low ceiling. We stay a little up the valley, where the rooms are handsome and the views are better, and spend the difference on the days.
05 · Waitlist
Cape Town
South AfricaRetreatWaitlist
Two oceans, one mountain, and the light everyone talks about — Table Mountain at dawn, the Clifton beaches, a full winelands day, and dinners that run until the stars come out. Our founder spent working seasons here; this journey returns on her own terms. Planned for the Cape's midsummer.
Not ready for a week
There's an evening, a day, and a weekend too.
From $125 for an evening in Minneapolis to $475 for two nights in an Italian castle. Most guests meet the Collective at one of these first — and two of them sit deliberately beside a journey, so you can extend without a second flight.
See evenings, days & weekends →
Reserving a journey
A conversation, then a deposit. That's it.
No booking engine, no instant checkout. Every journey is arranged personally — because the right circle matters more than a fast transaction.
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Reserve a conversation
Send the form below. Our founder replies personally within two days to set up a short call — twenty minutes, no pitch.
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The call
What you're hoping for, who you'd travel with, which room, which register. Everything answered, nothing assumed.
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The deposit
A $500 deposit holds your place. Non-refundable, but transferable to another guest — and refunded in full if we ever cancel a journey.
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The balance
Set out plainly in writing at reservation, usually in two instalments — the last one well before departure.
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Everything handled
A personal itinerary, packing notes, transfers, the table, the people — and your host at the door when you land.
Reserve a conversation
Tell us how you want to feel. We'll choose the journey.
Share a little about you and what you're dreaming of. Our founder replies personally within two days — never with a brochure.
Deposit$500 holds any place
CircleEight to fourteen guests
PricesPer guest, land only