Food & Wine
Harvest Blending Session
Stagcoach Napa Estate, Napa Valley
Work alongside the estate winemaker to blend and bottle your own cabernet, labelled and shipped home.
3 hours
Ages 21+
Wed – Sun, September – October
From $245 pp
Experience marketplace
Experiences
Guided, hosted and bookable before you arrive — across all twenty-four properties.
Adventure
Napa Dawn Balloon Flight
Stagcoach Napa Estate, Napa Valley
Lift off over the valley floor at first light, land to a sparkling breakfast in the vines.
4 hours
Ages 8+
Daily at 5:45am, weather permitting
From $395 pp
Water Sports
Shorehouse Surf School
Santa Monica Shorehouse, Santa Monica
Small-group coaching on the resort's private beach break, boards and wetsuits included.
2 hours
Ages 7+
Daily, 7am & 4pm
From $145 pp
Adventure
La Jolla Sea Caves Kayak
La Jolla Bluff Resort, San Diego
Paddle the seven caves beneath the bluff with a marine guide, sea lions guaranteed.
2.5 hours
Ages 10+
Daily, tide dependent
From $130 pp
Golf
Caddie-Led Course Walk
Pebble Point Golf Resort, Monterey
Walk the Ocean Course's closing stretch with a veteran caddie and hear sixty years of tournament stories.
90 minutes
All ages
Daily at dusk
From $95 pp
Golf
Two-Day Short Game School
Carmel Dunes Golf & Spa, Carmel Valley
Twelve hours of wedge, bunker and putting instruction with launch-monitor feedback.
2 days
Ages 12+
Mon & Thu starts
From $890 pp
Wellness
Guided Forest Bathing
Olympic Forest Retreat, Olympic Peninsula
A slow, silent walk through 400-year-old spruce, closing with tea beside the creek.
2 hours
Ages 14+
Daily at 8am
From $110 pp
Wellness
Bathhouse Thermal Circuit
Sonoma Ridge Retreat, Sonoma
Five stations of heat, cold and rest, guided by a bathing attendant.
3 hours
Ages 18+
Daily
From $165 pp
Food & Wine
Farmstead Cookery School
Hudson Valley Farmstead, Hudson Valley
Harvest in the morning, cook in the dairy barn, eat what you made at the long table.
5 hours
Ages 12+
Fri – Sun
From $320 pp
Outdoor
Orca Watching with a Naturalist
Puget Sound Waterfront Resort, Puget Sound
Follow the resident J-pod aboard the resort's research-partnered vessel.
4 hours
Ages 5+
May – September
From $210 pp
Culture
Desert Modernism Tour
Palm Springs Desert House, Palm Springs
Inside four private mid-century homes, by convertible, with an architectural historian.
3 hours
All ages
Tue, Thu, Sat
From $125 pp
Family
Sandpiper Kids Marine Club
Santa Monica Shorehouse, Santa Monica
Tide pools, plankton microscopes and sandcastle engineering, led by marine biologists.
Half day
Ages 4+
Daily in school holidays
From $85 pp
Adventure
Great Camp Canoe Expedition
Adirondack Great Camp, Adirondacks
Three lakes, two carries and a shore lunch cooked over a fire by your guide.
Full day
Ages 10+
June – October
From $290 pp
Food & Wine
Riesling Vertical Tasting
Finger Lakes Vineyard Inn, Upstate New York
Fifteen vintages from the inn's own cellar, poured by the winemaker.
2 hours
Ages 21+
Thu – Sun at 4pm
From $145 pp
Seasonal
First Tracks Ski Morning
Tahoe Alpine Lodge, Lake Tahoe
On the mountain thirty minutes before the public lifts open, with a resort guide.
Half day
Ages 8+
December – April
From $275 pp
Culture
Pike Place Market Kitchen Tour
The Elliott Seattle, Seattle
Shop the market with the head chef, then cook lunch in the Glasshouse kitchen.
3 hours
All ages
Daily at 8am
From $155 pp
Seasonal
Montauk Beach Clambake
Montauk Sands Resort, The Hamptons
Lobster, clams and corn steamed in seaweed over a fire pit, as the sun goes down.
4 hours
All ages
Saturdays, June – September
From $195 pp
Culture
Gallery Row After Hours
The Wilshire Fairhaven, Los Angeles
Private, after-close access to three Miracle Mile galleries with the curators.
2.5 hours
Ages 16+
Thursdays
From $135 pp