Overnight, National & International Excursions (SALT)

Overnight Excursions

To register for the overnight excursions, we ask you to send the registration fee per person to SALT, 1412 Spruce Drive, Surfside Beach, SC 29575 by the deadline established for each trip. Please send your name and contact information (phone and email), the trip that you wish to go on, and a check made out to SALT. Please also email us at wnsalt22@gmail.com once you put your check in the mail so that we will know to expect it. Once we have enough participants who have registered with a deposit, we will book the venues. If the trip does not have full enrollment and is canceled, we will return your check. There are no refunds for overnight excursions unless we are able to fill your spot, so we suggest you buy travel insurance on your own.



Chinese Lanterns, Kaka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, NC, November 30-December 1, $275. Pay in full to register by 9/1/26.

We will leave at 10:00 a.m. and travel by van to Cary, NC, checking into our hotel, La Quinta Suites by Wyndham, upon our arrival. Depending on the timing of our admission tickets, we will take the 45-75 minute walking tour of the Lantern festival at Koka Booth Amphitheatre and eat dinner that night. Chinese lantern making began in the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Cary hosts more than 50 Chinese artisans and performers at this festival, and it takes 15 days to set up the lanterns. Each lantern is created by hand using silk fabric and steel frames. We will check out by 10 a.m. the next day and head home, stopping along the way for lunch. Included: transportation, lodging, admission to the festival, breakfast at the hotel. (FULL)

Old Salem and Biltmore at Christmas, December 5-7, $750/$200 single supplement. $300 deposit due by August 31.

We will travel by motor coach, leaving at 7:00 a.m. and arriving at 11:00 a.m. to spend the day touring Old Salem, a historic district and living-history museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. It preserves the 18th- and 19th-century Moravian way of life through restored buildings, costumed interpreters, working trade shops, and heirloom gardens. Our tickets provide entry into all the buildings and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Have you ever had Moravian cookies or sugar cake? You’ll love these sweets! There are places to eat in Old Salem, so lunch is on your own. At 4:00, we will check into the nearby Historic Brookstown Inn and after a short rest, dine at either Di Lisio’s Italian Restaurant or Xia’s Asian Tapas & Pho. Those wishing to do the special Christmas night tour (and who are lucky enough to snag tickets) can return to Old Salem that evening. (Note: these tickets must be purchased ahead of time and are not part of the tour we are offering.)

The next morning, we will check out around 10 a.m. and head to Asheville. The motor coach driver will drop us in downtown Asheville so that we can shop and enjoy lunch on our own, and then will pick us up at 4:00 to check into the Baymont Hotel. We will leave for the Candlelight Tour at the Biltmore estate around 5:30 and then have dinner at the Texas Roadhouse next to our hotel. On the morning of the 7th, we will check out, visit the conservatory and Antler Village on the Biltmore Estate and then head home around 2:00 p.m. Included: transportation by motor coach, lodging, two breakfasts, admission to Old Salem and the Biltmore Estate. (FULL)