South Carolina
Christmastime in Charleston
Program No. 21206RJ
There’s no place like Charleston for Christmas. Come see why as you enjoy Lowcountry traditions, witness the Festival of Lights on James Island and attend a holiday show!
Participant Reviews
Based on 8 Reviews
SHOWING
Road Scholar has literally opened new avenues to me through experiences, education and meeting interesting people!
— Review left January 7, 2025
Excellent program. The historic hotel is lovely. Nice central location near lots of eateries. Great introduction to a city with important history from local performers and field trips.
— Review left January 3, 2025
Hotel location and accommodations were good.
Tour Guide, Ruth Miller, was fantastic!
Group Leader, Jennifer Powell, excellent.
Meals:
Hotel food was okay. Seating was tight.
82 Queen was fantastic. My favorite of the tour.
Hyman's was not good. Would not go back.
Tavern & Table did a really nice job accommodating a large group - food and seating.
Points of interest: day trips were good and interesting. I had enough free time to explore other interests on my own.
For Christmas day, it would have been fun to have a group gift exchange, white elephant, for those who wanted to participate. We had time available for it.
Overall a very good experience. Good group of people. I am glad I did it. I shared a room with a stranger, but it worked well for me.
— Review left December 30, 2024
I am so glad we chose this program to help us celebrate some important occasions. It was fascinating and kept us interested throughout.
— Review left December 28, 2024
Good program,including wonderful musical performances, generous meals, bus trips and plantation tours. Great group leader. Very large group sizes: two 40-person groups running in parallel. High point of the trip for me was walking around the most historic areas on my own: such a beautiful and accessible city.
— Review left December 27, 2019
I had a great time. As a solo traveler, I was somewhat apprehensive about doing this vacation with total strangers. However, after introductions, I felt at home. The group was very inclusive, very friendly and looked out for each other. I would definitely go on another vacation with Road Scholar.
— Review left January 15, 2019
This was my first Road Scholar trip and was very impressed. A friend and I roomed together and since she was a former RS person it helped me have more confidence in doing things I would hesitate to do on my on.
It was really enjoyable and meeting new people was especially nice.
— Review left January 14, 2019
We were disappointed in this trip. Group was much too large. Hotel restaurant lacking. As two days of the trip visit plantations/gardens, it would be much better to visit in the Spring. Did not see King Street, Broad Street, Charleston Place or the Waterfront Park. We only drove by Four Corners of the Law, City Hall and the Citadel. No walking tour of downtown Charleston. Itinerary is misleading. If you want to see these sites you may better off arranging your own tour of Charleston.
— Review left January 12, 2019






