Spend a late spring weekend in New York City. Meet artists, writers, editors, and actors who live and work in the city. Visit the gorgeous apartments of other NextTribers. Experience the city like a local. Eat and drink in hidden gems.

Read the story "Crashing Parties and Becoming Insiders On Our NYC Tour," about last year's spectacular downtown tour.

We want to show you a side of New York you'll never see on any other trip to the city, one where you won't be standing in line with hundreds of other tourists at the well-known landmarks. We're staying downtown where the action and a whole other kind of fun is!

NOTE: NextTribe members receive a $100 discount on price. 

NextTribe co-founder Jeannie Ralston moved to New York’s East Village in April 2021, and ever since then she’s been thinking of the cool places and fascinating women in downtown and Brooklyn that she would like other NextTribers to know.

She’s put them all together for this special spring weekend, with the help of many friends who live downtown.

Starting with the cocktail party on Thursday night on Jeannie Ralston's rooftop, you'll be treated to private glimpses into NYC life that goes way beyond the beaten tourist path. We'll be having small lunches with special guests. On the last trip, one of our lunches featured Sara Nelson, executive editor at book publisher Harper Collins, in the fabulous apartments of other NextTribe women. 

We'll go to exciting restaurants that you have to be in the know to even know they exist. (One is down an alley and to get to another you have to enter through a pawn shop!) 

We'll take you to designer consignment stores, sample sales and high-end thrift stores so you can find stellar fashion at a fraction of the price. 

We'll get to see talented women our age on stage in our special performance we're calling Aging Boldly in 5 Acts, which will be an evening of dinner, drinks, and age-appropriate entertainment. 

If the spring dates don't work for you, consider our trip in October 2023. Check it out here. 

NextTribe offers a safe travel environment that through the energy and alchemy of adventurous women turns into a real community in a short amount of time.  

On every trip, you will be led by a friendly and fun woman of our own age, who has deep local knowledge and/or roots. She has proved to us that she is responsible, flexible, and truly cares about every traveler, nurturing new friendships and making sure no one feels left out. Other tour companies drop in a local guide who remains apart from the group. Our leader is the glue among the travelers--the person who ensures that this is more than a trip; it's a community of curious, like-minded women on the move.

We are known for group travel for women over 45 who don't normally like group travel. We keep our groups small and know that our guests are curious explorers who can take care of themselves. We allow them space to make the trip their own. You will not be in lockstep on a tight schedule behind a guide. You can roam on your own if you want (with a good GPS and an understanding of how to meet up with the group later) or you can take full advantage of the guide's knowledge of the city. 

We do expect our travelers to have a level of self-sufficiency, being able to carry their own bags if need be, and to be respectful of others in the group and open to new experiences and friendships. 

CONTACT

NextTribe, Inc.

10900 Research Blvd. #160-C

Austin, Texas 78759

Phone: 512-609-0340

Shopping and other recs for restaurants, etc. for area if come early. 

Check into Hotel Indigo Lower East Side by 3 pm
 

4pm: Meet at hotel for overview of weekend

4:30 pm: Intro to Lower East Side and East Village, plus shopping at the some of our favorite stores in the area.
 

6 pm: Cocktails—33 2nd Ave Rooftop or Jeannie Ralston’s Apartment, Barrelsmith Cocktails served. Meet New York women entrepreneurs, including Lila Frodesen of By Lila, Kim Cihlar of Collection 13 jewelry, Lynn Powers of Masami Hair Care, and PJ Cobb, a silk artist. 

8 pm: Dinner at one of NYC's most acclaimed restaurants, tucked away in an alley, which means you won't find it unless you know it's there. 

Late night option: Speakeasy

Morning: Tenement Museum
 

Catered lunch at Ellen Williams' majestic apartment on West 12th Street. Last year's special guests: Sara Nelson, Executive Editor, Harper Collins, and Kristen Van Ogtrop, former editor-in-chief of Real Simple, now a powerhouse agent at Inkwell Management. (This year's guests will be just as fascinating.)
 

Walk through the West Village with Ellen Williams, who was born and raised in Greenwich Village and will fill us in on legendary shops such as Bigelow’s Pharmacy and Myers of Keswick. Plus new retail stars like Sarah Jessica Parker’s shoe store (right around the block from the Sex and the City apartment).
 

Marie's Crisis Cafe, a piano bar where everyone is invited to sing along with show tunes. Have a favorite show tune? Offer the pianist a tip and we'll sing with you.
 

Dinner at Beauty & Essex, a spectacular restaurant on the Lower East Side that you enter through a very low-key pawn shop. 

Ferry to Brooklyn. Catered brunch in Brooklyn Heights at Elise Pettus’s spectacular brownstone. Last year's guest speaker was Maya Wiley, former MSNBC legal analyst and former NYC mayoral candidate. 

3 pm: Explore Brooklyn

6 pm Italian dinner
 

7-9 pm: Aging Boldly in 5 Acts Performance at 1st Ave and 4th Street theater space. Last year's uproarious performers included  Carole Montgomery, singer/comedian Cynthia Kaplan, and Heather Christie, storyteller. Wine tasting and desserts from 

Veniero’s Pastry Cafe

Late night option: Music at the funky, magical Ear Inn

After a morning of exploring the Lower East Side, including the Essex Market, we'll meet at the famous Ukranian restaurant Veselka, for lunch with a number of our favorite NYC writers. 

Either farewell or, if you choose our add on night, it's off to a day of relaxing and fun on Governor's Island--just across the harbor from Battery Park and Wall Street.