We view travel as a metaphor for life--a mirror, reflecting our attitude toward change, taking risks, dealing with adversity, and realizing our dreams. Travel takes us out of our everyday routine and lets us look at our lives with a new set of eyes.

Next Fork journeys allow you to focus on an aspect of your life that you want to change, a decision you need to make, a new direction you want to take. In addition to a myriad of fun and insightful activities, our innovative adventures provide you with the opportunity to:

• Create more work-life balance;
• Rediscover a sense of purpose;
• Embrace change and transition; and
• Explore your creative path.

Each Next Fork itinerary highlights a theme that best suits the particular destination. For example, Italy is the perfect place to reconnect with a sense of community and to consider its effect on work-life balance, creativity, etc.

Our journeys are highly personalized, created for travelers seeking creative nurturing and meticulous attention to detail. While we plan a rich variety of engaging experiences, we also like to slow down and immerse you in the local scene, leaving plenty of room for 'happy accidents.'

Spontaneity is key to any successful journey and we encourage our travelers to take advantage of opportunities presented by those wondrous moments of serendipity--an afternoon spent chatting with a group of Buddhist monks, an impromptu jazz jam at a corner café, a stranger's kind invitation to join them for a home-cooked meal.

We focus on offering you the most elevating and genuine experiences at hand. To this end, we're always on the lookout for local secrets to make your travels even more authentic and meaningful. Our tours take you to destinations ideally suited to the theme of the trip--places steeped in cultural tradition, fascinating people and magnificent local cuisine.

Our hope is that, in addition to visiting some of the most captivating corners of the world, you will use your travels to unleash your true potential and live life more passionately.

With our veteran travel partners worldwide, we handcraft exceptional voyages of self-discovery and enrichment. Our goal is to make your experience truly extraordinary and inspiring.

We guarantee that The Next Fork's unique programs will help you view life in a refreshing light. Our groups are small, and our dreams and goals are as vast as the landscapes we explore. These powerful sojourns will reconnect you to what's essential, to what lies deep in your soul. And that's the best part of any journey!