Writing from Your Roots: The DUBLIN, IRELAND Writing Adventure
Imagine renewing your spirit and your well of writing ideas
just by taking a vacation!
I once only longed for the kind of travel I dreamed about! Then, I realized that no one needed to give me permission to chase my dreams, and no one was riding in on a white horse to hand me the airline tickets! I began answering the question poet Mary Oliver asked: What is it that you will do with your one wild and precious life? For me writing and traveling were at the top of my list!
Along the way I broke through a lot of the myths that were holding me back. I once believed that traveling in Europe meant six months and a backpack! Instead, I've discovered that a week full of the uplifting sights, sounds, food, and literature with a home base in a charming hotel provided just what I needed to live my best life!
After two decades of being a world traveler, I formed Writing Adventures to help you enjoy the kind of experiences I carved out for myself: enjoyable, affordable travel rich in low-pressure, high-inspiration writing activities, meaningful local experiences, and new trust in my intuition not just in writing and traveling but in all areas of life.
Give yourself memories that last a lifetime as you explore Ireland's most literary-rich city! Our Dublin tour eliminates trip-planning overwhelm and gives you more time to soak in the Irish atmosphere, taste the work of Dublin's most admired poets and authors, and explore the city's pubs, theatres, museums, galleries, and sights. This tour is designed especially for writers (any level, including beginners), and its four morning writing workshops will get your ideas flowing for months or even years after your trip ends!
To apply to be one of our Writing Adventure Fellows, register now. Our spots will fill up quickly!
While most companies pack 50 travelers into each tour, we limit our group to only 8 participants, allowing us to enjoy leisurely, delicious meals in Dublin's nicer restaurants, slip into an evensong service at St. Patrick's Cathedral or join the locals in one of the small nooks of Leilani's favorite pubs, stroll through St. Stephen's Green without following a heard of tourists, and become a supportive writing circle full of friendships that last long after the trip ends.
“The way we are living,
timorous or bold,
will have been our life.”
― Seamus Heaney
Here's what's included:
Four low-pressure, high-inspiration writing workshops, including all related materials, and all infused with the poetry, stories, and art of Dublin
Six nights in a private room with a private bath in a charming, 250-year-old Dublin hotel across the street from St. Stephen’s Green or a modern centrally-locally hotel
Four full, cooked breakfasts with coffee or tea and fresh-squeezed orange juice
Three lunches in local restaurants or pubs
A Vintage Tea Tour
Three dinners, including...
* A Three-Course Welcome Dinner with wine or Guinness, Irish music and dancing, and a toast with Bailey’s or Jamesons, at The Church -- a beautiful repurposed building featuring the impressive organ used by Handel to practice “The Messiah”
* A cruise with wine or Guinness, sweeping views of the city, and a champagne toast or an alternative event
* An unforgettable farewell dinner!
Admission, audio guides, and tips to some of Ireland’s most inspiring attractions, including such sites as the James Joyce Museum on Sandycove, Seamus Heaney: Listen Now & Again Exhibit, The Jack Yeats’ Room in the National Gallery, the Book of Kells, and EPIC (The Irish Emigration Museum)
One Special Evening Event -- such as a theatre ticket for the Gaiety Theatre, a literary pub tour, or a musical pub tour, a Poetry Ireland event, etc., depending on availability and dates
A Welcome Pack -- a bag of gold euros, so you can get used to the look and feel of change before scrambling to buy your first bag of Tayto’s; Leilani’s favorite “airplane pen” that won’t leak ink in the air; a map of the city so you can begin to orient yourself to our location before you ever leave home; a detailed itinerary; etc.
One-Hour Editing Services -- Send up to ten pages of your writing for editing and feedback. Leilani will work her wordsmith magic with a review, proofreading, and editing suggestions in a one-on-one writing conference by appointment during the week
Your price today $5,527 only $3,997
Our Good Faith Guarantee: No risk! If you feel that this tour didn't make every effort to provide you with the advertised experiences listed above, I'll give you 100% of your money back!
What other participants in DUBLIN Writing Adventure have said...
"Thank you, thank you, I thank you for a phenomenal week!" (Mary G.)
And...because only 8 spots are available on our tours, we are able to offer TWO bonus gifts for those who register within the next 24 hours ($97 value)....
The Spark Writing Adventures Global SWAG Bag -- Everything Leilani uses to make airline travel a little nicer, more comfortable, and cleaner! If you register within the next 24 hours, you'll receive all of her favorites, including facial mist water to cool yourself down in a hot plane, delicious smelling hand sanitizers, saline-laced wet wipes to counteract nose dryness, luxurious eye cream samples perfect for use in the airplane, a sleep-inducing eye mask, a few surprises, and--of course!--an extra airplane pen.
Hanging Toiletry Bag -- Perfect for European travel! This bag not only features compartments for all your toiletries, but also a hook--so important in quaint European hotels that don't always have the cabinet space Americans are used to! Just hang the bag on a door handle or towel rack, and you're all set! It keeps everything organized!
*May vary from the picture slightly due to availability.
Reserve your spot today for the special price and both bonus gifts--the hanging toiletry kit and the airplane SWAG bag full of items to make your seat feel like "first class."
Click here to register and save your spot!
Dates:
____ June 5-11, 2022 [FULL]
____ June 2-8, 2024 [8 spots]
____ June 15-21, 2025 [8 spots]
