To help you further personalize your trip, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation worry free.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Enjoy a cocktail at the Rooftop Bar at the Vendu Inn. Relax and drink in one of the finest harbor views of any Charleston restaurant, as well as dramatic views of Waterfront Park, the Cooper River Bridges, and historic Fort Sumter. When the weather turns cooler, heaters create a cozy atmosphere.
  
  
• Rent a bike and explore Charleston on your own. Ride through the historic city and over the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America for an unforgettable sightseeing experience.
  
  
• Shop for gifts or a special souvenir at the historic Old City Market. A public market since the 1800s, it is now a lively spot full of locals and tourists alike. Vendors sell everything from food and T-shirts to locally crafted sweet-grass baskets.
  
  
• Enjoy a picnic at Charleston Waterfront Park This 8-acre park at the entry to the harbor provides grassy areas, picnic tables, shady trees, and a lovely view.

Monograms provides travelers access to a Local Host®, so you will have someone on hand to answer those vacation questions pertaining to Jekyll Island, Georgia. No waiting in line at the concierge desk or trying to ask your waitress at breakfast directions to the shopping district. Plus, your Local Host will share local Jekyll Island insights and share suggestions for getting off the beaten path, leaving you more time to create lasting vacation memories that are yours alone.

Jekyll Island Historic District

The Jekyll Island National Historic Landmark District is one of the largest ongoing restoration projects in the southeastern United States. The 240-acre historic district includes the Jekyll Island Clubhouse, the Club Wharf, the Club Power Plant, historic Faith Chapel, and numerous other historic buildings.

Rent a Bike

Rent a bike and spend endless hours on exploration of Jekyll Island. Good old-fashioned exercise awaits you as you pedal the paths along the marsh, under the oaks, on the beach, or anywhere you want to go.

Georgia Sea Turtle Center

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center provides state-of-the-art emergency care to sick and injured sea turtles, with opportunities for scientific research and long-term treatment. Visitors will explore exhibits on sea turtle conservation, rehabilitation, and their amazing journey from egg to adulthood.

Driftwood Beach

Spend some time exploring this unique beach which is strewn with driftwood. See how the trees have been bleached by the sun, wind and waves along the beach. It beautiful and indescribable!

Horton House Ruins

Constructed around 1740, this site represents one of the most significant tabby ruins remaining on the Georgia coast. Consisting of a mixture of shells, lime, sand and water, tabby has long been a popular building material along the Georgia Coast. The House served as a British Empire outpost and Major William Horton's residents until his death in 1748.

Jekyll Wharf Boat Tours

Enjoy a dolphin tour which will take you along the scenic waterways of the Georgia coast, home to one of the world's largest populations of Bottlenose Dolphins. Sunset cruises and ECO Shrimping tours are offered as well.

To help you further personalize your Key West vacation package, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation to Key West, Florida worry free.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Experience the Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square where each night around two hours before sunset masses of people flock to the water's edge to watch the sun sink into the Gulf of Mexico.
  
  
• Tour the home of Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway who lived and wrote in this house for more than 10 years. Hear stories, relax in the garden, and learn about this literary legend.
  
  
• Participate in "The Duval Crawl", local speak for checking out all the bars and nightlife on Duval Street. Day or night the pubs are always rocking.
  
  
• Don't be afraid of the ghosts. Take a lantern-led stroll down historic Old Town's lanes and discover ghosts, ghouls, and legends of this hunted paradise.
  
  

To help you further personalize your trip, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation worry free.

Meet a Local Host®

Angela is a native of the city as well as a licensed New Orleans tour guide for the past 25 years. She is also a graduate of the International Tour Directors Institute in San Francisco. She is the former real estate editor of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans's daily newspaper.

Angela lives just a block from Bourbon Street in Faubourg Marigny, the neighborhood adjacent to the French Quarter, and owns and operates a bed and breakfast there with her husband Russ. "I love welcoming visitors to the 'World's Most Interesting City,'" she says, "and look forward to telling them about our fabulous music and fine restaurants." You'll enjoy meeting Angela as much as she enjoys meeting guests.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Drop your money in the hat and head into one of the country’s time-honored institutions to experience real New Orleans jazz at Preservation Hall.
  
  
• Give your tastebuds a treat at Café du Monde, a New Orleans favorite. Relax at this sidewalk café in the French Market and enjoy the specialty of the house—fresh made beignets, square French-style doughnuts lavishly covered with powdered sugar.
  
  
• Don’t miss the world-famous Mid City Bowling Lanes, the only place to find Rock ‘N’ Bowl. Locals and tourists alike go to this 18-lane center to bowl and dance until the wee hours of the morning. Given the vibrant atmosphere, it doesn’t take long for bowlers to start doing the Twist on the approach.
  
  
• Learn a lesson in history at the National World War II Museum (National D-Day Museum). From the beaches of Normandy to the sands of Iwo Jima, the museum’s exhibits blend personal accounts, artifacts, documents, photographs, and never-before-seen film footage that tells the stories of the amphibious landings that made victory in World War II possible.
  
  
• Visit St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest active cathedral in the U.S. and one of only 15 minor basilicas in the country. Established in 1720, it towers over Jackson Square and is an important historic and religious symbol for this predominantly Catholic city. Tours depart from the gift shop regularly.
  
  
• Ride a New Orleans streetcar, the oldest continuously running street railway in the U.S. There are two streetcar lines in New Orleans—St. Charles and Riverfront—and rides highlight some of the city’s major sites.
  
  
• Shop antique stores, browse art galleries, and visit unique shops and boutiques on Magazine Street.

To help you further personalize your Orlando vacation package, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation to Orlando, Florida worry free.

Meet a Local Host® - Brian Johnson

Raised in America's heartland in Indianapolis, Indiana, Brian spent four years in the U.S. Air Force, which included an assignment in Germany at a Royal Air Force Base. After earning a college degree in Electronics & Technology, he moved to Orlando in 1984, where he has resided ever since. Among his passions are downhill and water skiing…and travel. Brian joined the Globus family of brands in 2011 and today enjoys showing off the many wonders of his beloved adopted state to others.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Enjoy some OJ. Stroll through acres of citrus groves, pick your own fruit, or enjoy a picnic at a working citrus and cattle ranch.
  
  
• Get in the water. Take a quick trip to the Caribbean at Discovery Cove where you can snorkel at a coral reef, see fish, stingray, and even swim with the dolphins.
  
  
• Shop for a treasure. Ivanhoe Antique Row – spend an afternoon strolling through one of Orlando's funkiest districts. Here you can browse antique shops for both endearing and quirky goods, search for some rare vinyl, vintage clothing, and enjoy a latte or peanut butter brownie.
  
  

To help you further personalize your trip, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation worry free.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Visit the First African Baptist Church, rebuilt by slaves and the first building in America to be owned by African slaves. The upstairs balcony contains original pews made by the slaves, and the church museum contains archives and memorabilia that date back to the 18th century.
  
  
• Enjoy a Southern meal served family style at Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room. Originally a boardinghouse serving home-style dinners to borders, Mrs. Wilkes continues to thrive as a restaurant. Tabletops are crowded with platters of fried chicken and cornbread dressing, sweet potato soufflé, black-eyed peas, okra gumbo, corn muffins, and biscuits. The menu changes daily. Credit cards are not accepted.
  
  
• Visit Parker’s, a small grocery store on Drayton Street behind the Savannah Theatre. This building was once a gas station and has been converted into a unique market offering a good selection of wines, gift items, specialty and gourmet foods, and other necessities.

To help you further personalize your St Pete Beach vacation package, you'll have access to a toll-free Service On Call helpline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Customer service representatives are on call for anything you need to make your vacation to St Pete Beach, Florida worry free.

On Your Own Suggestions

• Attend a baseball game during Spring Training season. The St. Pete Beach/Clearwater area has a 90-plus-year history of spring training and is home to several major league teams.
  
  
• See a masterpiece. Spend time at the Salvador Dali Museum, home to the world's most comprehensive collection of the artist's works. The state-of-the-art gallery allows the complete viewing of all 96 oil paintings, plus a selection of drawings, fine prints, photographs, videos, and Surreal Objects by Salvador Dali.
  
  
• Enjoy a scoop. Larry's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlour: has over 80 flavors of ice cream and at least 25 flavor of gelato to choose from. You're sure to find whatever you're craving.
  
  
• Explore the Pink Palace. Don CeSar Resort is known as Florida's legendary Pink Palace. Since 1928, this luxurious resort has been revered internationally for its sprawling, sugar-white beach, unparalleled dining, and rejuvenating spa. Enjoy a stroll around the grounds, a cool drink on the patio or a delicious meal at this elegant & timeless resort listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Be taken back to the time of the Great Gatsby but just make sure to call it "The Don" as revered to by the locals.