I went on my first ever quilt retreat last summer. It was worth every nickel and then some. It was held in Hillman, Michigan at the Thunder Bay Golf Resort. You could quilt as much or a little as you wanted. There were classes but you could work on your own thing if you didn't want to do the class thing. My room was bigger and nicer than my first apartment. The food was wonderful. I'm planning on going again in July.