Have gone to guild retreats (planned 2 with a co-conspirator) and had gone on retreat with my small group. We are fortunate to have camps in our area for retreats. One in the foothills, very picturesque and meals are provided, another camp on the Kitsap peninsula which is more of a distance and a ferry ride. The small group, The Materialistics, retreated at a state park that had large Victorian houses which were officers' housing when the park was a military outpost. We sewed in one half of the house and meals were in the other. We planned meals and went out the first night. The down side was we had to cook and we had to haul all of our stuff up stairs. The town had a quilt shop, a fabric store and the hardware/general store had fabric. The last retreats we had were in a former convent turned into conference center. We did not have to worry about making meals, the grounds were lovely and we had a great space to work in. The last time we retreated was in October 2001 - we were younger then and now we all would rather sew at home and get together and visit and have show and tell.