About us
Join our Travel Club and enjoy a great range of short breaks and days out with a difference across the UK and Europe!
REAL Socialising is one of the friendliest travel clubs you will find in South-East Kent.
We pride ourselves on making sure you have a memorable experience for all the right reasons when you travel with us….Join our Facebook page and read some of the great comments!
We offer an annual calendar of events, days out with a difference and great value short breaks, as well as ticket-only events. We include complimentary days out as part of our short breaks. If those days out involve visiting places of interest, we pass on group rates directly to you!
We welcome suggestions for new places to visit from our members too…if you’ve experienced a really great place, then tell us about it, we love to plan visits to new places and share with our members.
We can only confirm our excursions subject to reaching the minimum number of people booking, so please help spread the word and we hope to see you for some REAL Socialising soon!
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Scarborough, York and Whitby – 2026
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## Join us for our 5-day visit to Scarborough with days out to York and Whitby
This 5 day break includes half board accommodation in Scarborough and offers 2 optional days out at great value. These include a visit to York where you can spend a ‘do as you please day’; perhaps visit York’s Railway Museum, Minster, and Castle. Or visit the Jorvik Experience; alongside time to explore the historic streets and famous ‘Shambles’.
We’ve also arranged a day visit to historic Whitby famous for its fish and chips and Dracula!…..perhaps you might like to take a walk up the 199 steps to reach Whitby Abbey. Its haunting image provides the perfect backdrop to Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel! ….we are just waiting on confirmation that its also Goth Weekend…..!
About Daish’s Esplanade Hotel: With picture-postcard views, charming Victorian elegance and the warmest of welcomes, Scarborough’s Esplanade Hotel is the perfect place to enjoy a traditional seaside holiday. It overlooks the sweeping sands of the South Bay, it’s the ideal spot to take in the true beauty of this North Yorkshire resort.
You will start your day with a hearty English breakfast in the restaurant overlooking the bay. Evening meals are served in the Landau Restaurant, with its fabulous sea views, turning every meal into a special occasion. Nightly entertainment in the Belmont Suite features some of the best live acts in town.
£329pp based on 2 sharing
Only £10 Single supplement :£15pp Sea View for twin or double room and £25 for solo occupancy : £20pp Double superior supplement –
PLEASE USE THE ‘NOTES/COMMENTS’ SECTION WHEN BOOKING TO SPECFY IF YOU WANT TO UPGRADE. REQUESTS DEALT WITH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS
Book online @ www.realsocialising.co.uk Or email info@realsocialising.co.ukExcursions to York & Whitby included in the cost.
Pick up points: Cheriton Post Office, Folkestone Bus Station, Red Lion Square Hythe, Ashford Park Street.
Download info flyer
https://www.realsocialising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Scarborough-Whitby-York-24th-to-28th-April-2026-RS_compressed.pdf3 attendees
Highclere Castle, home of Downton Abbey – 1-5-26
Location not specified yet### We’ve been fortunate to be given just one date this year so book soon to avoid disappointment…check your diary for 1st May and join our visit to the setting for Downton Abbey with the majestic Highclere Castle
Highclere is the family seat of the Carnarvon Family, the same Lord Carnarvon, who with Howard Carter, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
As well as touring the house and gardens, you can view the Egyptian Exhibition with artefacts from those times.
##### £59pp – £10pp non refundable deposit unless your place can be sold on
Book online @ www.realsocialising.co.uk Or email viv@realsocialising.co.uk
##### Download info Flyer
### https://www.realsocialising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/HIGHCLERE-CASTLE-FRIDAY-1ST-MAY-2026-HOME-OF-DOWNTON-ABBEY_compressed.pdf
Pick-up points: Cheriton Post Office, Folkestone Bus Station, Red Lion Square Hythe, Ashford Park Street. Contact us to talk about bespoke pick-ups for larger groups
Deposit & Payment Policy Terms & Conditions2 attendees
Kinky Boots!
Location not specified yet### The multi-award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS is strutting its way to London in a joyous, brand-new production starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe!
The acclaimed West End and Broadway sensation runs at the spectacular London Coliseum from March 2026 for a strictly limited season only.
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and based on an uplifting true story and much-loved movie, KINKY BOOTS features Tony and Grammy Award-winning music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, a hilarious book by Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and is directed by the award-winning Nikolai Foster (Grease and The Wizard of Oz).
When Charlie Price inherits his family’s failing shoe factory, saving the company – and his love life – feels like an impossibly tall order. Until, that is, he meets Lola, the sparkling, larger-than-life drag queen with the unlikeliest of answers. Can they work together to reboot the business and save the day? Perhaps they just need to help each other – and everyone around them – to stand a little taller…
When Charlie Price inherits his family’s failing shoe factory, saving the company – and his love life – feels like an impossibly tall order. Until, that is, he meets Lola, the sparkling, larger-than-life drag queen with the unlikeliest of answers. Can they work together to reboot the business and save the day? Perhaps they just need to help each other – and everyone around them – to stand a little taller…
PRICE AFTER 8 TH OCTOBER + £5PP = £77.50pp Executive Coach – Seats in the Dress Circle – free time pre-show to enjoy retail therapy, lunch or both!
Book online @ www.realsocialising.co.uk Or email info@realsocialising.co.ukDownload info Flyer
https://www.realsocialising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KINKY-BOOTS-WITH-JOHANNES-THURSDAY-7TH-MAY-2026_compressed.pdfPick up points, Cheriton Post Office, Folkestone Bus Station, Red Lion Hythe, Park Street Ashford, or your dedicated group pick up point
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Northumberland and Beamish – May 2026
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### Following a fabulous trip in June this year we promised to repeat it again…. Coach 1 already full and we are taking email reservations for Coach 2. Double Rooms, Family style twin rooms (Kingsize & Rollaway bed) and limited single rooms…email to book your place – E:
viv@realsocialising.co.ukSunday 10th to Friday 15th May 2026 are the dates
We take you on a journey of exploration and visit some of the region’s most iconic landmarks including Alnwick Castle and Holy Island, as well as enjoying a Puffin or Seal Cruise, hopefully landing on the Inner Farne Islands*. We also visit beautiful Beamish…along with a visit to the first ‘smart house’ Cragside…all are optional and will be offered at the group rate. Some are National Trust and English Heritage, so make sure you have your membership card with you… we want to include a good variety of places to visit, so you might need another holiday on your return!
REAL Socialising’s daily coach excursions are included in your travel price and we pass on group rates for entries to places you would like to visit.
*Places of interest, entry fees will apply. Keeping entries separate means, you only pay for what you want to entry fees will apply. Keeping entries separate means, you only pay for what you want to do, so if you’ve ‘been there done that’ before, you can enjoy a do as you please day!The basic info for your consideration: All coaching and day out, 6 days, 5 nights staying in the heart of Newcastle in the Travelodge Central Hotel, Quayside, on bed and breakfast basis. A large range of eateries on your doorstep for evening meals, or eat on site at the Travelodge.
The Cost: Coach 1 : £345pp based on 2 sharing a twin or double* room – *Single occupancy + £120
Coach 2 : £345pp based on 2 sharing double* – £369pp 2 sharing a ‘family’ style room = king size bed and pull-out single bed – *Single occupancy £345 + £120
Reserve your place and subject to interest, we will request a £50 non refundable deposit to hold your place. Stage payments can be made over the ensuing months but full payment is required by 1st Feb 2026
Click to download further details on our flyer below
https://www.realsocialising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/NORTHUMBERLAND-BEAMISH-TOUR-10-15-MAY-2026_compressed-1.pdfPick ups: Cheriton, Folkestone, Hythe, Ashford or your dedicated group pick up point
ACCESS STATEMENTS, PRE VISIT INFO & WEBSITE LINKS FOR PLACES OF INTEREST WE ARE VISITING DURING THIS BREAK. PLEASE BE CONFIDENT ON YOUR ABILITY TO GET THE BEST OUT
OF THESE HISTORIC PLACES AND OPPORTUNITIES:
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SEAL, BIRD AND INNER FARNE ISLANDS CRUISE: The Landing Cruise is not recommended for anyone with mobility difficulties as there is no disabled access to the island. Whilst there is no disabled access at Seahouses harbour either; boats and their crews can usually work around this with the tides. With high tides it may dictate access to the boat may be from the end of the pier via a stone staircase. Food can be consumed on board the vessel. This statement will be updated when sailing times are known for 20261 attendee
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