My Solo Trip to Asheville, North Carolina | Winter & Wellness
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Thanks for watching! What destinations are on your travel bucket list for 2022?
Hopefully Sandpoint/Coeur d’Alene Idaho. & Revelstoke British Columbia for a wedding!
Seattle is my next stop! super excited!!
Probably going to keep it local within Aus this year. Hoping to make a trip to see Uluru & Alice Springs as I've never been. And it's a bucket list destination. Think I'll probably have to wait until next year before travelling overseas again.
Great Falls , Montana!!! & Cairo Egypt & Petra Jordan.
I’m from Asheville, most people do t know the Biltmore House was the House they used in the 80s comedy movie like clue called “Private Eyes” Don Knots and Tim Conway are in it. Really neat movie
I remember when Asheville was really a little mountain town. Not so much now since the traffic is horrendous.
Asheville is great for tourists, but getting worse and worse for people living here BECAUSE of tourists. Prices for rent are some of the highest in the country, and house prices are sky high too. Most of the jobs here pay absolute shit wages and demand far more of workers than they should. I personally know multiple friends that have had to move out of asheville because working 2-3 jobs in asheville wasn't enough to afford an apartment or house in asheville.
There's some sort of irony where the city actively pushes out its tourism workforce in favor of more tourism. At some point the city will crash and burn due to it only being inhabited by the rich retirees that don't need to work, and the tourists that come to tour stores with no workers.
I had the same thoughts. Asheville is a shiny penny but there’s an underbelly and a huge class struggle. The highways are overused way past their capacity and the land is being over developed. There was a group who overdosed on fentanyl at the Grove Park Inn recently. It’s an amazing city but the messaging that goes out nationally just encourages more and more people to move here which is unsustainable.
@@robblackwell2774 can't forget about the now weekly car jackings either.
It's like our city government wants to get as much money from tourists as possible (which is the reason they help fund trips for influencers like this), and instead of putting that money into the people that are the lifeblood of the city they just put it into hotel development and constructing new attractions over historical and sentimental locations.
I cant blame tourists completely though, they're just cogs in a machine being turned by greedy and/or incompetent city officials.
Also lots of homeless/druggies that will harass you downtown and especially in East Asheville. Poor pay, high prices, overrated food scene. Its Trashville now.
Heroin needles and tent cities everywhere. The nice monument that was downtown is now gone. Many of the reasons people used to move here no longer exist.
Real estate in Asheville makes bank
Wow looks so beautiful! Currently traveling myself in the southern U.S.. Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington are all in the plans for 2022! Traveling the country with my pup out of the back of my car, not much better than that
Asheville is exceptionally dog friendly.-
Dont be fooled. Its just one big needle filled feces coveted homeless camp now. You can thank Liberal voting for its destruction.
Thanks for sharing this, Allison! I live in Nashville, TN, and am from the Asheville area. You went to a few of my favorite places AND introduced me to so many new places to try next time I’m visiting family. Excited to see your upcoming travel content! 😊
As a local to Asheville. I'm intimidated by the expensive places you went...
Why are you intimidated by what others spend?
I wish she would have included how much everything cost. I'm going to visit next month for a week.
Asheville is beautiful! So much to do and the people there are so friendly.
What an incredible experience! I like to go hiking in Asheville every fall.
The colour grading and quality of this video is phenomenal. I love your videos so much. This is definitely the year of travel. I think after this video I’ll take a trip there myself.
I love Asheville there is so much to do. Everyone in your group will love it! There's a music scene, a wellness scene (as you see here), an art scene, the Blueridge Parkway for those hikes in the Pisgah National Forest and the variety of so many foods and drinks are to die for.
For my travel bucket list 2022 I have been there so many times before but Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. It's a small quaint Island village that is only assessable by ferry boat or private plane or boat.
Omg!! I so want to do this adventure, everything about it, the spa days, the sound therapy, the candle making, everything!!! Thank you for this beautiful share ❤️
Wow! What an incredible place. Just gorgeous!
Born and raised in Asheville, liked your video,We have some great things but not for the people trying to live and survive here.We are being priced out from where we live. To top it off a major homeless and Drug problem,no affordable housing. So just remember "All that glitters is not gold."
How's employment
@@andreamills5852 what job r u doing
@@andreamills5852 ok i will look for that job. I hope they hire me
WOW, definitely some great ideas in this trip! Looks like such a good and refreshing time.
I just moved to Hendersonville 10 months ago, and I am not even finished exploring asheville. Thanks for making the video now I have someplace to go in the summer.
So beautiful! ❤️ Thanks for the video, it's so interesting to see such places and how people spend their time in other countries )
I’ve lived in this area my whole life. It’s such a beautiful place. 🙂🙂
My hometown, consider it a huge blessing to live in such a beautiful place! ❤️❤️❤️
Was... Its a huge homeless camp now. Thanks Liberals!
Did you see Obama’s at the grove park inn? Yeah, his fav.
I’m in Franklin, near Cherokee. Yeah, they put us in the voting precinct with Asheville. Great...
Ugh!
I can drive there in 1.5 hr or less and I NEVER go! Only if I have a medical appt and I come right back home.
I love EVERYTHING you did in this trip ❤
OMG SO BEAUTIFUL ALLISON! So amazing having you in our beautiful mountain town - hope you can return one day!
I got really excited for this video. I live less than 2 hrs away from Asheville so my boyfriend and I spend a lot of time in Asheville throughout the year. You actually showed us a few new places to visit and try. We stayed at Omni last week and did the day spa pass. It was a very relaxing and a beautiful experience. Highly recommend.
this video is the reason I moved from Asheville to Hendersonville
So stunning!!! I have planned to visit Asheville in May. I'm so glad that I just found your video. Thanks a lot!
Glad you enjoyed your visit here I was born and raised in Asheville didn't know they had most of those places 😀
I have lived in Asheville for 3 years and had no idea about some of these places. Thank you so much for sharing your travels! This video is stunning.
Same here.....I didn't know about some of these places! I used to work at the Biltmore House, though, so was familiar with that one!
Absolutely amazing!
Perfect timing! My wife and I are planning a trip to Asheville - thanks for the awesome tips! :)
Never really thought about visiting Asheville, NC until watching your video. I love wellness, spas, and tea. Definitely going to plan a visit!
I'm always inspired by your travels. I'm from the UK and I've not heard of Asheville before, it looks amazing. Arizona and Utah are on my list, I'm coming in April, it feels so good to be travelling again !😊
I'm going on my first ever solo trip on tuesday for a couple of months and let me just say I feel so much more prepared with this channel!!
Good luck!
@@alex12104 thank you!!
@@laurenbrown1142 😘
@@laurenbrown1142 update when you finish your trip. I’m gonna be doing the same but around california Oregon Washington. I Better not chicken out . I did a solo trip in May to Arizona and Utah and had the time of my life
@@alex12104 will do!!
Love the Salt Cave! And nature as a whole here is so refreshing. Left the big city years ago to live more
Your photography is just >>>>>
For anyone interested in visiting, Appalachian is pronounced "App-Uh-Latch-In." "App-Uh-Lay-Shun" is incorrect.
Nice to see you here again 😀
That's my home city. Glad you got to see it in the snow.
The views were stunning
This looks absolutely amazing!! I have to go here!!
Thanks for the reminder of all the stuff I can’t do in Asheville unless I was rich.
I grew up in Asheville! This is beautiful 🤩
Asheville is actually one of the cities that I am considering moving to. It's beautiful, and I happen to like the aesthetic there.
Putting Asheville on my to-do trips. Thsnks
im going to asheville this weekend! thanks for the ideas
Had not thought about visiting Asheville and the Biltmore in the wintertime, but that might be added to my bucket list. Thanks
Glad to see you made it to my home state!
I'm from and live in Asheville! So cool to see my beautiful city reviewed so well, thank you! Hope you enjoyed your stay! And I literally live like 8 minutes away from the biltmore house lol
Asheville looks beautiful!
My college town 🥰 it truly is the best place. So happy you got to explore it
I'm so glad you made a trip to Asheville! My husband and I live in Atlanta and absolutely love Asheville. We go up there several times a year and even got married in the Conservatory at the Biltmore! It's definitely a special place for us, and you gave me some new ideas of things to try the next time we visit. Love your videos, and can't wait to see your next travel destinations for 2022!
this is the most awesome travel video you've made so far, Allison, because my husband and i are moving to Asheville in May! we're leaving Washington State (after 5 years) and moving closer to family. i'm definitely going to watch this again with my husband and his aunt and uncle and visit all the places you visited! thank you for sharing these wonderful adventures!
Congratulations! Her blog was very enticing.
Thanks for raising the median home price even more here!
@@jesse3489 I know right it's ridiculously expensive now an fairview is crazy ruined by the people moving here making prices in fairview like Biltmore prices
Wonderful film about Asheville. I've enjoyed it. Thanks👍
Beautiful in December, as well in spring
I keep going back to that shot right there at 0:12 If there was ever a room I wanted to build in my life, that right there would look pretty close to the dream I got! Wow stunning!
Beautiful !!
You didn't show any of the Heroine Camps that's in Asheville, or needles laying around
She forgot to show the room at the Grove Park where the six people overdosed on heroine and fentanyl.
Absolutely beautiful. Very cool salt cave. I had a sound healing session in Tulum Mexico once that was wonderful, I like watching sound healing videos on TH-cam but not quite the same as in person. Love tea also, this trip looked like a dream. I made a candle like that once for a bachelorette trip I took with some of my highschool friends but I like the idea of not having labels on the scents and just going off of smell and not knowing what you’re putting in. Mystery candles.
I bought a beautiful luxury mountain home 2 years ago here in Asheville and love it.
Sell it and get out of our area
I've missed your solo travel vlogs ❤
Ah! Asheville is one of my favorite places (other than where I live! ha!). Love the Biltmore, the Grove Park and Posana! And you got the snow too! Wow!
This was so well shot!
I live in Asheville! So cool you came here! Hope you had a blast!
She got payed to come here.
Always wanted to go here...your video made me move it up my list!
Really beautiful video. Nice to learn about things to do. I have an office in Asheville and can barely keep up with all there is to do.
I happened to live in this area. I love it. I love the mountains
Asheville is the best!! Growing up in NC I have been lucky enough to go there many times. You showed me some things I didn't know about! I'm going to have to stay at one of those amazing hotels :)
I went there over the summer! It's great!
Just discovered this video Allison. Truly marvelous and I also enjoyed your Taiwan video. Thank you 🙏🏾
Living the Pacific NW but I go back to Asheville with my wife as often as we can. Nice video.
Omg I love Asheville!!!
Im so Happy i found your video! I was debating if this place was gong to be the right location for my up coming trip. amazing video.
Highly highly recommend sauna house and shoji to anyone visiting Asheville who want a spa treat on a bit of a budget. Very affordable and unique compared to other spas in the area!
Asheville, im invested in High Climate and Hummingbird, sounds like a perfect date idea
Nice video but here are a few things for people to know who are unaware. I'm a local who has lived in Asheville my entire life and here are three very important things you need to know before coming here that wasn't shown in the video:
1. In the recent years we have gotten homeless tent cities pop up all around town
2. River Arts District is covered in heroin needles. The graffiti is really ugly there. A lot of what looks like "cool hip businesses" is actually dirty hippies and homeless people shooting up needles in those areas.
3. The city has turned into a very dystopic nightmare version of what it looked like just 10 years ago. I used to enjoy going downtown, as it was a very chill place. Nowadays, particularly ever since the 2020 riots when people burned some buildings down and a lot of the good police quit their jobs, I hear about multiple gunshot casualties per night, which is really not the same city I remember.
I would also mention that the Botanical Gardens has had so many people get raped there that they had to put up rape phones every so many feet on the trail. This video actually reminds me of those videos of people visiting North Korea where they are guided along and only shown the best possible view of the place while ignoring all the bad things. And there are MANY bad things about Asheville, the awesome views from Mt Pisgah not being one of them.
Not to mention the addicts that are passed out on Riverside before the Haywood bridge you can't go out into Ingles parking lot without the worry of stepping on a hypodermic needle or the worry of having to buy pay for food cuz the cost of living here is outrageous
WOW this looks like the coolest city
Oh wow!! My mom has always wanted to visit the Biltmore estates and she would love to do everything you showcased in this video. Thanx sooo much for sharing :-).
Hii Allison, your videos are amazing... you inspire me a lot...
aw man i used to live in asheville for a few years a while ago!! it was beautiful but just lacked any opportunity for me personally. The tea shops were my favorite thing!! thanks for the walk down memory lane :)
I live south of Asheville. I feel extremely lucky to have been born and raised here.
Nice vlog! Love your narration
You came to Asheville after the snow came trough 😆. Thanks for the tips here..I'm out here for work and i will try the places in your video.
wow now i want to visit!!
Great Video Allison! Thank you. I'm serious considering moving to the Asheville Black Mountain area from Durham.
Wow the snow covered mountains 🥵
We want to stay at the Omni. When we went a few months ago we went there to watch the sunset and fell in love with the place.
I love the smokies and absolutely have to visit Asheville next time I go!
I live in NC and have been to Asheville and Biltmore…a dozen times? Maybe more? LOVE it. How did you get a shot of Biltmore with no one in the background?!?!
I’ve wanted to stay at that hotel (the one in Biltmore Village) so 👏🏻 many 👏🏻 times.
As for the Om I: for anyone visiting you can go there without a reservation and sit on the lawn for the amazing views
the vanderbilts are a fascinating story!
Leaving on Tuesday for Asheville. Your video was so helpful. Booked a couple's massage at Urban Exhale, spending time at the Sauna House. Made a list of other things you recommended like candle making, the tea house etc. Many thanks!!!
Just got back from Asheville. Many thanks for all your recommendations. Another highlight was a beautiful bookstore Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar. So refreshing to see an actual book store that has character and charm. One can order champagne, wine and a charcuterie board to read with your books.
Love!
Beautiful! 😍
Asheville 💕 My hometown
I loved this vlog! Please do one of Austin, TX for wellness like you did for Asheville, NC. 😊
I've been to almost all of the places that you mentioned! As a local, I highly recommend going to the Sauna House and Dobra Tea
Oh my goodness friend!! We enjoyed you SO much! Thank you for supporting our black owned, woman owned, small business and the womxn who work alongside me!!
Omg this video was made for me 😍 I moved just outside of Asheville and I've been trying to figure out things to do! Sometimes when you're overloaded with restaurants & things to do, it's hard to pick. And this video gave me great examples!! Thanks so much 🤍. I love your channel, it inspires other single women to get out & experience life!! 💞🌟
Are you one of the ones that have ruined the rural towns of Weaverville and Fairview?
@@jesse3489 I read your main comment on this video to see where your hostility is coming from and I'm sorry to tell you, you're not alone. But it's not just Asheville, or western NC. It's a serious issue happening all over the US!! The real problem is people (especially under 40 yrs old) simply are NOT being PAID enough to keep up with inflation and the cost of living and therefore cannot thrive the same as generations in the past. You realize many who move are people who've been priced out of their area as well, it's a chain reaction. I hear you & agree, I just think it's a much bigger picture & problem... But I do know after several years that while the people of the mountains absolutely love their privacy & space, they also are some of the kindest, most well mannered people you'll ever meet & will do anything for a neighbor. I just don't want your frustration to taint anyone's impression overall. Only we have the ability to change what's happening and it's not by trying to stop people from moving, it's in our vote (one way or another). I wish you well & hope things get better soon for you and all of us. 🤍
If you love thai food cant go wrong with thai pearl in West asheville. Best thai food in WNC..the chef there used to cook for the royal thai family in thailand...
@@jaybeazy4978 Wow, thank you! I love Thai food (what little I know of it). I already Googled it and got the menu & directions! The Grilled chicken Satay looks great! ☺️. Thanks so much, this is the info I need 💞
@@cindyp5132 glad to help 🙏...if you need anything else or wanna know anything just ask...hope you have a good evening 🙏
Went to NC this past December but didn't have time to stop in Asheville. Hopefully next time! Biltmore is on my bucket list
I'm from Asheville, you went to all of my favorite spots. Sometimes they do sound healing in the salt cave 🙌🏽 If you come back you should go to Shoji spa!!!
Wow I need this itinerary
Welcome to Asheville!! Glad you enjoyed your visit here…come back again in spring (May)….even more stunning if you can believe it! 😊
Wow we have not been to Ashville..wanting you see the Biltmore at Christmas. Enjoyed your tour.
Love Asheville it’s my home town :) can’t believe you found the rock though!! Aha the views are awesome there most locals don’t even know where it’s at