Craig Conover on the 1 Factor First-time Guests to Charleston Shouldn’t Miss

Craig Conover’s first large solo journey didn’t go precisely as he anticipated. The truth TV star and entrepreneur just lately jetted off to Switzerland for his first-ever solo worldwide getaway, pondering he’d stay out his personal model of “The Vacation.” As an alternative, he found the liberty that solely comes from exploring a brand new place completely by yourself. 

“As I used to be on this journey on this lovely place, I didn’t notice you would have non-public recollections of journey. I like spending time with individuals, and I’ve simply all the time believed that recollections didn’t rely except they’re with somebody, and I used to be in a position to work on that,” Conover instructed Journey + Leisure. “I needed to let go of all the pieces that I believed would occur or anticipated out of it, and it took a few days, and then you definitely simply hit this stage of solitude, which was the explanation to go—you’ll be able to’t know one thing till you expertise it. And it was actually neat. It was type of a bell curve the place I used to be actually getting used to being alone.” 

It’s a sense any solo traveler can relate to. After these first few days, Conover says his perspective shifted. Throughout his journey to the Swiss alpine village Wengen, he went snowboarding and snowshoeing, climbed a mountain, and even took a yoga class—one thing he has all the time wished to do however says he was nervous to attempt. With that first solo worldwide journey checked off and new journey recollections made on his personal, he’s able to discover extra of the world: “I think about myself a really spontaneous particular person, nevertheless it opened the door to a different stage of freedom, that I haven’t got to fret if another person goes to return on the journey or not.”

So what’s subsequent on Conover’s checklist? He has large journey plans for 2026. “I’m doing a special bucket-list merchandise each month: I’m going to do one thing philanthropic-related and an journey.” Seeing the salmon run in Alaska, operating a half marathon in Amsterdam, going mountaineering in Utah, and going to South America to study to climb are all on the checklist. “I’m single, and I’m 37 years previous. I’m like ‘Why not?’Simply put it on the calendar and go.” Additionally on the journey want checklist? A safari is on the high, adopted by journeys to Japan, Australia, and Hawaii. 

After all, as a castmate on Bravo’s Southern Appeal, Conover is usually out and about in Charleston, South Carolina, when he’s not touring. And he’s actually made his mark within the Holy Metropolis, with a Stitching Down South retailer and By the Means, a restaurant and bar created in partnership with fellow Southern Appeal castmate Austen Kroll and Uptown Hospitality Group. So what’s Conover’s superb day in Charleston seem like? It begins out in Mount Nice—a city simply over the bridge from the Charleston peninsula—with espresso at Second State, lunch at Sq. Onion, after which a cease at Stitching Down South downtown adopted by a golf cart journey round Charleston’s high sights. Then, it’s again to Mount Nice for glad hour on Shem Creek (he recommends Pink’s) earlier than ending the evening at Obstinate Daughter on Sullivan’s Island. 

When individuals go to Charleston, Conover recommends spending at some point seeing the favored sights downtown: “Do the at some point downtown, and do all of it.” “Go down and stroll the facet streets,” Conover recommends, additionally noting that his alma mater, The School of Charleston, is gorgeous and value a go to. He additionally suggests getting off the vacationer monitor, heading out to Shem Creek or to Kiawah Island. “The drive to Kiawah is gorgeous, with all of the Spanish moss and the stay oaks. It’s enjoyable to lease a automotive and simply drive round.”