Airlie
Airlie has hosted retreats since 1961 and sells an all-in meeting package with rooms, three meals, a meeting room, breaks and AV, so a leadership team gets one simple price. It is a working farm in Virginia hunt country, 40 minutes from Dulles.
What your team gets.
- The stay
- Resort or hotelEveryone has a private room at the same hotel or resort, with meeting rooms, restaurants and staff on site, and a little more space at the end of the day.
- Group size
- 20 to 120
- Where people stay
- 123 guest rooms across seven historic buildings, including two four-bedroom cottages (Groome’s Cottage and Lake Cottage) that sleep eight each
- Where the team meets
- 16 meeting and event spaces with over 20,000 square feet, from boardrooms (Foxes' Den, North and West Rooms) to the 2,557 square foot Federal Room and the 2,800 square foot Pavilion with a wraparound veranda
- Getting there
- Washington Dulles (IAD), about 40 minutes
- Room, per night
- $ to $$ by season$ up to $250 · $$ up to $500 · $$$ up to $750 · $$$$ up to $1,000 · $$$$$ over $1,000
Best April to June and September to November.
July and August are hot and humid and winter can bring snow, while spring and fall are mild and green or full of color.
What the team can do.
- Tour Airlie’s 20-acre working farm, which supplies Harry’s restaurant
- Archery, low ropes and Verdun team-building programs
- Fishing, kayaking and bikes on 300 acres of lakes and trails
- Evening fire pits and the Topgolf Swing Suite
- Virginia wine country visits nearby
How we would run your retreat at Airlie.
We interview every leader before we write a word of the agenda. The place sets the mood. The work starts weeks earlier.
- 1Discover
Working sessions with you and a one-on-one interview with every leader.
Weeks 1–3 - 2Design
A custom agenda built from what we heard. You sign off before anything is set.
Week 3 - 3Connect
Your team gets to know each other beneath the roles.
Retreat day 1 - 4Clarify
An honest look at what's working and what isn't.
Retreat day 1–2 - 5Align
Two or three priorities and a plan the team wrote together.
Retreat day 2 - 6Sustain
A written readout of what we heard, what the team decided and who owns each priority.
After the retreat
Planning a retreat at Airlie.
How big a group fits at Airlie?
Group size: 20 to 120. Where people stay: 123 guest rooms across seven historic buildings, including two four-bedroom cottages (Groome’s Cottage and Lake Cottage) that sleep eight each. Where the team meets: 16 meeting and event spaces with over 20,000 square feet, from boardrooms (Foxes' Den, North and West Rooms) to the 2,557 square foot Federal Room and the 2,800 square foot Pavilion with a wraparound veranda.
When is the best time for a retreat at Airlie?
April to June and September to November. July and August are hot and humid and winter can bring snow, while spring and fall are mild and green or full of color.
How does the team get to Airlie?
Getting there: Washington Dulles (IAD), about 40 minutes.
What does a room at Airlie cost?
$ to $$ a room per night, depending on the season. Our scale: $ up to $250 · $$ up to $500 · $$$ up to $750 · $$$$ up to $1,000 · $$$$$ over $1,000. We confirm current rates with the venue for your dates.
Can Everest Collective run our leadership retreat at Airlie?
Yes. Choose full service and we book Airlie, plan the meals and run the schedule. Or book it yourself and we bring the leader interviews, the agenda and the facilitation. Either way, your team leaves with two or three priorities it wrote together.
Land, lakes and long tables.
We’ll handle the rest.
Choose full service and we book Airlie, plan the meals and run the schedule. Or book it yourself and we bring the interviews, the agenda and the facilitation.