Modern manners.
Beautifully lived.
A joyful, thoroughly modern approach to etiquette and social confidence — signature experiences for gatherings and celebrations, corporate programming, partnerships with the finest hotels and clubs, and children's programs.
We believe good manners are the most generous thing you can offer another person. Our world is colorful, polished, witty, and warmly welcoming — helping people feel more confident, more gracious, and entirely at ease in any room.
Programs & Experiences
Every experience is beautifully designed and thoughtfully tailored — for a single guest, a growing child, a whole company, or a landmark property.
Beautifully Designed Experiences
Signature experiences like The Art of Southern Hospitality and The Modern Table — the witty, beautifully hosted hour your guests remember long after the last toast, whatever the celebration.
Design an occasion →
Corporate Programming
Dining diplomacy, client hospitality, and the quiet confidence that closes the deal — workshops for teams, and hosted programming for retreats and offsites.
Bring us to your team →
Signature Programming for Hotels & Clubs
Turnkey guest experiences, afternoon teas, and members' salons designed to make your property the most gracious room in town.
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Children's Programs
Confidence, kindness, and table graces taught the joyful way — from first introductions to their very first formal dinner.
Enroll a young guest →Old-world grace,
delightfully unstuffy.
We pair the effortless warmth of Charleston hospitality with the quiet polish of British charm. No finger-wagging, no fuss — just genuinely useful know-how, delivered with wit and a great deal of color.
Margaux, founder of The School of English Etiquette, trained in London under a former member of The Royal Household of Queen Elizabeth. Mary is an AI product executive who has spent her career designing executive training and experiences people love — now applied to how we gather, connect, and celebrate.
Together, they created The Charleston Society to bring both crafts to one address: the polish of true protocol, the intelligence of great experience design, and a shared conviction that good manners were always meant to make people feel comfortable, confident, and considered.
Meet the founders →Warmth first
Etiquette exists to put others at ease — never to catch them out.
Genuinely useful
Practical know-how you'll reach for at the next dinner, interview, or introduction.
Colorful & witty
Learning should be a delight. Expect laughter, and rather a lot of blue and white.
Tailored throughout
Every guest, child, team, and property receives a program made for them.
Let's begin the
conversation.
Tell us a little about what you have in mind — a program, an event, a partnership — and we'll be in touch, promptly and warmly.
Thank you, truly.
Your note is on its way to us. We'll reply within two business days — with pleasure.