We work with venues, small-to-medium hotels and accommodation providers, using the same methods we teach retreat leaders to fill rooms in the low and shoulder seasons.
A retreat turns the weeks your rooms would sit empty into a group booking sold months ahead, with the meals, sessions and experiences that make every guest worth more to your property.
Choose the weeks you want to fill. We start with your calendar, not a theme. Shoulder season, midweek stretches, the months after the summer rush: we match each quiet window to a retreat idea and to guests who are free to travel then. We keep retreats out of your high season, so they never take rooms you would have sold easily anyway.
Turn your rooms into a retreat. Your rooms, spaces and kitchen become a priced, packaged retreat: nights, meals, daily sessions and a lead facilitator. You can rent your space to a retreat leader, co-host with other leaders, or host your own retreat. We build the pricing model so the retreat is profitable at a realistic occupancy, not only when it sells out.
Fill it with a proven system. Positioning, a website where retreat leaders can get your pricing, a page for your retreats, offers built around your property and its seasons, email and ad campaigns, a CRM that follows up every enquiry, and a sales-call process that turns enquiries into deposits. It is the same system behind 500+ retreat businesses and 600+ retreats, applied to your property.
Repeat it every season. Alumni, repeat guests and a growing email list mean each quiet season starts with an audience instead of an empty calendar. One retreat becomes a calendar of them.
Shoulder season, not high season. Retreats belong in your shoulder and low seasons. We plan them for the weeks your rooms would otherwise sit empty, and we try not to run retreats in your high season, so a retreat never disrupts the accommodation sales that come easily when you are busy anyway.
Group bookings, sold in advance. A retreat packages several nights into one group booking that is sold months ahead, with deposits or payment plans bringing revenue in before the season starts.
An experience, not a discount. Guests come for the programme, so you fill quiet weeks without competing on nightly price or leaning on discounting to move rooms.
More value from every guest. Meals, sessions, treatments and excursions are part of the package, so a retreat guest is worth more to the property than a room-only stay.
Guests who book direct. Retreat guests are sold through your own page, email list and CRM rather than a listing site, so the relationship and the repeat booking stay with you.
Three ways to run retreats at your property: rent your space, co-host with other leaders, or host your own.
Rent your space. A retreat leader hires your rooms and spaces for their own retreat, in the weeks you choose. It is the lightest way in: the leader brings the group and runs the programme, and you host. Listing your venue puts you in front of the retreat leaders we train.
Co-host with other leaders. You and one or more retreat leaders run a retreat together, combining their programme and community with your property, food and hospitality. A good fit when you want a say in the retreat without leading the sessions yourself.
Host your own retreats. You run the retreat yourself, under your own brand, and sell it to your own guests and email list. This is where the tailored build matters most: a website and offers made for your property and its seasons.
Built around your property and its seasons. You take the same programs retreat leaders do. What we change is the build: a more specific website and set of offers shaped around your rooms, your spaces and the way your seasons rise and fall, so your quiet weeks get their own offers instead of a generic retreat page.
Both sides learn the standard. Because the programs are shared, you learn what a retreat leader looks for when choosing a venue to book. Retreat leaders in the same programs learn what an acceptable standard of service looks like for retreat guests. Each side understands what the other needs.
A website for retreat leaders. A website written for the people who book groups. It shows your rooms and spaces and lets retreat leaders get your pricing, so a leader can quickly see what a retreat at your venue would cost.
A page for your retreats. A page for your specific retreats, including retreats that retreat leaders host at your venue. Each retreat gets its own place on your site, whether you run it yourself or a leader brings their group.
Property types we work with: Small & medium-sized hotels, Boutique hotels & guesthouses, Villas, lodges & eco-stays, Farm stays & B&Bs, Beach & mountain resorts, Retreat centres & event venues.
Do you work with hotels, or only wellness teachers? Both. Most of our clients are yoga teachers, breathwork facilitators, healers and coaches, but the same system works for venues, small-to-medium hotels and accommodation providers that want to fill rooms in the low and shoulder seasons. A retreat is a well-priced, well-marketed group stay, and that is exactly what we help build.
How do retreats help with low and shoulder season occupancy? A retreat packages several nights, meals and sessions into one group booking that you sell months ahead, for the weeks your rooms would otherwise sit empty. Guests come for the experience rather than the nightly rate, and deposits or payment plans bring revenue in before the season starts. We aim retreats at your shoulder and low seasons, not your high season.
Do I need a wellness teacher on my team? No. There are three ways to run retreats at your property: rent your space to a retreat leader, co-host a retreat with other leaders, or host your own retreats. Renting is the lightest way in, because the leader brings the group and runs the programme. On your free strategy call we help you choose the model that fits your property and your team.
Will retreats take rooms I could sell in high season? No. We try not to run retreats in your high season, so as not to disrupt the accommodation sales that come easily when you are busy. Retreats are planned for your shoulder and low seasons, the weeks your rooms would otherwise sit empty.
What kind of property is this for? Small-to-medium hotels, boutique hotels and guesthouses, villas, lodges and eco-stays, farm stays and B&Bs, beach and mountain resorts, retreat centres and event venues. If you have rooms, a space to gather a group, and a quiet season you would like to change, it is worth a conversation.
What results can I expect? It depends on your property, your location and the weeks you want to fill, so we do not promise a number. What we do is map your quiet-season calendar, price a retreat so it is profitable at a realistic occupancy, and give you the system to fill it. On the free strategy call we will tell you honestly whether it is a fit.
Which program is right for a hotel or venue? Hotels and venues take the same programs as our retreat-leader clients, and that is deliberate. It helps you understand what a leader looks for when booking a venue, and it helps leaders understand the standard of service retreat guests expect. Which program fits depends on how much you want to learn and run in-house versus have us build and manage alongside you. We recommend one on your free strategy call, with no pressure to buy.
How is this different from a retreat leader's program? The programs are the same. The difference is the build: for a property we create a website where retreat leaders can get your pricing, a page for your specific retreats (including retreats leaders host at your venue), and offers shaped around your rooms, your spaces and your seasonal pattern, because a venue's calendar swings between peak and quiet in a way a single teacher's retreat calendar usually does not.
What does a hotel or venue build include? Two main things. First, a website for retreat leaders, where they can get your pricing and see what a retreat at your venue would cost. Second, a page for your specific retreats, including retreats that retreat leaders host at your venue as well as the ones you run yourself. Both are built around your property and its seasons, and on your free strategy call we confirm exactly what your build covers.
Can I list my venue so retreat leaders can find it? Yes. We keep a hand-qualified venue list that our trained retreat leaders use when choosing where to host. Apply on the List Your Venue page and our team will review your property. If you are hosting a retreat yourself, or with other leaders, list it on the Retreat Map instead.