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General

What is Retreats.plus?

Retreats.plus is the home of the retreat industry โ€” a single platform where property owners list retreat-capable venues, hosts sell and run their events, and guests find retreats by category, state and date.

How much does it cost to list a property?

Property owners pay $3,000 per month for unlimited bookings with no commission on what they earn. Retreat hosts pay $99 per month plus a 10% fee on seats sold through the platform.

Do I have to be a host to book a retreat?

No. Anyone can browse upcoming retreats, filter by category or state, and book a seat. Creating an account takes a moment and lets you manage your bookings.

What kinds of retreats are listed?

Twenty-eight categories, from yoga, wellness and meditation through corporate offsites, masterminds, founder retreats, training camps, culinary weeks and certification programmes.

Can I sell a retreat property here?

Yes. Retreat Properties for Sale is a dedicated marketplace for retreat-capable real estate, in front of buyers specifically shopping for it.

Finding & booking a retreat

How do I find the right retreat?

Filter by category, by state, or by date on the public calendar. Every listing shows the format, the host, the property, what is included and how many seats remain.

Are these retreats verified?

Listings from verified hosts and verified properties carry a verification badge. Verification covers the operator's identity, the property's existence and current insurance.

Can I pay in instalments?

Most retreats on the platform offer a deposit followed by instalments. The payment options appear on the listing before you commit.

What happens if a retreat is cancelled?

Each host publishes a cancellation and refund policy on the listing. It is shown before payment, not buried after it.

Hosting a retreat

What does the host plan include?

$99 per month plus 10% of seats sold gives you the full booking platform: seat sales, deposits, payment plans, a guest CRM, broadcast email, follow-up sequences and unlimited events under one profile.

Can I run more than one retreat?

Yes. A host profile can carry unlimited events, each with its own dates, pricing, capacity and public/private setting.

Can I keep an event private?

Yes. Every event has a public/private toggle. Private events do not appear on the public calendar, in category directories, in our posts or in our emails โ€” you share the link yourself.

Do you help fill the room?

Yes. Demand generation is available through R0cketShip, PredictiveData and KeywordCalls, and it is the single most requested service on the platform.

Do I need my own property?

No. Most hosts do not own a venue. Browse destinations, or let us scout and contract one for you.

Listing a property

What does the property plan include?

$3,000 per month for unlimited bookings and no commission. That covers your full profile, photo gallery, video, downloadable PDF flyer, public availability calendar and placement across category, state and destination directories.

Do you take a cut of my bookings?

No. Property owners pay a flat monthly fee. What you book is yours.

Can I upload my own photos and video?

Yes. Upload unlimited images to your gallery, add a PDF flyer for download, and paste a Vimeo or YouTube link โ€” we display the player, we do not host the file.

Can I control which dates show as available?

Yes. You manage your own calendar, and you decide whether it is publicly visible.

Can I also list the property for sale?

Yes. Any property can be cross-listed into Retreat Properties for Sale while it continues to take bookings.

Retreat properties for sale

What is Retreat Properties for Sale?

A marketplace for retreat-capable real estate โ€” venues with the practice space, bed count, kitchen capacity and land that retreat groups require. Buyers here are shopping for a business, not a holiday home.

How do I list my property for sale?

Create an account, add the property, and enable the for-sale listing. You control the asking price, the financials you disclose and the photography.

Can I sell a property that is currently booking retreats?

Yes, and a property with demonstrated retreat revenue typically sells faster. Bookings continue while it is listed.

Do you charge a commission on a sale?

Listing is included in the property plan. Brokerage support is available separately if you want it.

Services

Do I have to buy services to list on the platform?

No. Services are entirely optional and priced separately from the property and host plans.

What is the difference between Done-For-You and Done-With-You?

Done-For-You is the entire retreat operated on your behalf โ€” you bring the desire and lead the room. Done-With-You leaves the content and the audience relationship with you while we run everything underneath it.

Can you help me fill a retreat that is already scheduled?

Yes. Fill-the-room marketing is the most requested service we offer, and it works fastest when there is still runway before the start date.

Tools & calculators

Are the calculators free?

Yes. Every tool runs in your browser, requires no account and stores nothing.

How accurate are the defaults?

The pre-filled numbers are realistic mid-market figures for a week-long retreat of about eighteen guests. Replace them with yours โ€” that is the point.

Which tool should I start with?

If you are hosting, start with Break-Even Seats. If you own a property, start with Property ROI & Rate.

The public calendar

What appears on the public calendar?

Every retreat whose host has set it to public. Private events never appear here.

Can I add my retreat to the calendar?

Yes โ€” create a host account, add your event, and switch it to public. It appears immediately and becomes eligible for our posts and emails.

How far ahead does the calendar run?

As far as hosts have scheduled. Certification and mastermind programmes are frequently listed a year in advance.

The Startup Retreat

Who is the Startup Retreat for?

Funded companies, companies actively raising, and operators ready to scale who are constrained by demand rather than by product.

What does it cost?

$30,000 for the seven-day immersive, including technology and tools valued at $3,000 per month for twelve months.

What do I leave with?

A working demand engine, the technology stack running against your actual business, and ninety days of implementation support โ€” not a folder of notes.

Which tools are included?

KeywordCalls.com, PredictiveData.org and R0cketShip.com, for twelve months.

Creators & influencers

What are you looking for in a creator?

Genuine audience overlap with retreat travel, a body of work we can look at, and a professional approach to deliverables. Follower count matters less than fit.

Do I have to pay to use a property?

Arrangements vary by property and season. Some are hosted, some are discounted, some are co-branded with a sponsor. Tell us what you are proposing.

Can I bring a sponsor?

Yes, and it strengthens the application considerably. There is a field on the form for a sponsor willing to co-host, co-pay or co-brand.

What do you expect in return?

Agreed content deliverables and permission to use them. We agree the specifics in writing before travel.

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