
How to Choose a Yoga Retreat Venue: A 12-Point Checklist
What to look for in a retreat venue, the questions to ask, and the red flags to walk away from.
Field notes on planning, pricing and leading retreats, and on the months and places that make them work. Written from the retreats we run rather than from the internet.

What to look for in a retreat venue, the questions to ask, and the red flags to walk away from.

Retreat themes, destinations and signature experiences to spark your next week away.

A daily schedule and a day-by-day week you can adapt, with the pacing that keeps a group happy.

Three pricing methods, a worked example in dollars, room tiers, early-bird pricing and deposits.

What a planner really does, how they are paid, and the questions to ask before you hire one.

Group size, destination, rooms, money and a week that suits everyone, yoga lovers or not.