Blog
Want to add lucrative, transformational retreats to your biz - ones your clients rave about?
Grab our guide below and get our TOP strategies for creating YOUR dream retreat!
The Wanderlust Entrepreneur Blog offers practical retreat-business education for coaches, facilitators, healers, travel professionals, retreat planners, retreat venues, and retreat leaders who want to create transformational retreats.
Articles cover retreat planning, pricing, marketing, venue selection, logistics, leadership, legal and safety awareness, community building, facilitation, and the practical realities of creating retreats that are both meaningful and professionally run.
Are You Designing a Retreat for the World Your Participants Are Actually Living In?
A retreat that used to sell out may struggle to fill because participants’ needs, priorities, and circumstances have changed. Instead of immediately lowering prices or increasing marketing, retreat leaders should talk to their audience, revisit their retreat’s purpose and messaging, create more space for rest and meaningful connection, and adjust the experience to reflect what people need today. You don’t have to start over; you just need to evolve your retreat to better serve your people.
The Retreat Leader Hangover🤯
The Retreat Leader Hangover is the physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that can come after leading a retreat. Retreat leaders often give so much energy to their participants that they forget to plan for their own recovery. Building in an extra night, protecting the first day home, delegating post-retreat tasks, reflecting on the experience, and celebrating the accomplishment can help leaders recover and integrate. Sustainable retreat leadership means making leader care just as important as participant care.
Your Retreat Needs More Space, Not More Stuff
A retreat doesn’t need to be packed with activities to be valuable. Learn how creating space for reflection, connection, rest, and unexpected moments can make a retreat more meaningful and transformative.
Your Retreat Begins WAY Before They Arrive ⏰
Your retreat begins the moment someone says yes. Learn how thoughtful pre-retreat communication can build excitement, reduce anxiety, and help participants feel cared for before they arrive.
Stop Trying to Make Every Participant Happy 😆
Retreat leadership isn’t about making every participant happy. It’s about serving the whole group and the retreat’s purpose, listening and adapting when it truly matters, while still holding the line when one person’s preference would compromise the experience for everyone else.
💖Are Your Boundaries Coming From Fear… or Love?
Healthy boundaries are essential for anyone who works closely with people. This article explores the difference between boundaries created from fear and those created from love, and how clear, compassionate boundaries can create safety, prevent resentment, and help us serve others without abandoning ourselves.
Liability Forms Aren’t Just Paperwork! ⚖️
Liability forms are an essential part of protecting both you and your retreat participants. They create clarity around cancellations, risks, responsibilities, and expectations while helping prevent misunderstandings. They’re one important layer of responsible retreat leadership, alongside insurance, clear communication, and careful planning.
The Four Agreements for Difficult Retreat Participants 😱
Leading a retreat isn’t just about creating an amazing experience. It’s about knowing how to handle difficult people and unexpected challenges. The key is to communicate clearly, avoid assumptions, stay grounded, set healthy boundaries, and remember that you can’t make everyone happy.
🍃 How to Choose a Retreat Destination in an Uncertain World
In an uncertain world, choosing a retreat destination requires more than finding a beautiful venue. Discover how to evaluate safety, accessibility, local conditions, and backup plans without allowing fear to guide the decision.
There’s Never an Ideal Time to Create a Retreat or a Business
Life may never feel perfectly calm, but your retreat dream does not have to wait. Read on to find out how small, consistent actions can help you keep moving forward, even in the busiest seasons of life.
Related Retreat Training Resources
- Learn the Wanderlust Entrepreneur Method
- Explore The Retreat Blueprint Program
- Start with Retreats Made Easy®
- Get Retreat Planning & Management support through Journeys of the Spirit®
- Join the Wanderlust Retreat Community
- Read retreat planning FAQs
- Meet Dr. Sheri Rosenthal and the team
- Contact Wanderlust Entrepreneur
New to Retreat Planning?
If you are just getting started, the blog can help you explore retreat planning, pricing, marketing, venue selection, and retreat leadership. When you are ready for more structured support, choose the path that fits your stage.
- Start with Retreats Made Easy® if you are planning your first local or in-country retreat.
- Explore The Retreat Blueprint Program if you want comprehensive retreat business training.
- Get Retreat Planning & Management support through Journeys of the Spirit® if you need help with logistics, registration, travel, and itinerary planning.
- Read the FAQ if you want help choosing your best next step.