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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.
How do You Organize a Retreat?
A group of people eager to travel with you. One picture-perfect destination. A list of jaw-dropping activities. These are all vital elements to organizing a retreat. Are you left scratching your head wondering how to put them all together? Organizing a retreat is...
How to Make Money Doing a Retreat
What’s the best thing about leading a transformational destination retreat? Seeing the incredible transformation of your retreat participants, of course.What’s the next best thing about leading a transformational destination retreat? Making money running your...
Should You Use an Airbnb for Your Retreat?
Someone recently asked if anyone is using AirBnB for their retreats in our Facebook community group and the post got a lot of responses and one in particular surprised me. The poster wrote that she's using an AirBnB for her retreat, but recommended to never tell the...
Why You MUST Check-in For Your Flight As Soon As Check-in Opens
Here's some important information on why checking in online before your flight can make a HUGE difference for you - and it's good to share this information with your retreat participants.Most North American carriers online check-in opens 24 hours before the scheduled...
How Much Should You Charge for Your Retreat?
When it comes to retreat planning, there’s a huge pitfall to watch out for - one that will kill your dreams of running retreats time and time again. This issue is a doozy, and if you don’t catch it before it takes control of your retreat, we can virtually guarantee...
Be honest…how persistent, focused, confident & resilient are you in your biz?
It was the end of a looooong week – I had hosted a birthday party for my best friend, prepped and taught a 2 ½ hour class as part of a 6-week series, set up and sold 2 VIP retreats… along with all the usual meetings and tasks as a solopreneur. I was feeling scattered...
How do you deal with a problematic retreat participant?
When running a retreat, whether it is your first or your twentieth - eventually you're going to run into a problematic person that you're going to have to deal with. And knowing ahead of time how you're going to deal with them is going to make your life a lot easier...
How to Create a Sold-Out Retreat!
If you’re like every retreat leader we know, you don’t just want to create a retreat. You want to create a SOLD-OUT retreat! Not just once, but again and again. Yet, all too often, we see retreat leaders falling short of selling out. Some even end up cancelling...
Sheri just got back from 2 months overseas. How did she do it??
For the last two months I’ve been traveling (feeding my wanderlust soul) AND running my business at the same time. Since so many of you asked how I did it – I thought it would be fun to share about my experience so that hopefully you can do the same!And if you are...
Pricing Your Retreat AND Valuing YOURSELF in the Process!
I can’t tell you how often we see folks asking about how to price their retreats. “What’s a good price for a 5-day yoga retreat?” They ask. “How much is the competition charging these days?” “People are saying my retreat’s too expensive,” these leaders write. “Should...
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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.