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A toolkit for retreat hosts

Five hard questions, twenty free tools, one vetted chef directory. No signup, no email wall — and it works for any venue, including the one you're considering at MakersBarn.

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The five questions every retreat host has to answer

Five hard parts of running a retreat, each with its own answer. Use one, use all five — they work in any order.

Who's going to cook?
A directory of vetted retreat chefs working across the Netherlands.
Browse chefs
What am I overlooking?
A 10-question audit to catch the blind spots before they cost you.
Will I make money?
Pricing, profit margin, and the headcount you need to break even.
When can I launch?
A realistic 3, 6, 9 or 12-month timeline with milestones.
What does a day look like?
A day-by-day agenda with sensible defaults you can edit.

Retreat chefs

Find a chef who can cook for your retreat

Cooking for a retreat is closer to running a small kitchen than catering an event. Browse vetted profiles, day rates, lead times, and what to ask before you book.

DirectoryRetreat chefs in the NetherlandsEvery profile is reviewed and approved by the chef themselves. Day rates, dietary fit, lead times, and travel coverage — all on the listing.Browse chefs

Mistake audits

Audit your retreat plan

A 10-question diagnostic that surfaces the blind spots first-time and seasoned hosts both miss — pricing, programming, logistics, and group dynamics.

Any retreatThe Retreat Mistakes AuditBefore you sign a venue or open ticket sales, run the 25 most common retreat-host mistakes against your plan. The audit takes five minutes, scores risk across six categories — pricing, audience, venue, programme, legal, group fit — and gives you a personalised report ranking the mistakes most worth fixing first. Nothing is sent or stored unless you ask. Built from a meta-review of two dozen retreat-industry sources.Open

Or use a niche-tuned version:

Pricing calculators

Price your retreat with confidence

See revenue, total costs, profit margin, and break-even occupancy in real time. Niche-tuned defaults from yoga, wellness, meditation, and coaching benchmarks.

Any retreatRetreat Profitability CalculatorA simple way to see if your retreat actually adds up. Pop in your group size, ticket price and the things it costs you to run — the calculator does the rest. Tick the BTW box if your prices are gross. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent; you can copy the link to share with a co-host or accountant.Open

Or use a niche-tuned version:

Launch calendars

Plan your launch over time

Phase-by-phase milestones you can check off, customise, and email to yourself. Pick the runway that matches your launch date.

12 monthsThe 12-Month Retreat Launch CalendarPlan your retreat over 12 months with check-offs, custom milestones, and email-the-list.Open

Or pick a different runway:

Agenda builders

Design the day-by-day flow

Opinionated retreat schedules with niche-appropriate defaults — vinyasa flows, sit-walk-sit cycles, hot-seat coaching slots — all editable.

Any retreatThe Retreat Agenda BuilderDesign the day-by-day flow of your retreat. Opinionated defaults you can edit, hide, and add to.Open

Or use a niche-tuned version:

The five questions every retreat host has to answer

Who's going to cook?

What am I overlooking?

Will I make money?

When can I launch?

What does a day look like?

The five questions every retreat host has to answer

Who's going to cook?

What am I overlooking?

Will I make money?

When can I launch?

What does a day look like?