Payment
Fees range from $950 to $2000 depending on your choice of accommodations.
Your retreat fee includes the following:
- Lodging for 3 nights (rooms will not be serviced during the retreat but we will check bathrooms and make sure they are tidy throughout the retreat)
- 5+ experiential wellness workshops taught by wellness educator and retreat host, Joanne Chan
- Additional workshops that focus on different kinds of wellness activities taught by other wellness educators.
- Healthy, nourishing, yet comforting breakfast, lunch, and dinner (daily)
- Access to snacks, tea, coffee, and infused water throughout the day
- Nightly activities (optional)
- Light yoga and stretching
- Massage appointments (optional add-on)
- Art materials that you will take home: sewing needles, thread, scissors, embroidery hoop, and fabric.
- Additional craft materials and equipment will be shared among the group during the retreat and include (subject to change) paint pens, rocks, printmaking rubber, paint, and printing tools.
Fees are due in full when reserving your spot. Your fee depends on which accommodation you choose. Accommodations are first come first pick. When you register for the retreat, you will see which options are no longer available because it will say "sold out".
Cancellation Policy
Since we have rented out the entire retreat center, we have less flexibility to honor full refunds. Thank you for your understanding.
If you need to cancel, you can transfer registration to someone else until 1 month before the retreat (by 10/14/24). Your fees will be refunded to you (except for a $250 transfer fee) after the replacing individual provides their payment. After 10/14/24, no more registration transfers will be allowed.
If you need to cancel your registration before 9/13/2024 and can't find someone to replace you, there will be a cancellation fee of $500. The remaining funds will be returned to you.
If you need to cancel your registration before 10/13/2024 and can't find someone to replace you, there will be a cancellation fee of $750. The remaining funds will be returned to you.
Cancellations made after 10/14/2024, no refunds.
If you know that your life tends to be unpredictable, we would highly recommend purchasing travel insurance for peace of mind. See the section below for more details.
To cancel your registration, contact Joanne at joanne@bewellwithdrjoanne.com.
Travel Insurance is Highly Recommended
Travel insurance is meant to protect you from losing what you paid towards the retreat if you cannot attend for an unforeseen reason or if it just doesn't work for you to attend anymore.
Cost of insurance can range from 2-9% (of retreat and travel costs) depending on how much coverage you want.
On the lower end of the insurance cost, you will likely be covered for illness, injury, death in the family, etc.
Within the higher range of insurance costs, you can also have CFAR (cancel for any reason) coverage added to your basic trip cancellation insurance. However, note that certain criteria must be met to get CFAR coverage and CFAR usually only covers 50-75% of your costs. Make sure you look at the rules for the insurance plan you select.
Food for thought: If you are one of the people to get an early bird discount (15%) and also get travel insurance with CFAR (cancel for any reason coverage), you will still be saving about 5-7% off the original cost of the retreat.
We have done a cost comparison of two insurance plans. For more info on travel insurance based on our research, go here.
