how it works
A retreat platform that gives you flexibility and freedom
The booking process
Select the type of Retreat
Decide between PARTNER, CURATED or BESPOKE (see below), and pick as many as you want.
BOOKING PARTNER RETREATS
For PARTNER ones, add to your cart and go to Checkout. We’ll contact you with final details to confirm your booking.
BOOKING CURATED RETREATS
Add the ones you’re interested to your cart and go to Checkout. We’ll contact you with final details and prices before you book. If you’re not interested in any other retreats, you can skip Checkout and request a Callback to book.
BUILDING BESPOKE RETREATS
Submit your ideal locations, dates, budget and other preferences. Once we get 8 or more other Luminees interested in the same choices, we put it together and offer it to you!
Skip the process?
Don’t have time to go through the Checkout/Preference process? Maybe you’d like some guidance? Or organising for a big group? No problem! Request a Callback and one of our friendly Team will call you wherever you are in the world and find out what you’re looking for, give you advice on Locations, Luminaries, budgets and talk you through some options.
Types of retreat
Decide which type of retreat is best for you
Partner
Retreats curated and led by our Yoga teacher friends. ‘Off-the-shelf’ and ready to book, and most of which we offer concessionary rates on. Find out more here and get the full list.
Curated
Retreats, BaseCamp Experiences and GrowthCamps curated by Illuminate.
We select the location, villas, teachers, Luminaries, food and provide a concierge to assist you from booking to returning home. Be inspired and see the monthly list to see what’s in store for you.
CalmCamp (Curated Retreats)
Retreats that we curate with yoga, meditation, breathwork and other traditional Wellness elements.
GrowthCamp (Curated Retreats)
More than a just a retreat, GrowthCamps usually incorporate yoga and meditation but also offer learning a new skill or improving an existing one with specialist teachers and inspirational leaders. From football and golf experiences to learning how to dance or swim, and much more.
BaseCamp (Curated Retreats)
Want to experience something new? Something that will improve your mental wellbeing? It could be a festival or event anywhere in the world. Join Illuminate at our curated events and let us handle time-consuming tasks such as accommodation, travel and logistics while you relax and experience the things that make life worth living. Knowing that your ‘base’ is covered, allows you the assurance and freedom to truly ‘experience’, and soar.
Check out all CURATED retreats here.
Bespoke
Instead of working to a retreat company’s strict schedule, follow the ‘Illuminate’ way, and create your own retreat! Get more details on how that works.
You’ll given options on locations, calendar, budget, accommodation, food preferences, and once we get a minimum of 8 other people interested, we’ll be in touch with you to see if you want to confirm your place! Then we go away and do the dirty work and put it all together! Easy peasy. Or why not grab some friends, get all their preferences, and we can create a customised retreat?
Corporate Retreats & Large Groups
We specialise in large groups, whether it’s for your business looking for a team-building or other corporate retreat, a family gathering, or a sports team. With our advantage of securing venues at discounted rates, and a Retreat Concierge Team with 15 years experience of taking care of flights, transfers and other logistics, you know you’re in the right hands with Illuminate.
How much do Luminaries charge?
Luminaries are teachers, experts and inspirational speakers from all over the world, so their fees vary. Once you and a few other Luminees select a Luminary – and other preferences also match – we cost the retreat elements and make the Luminary an offer. If they accept (or negotiate), we’ll confirm the Location and give you a price, and you and the other Luminees can decide on whether to confirm. The minimum number of Luminees for a retreat to get confirmed is usually 8 but that can also be flexible.
Moving Forward
We’ll be regularly adding more CURATED and PARTNER retreats, and new LOCATIONS and LUMINARIES every week, so be sure to check back regularly, or better still, register for our monthly Mailing List for the latest news on new retreats and special offers.
Don’t forget, if you invite a friend along to any retreat, or get a group together, you’ll get a discount of between 10%-15% on published prices. Don’t just Illuminate your life, enlighten the paths of your friends, family and colleagues too!
Retreats. Made easy.
Rest. Reset. Renew.
