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Retreat Search Criteria Definitions

Facility Capacity

Overnight Guest Capacity
Maximum adults per bed, indoors. Often facilities can accommodate more than the number shown (especially for youth retreats) with indoor camping style accommodations, and may have space for outdoor camping.In addtion, many centers will partner with other retreats, B&Bs and hotels to accommodate your entire group.

Meeting Space Capacity
The capacity of the largest single indoor meeting space. Facilities will often have additional meeting spaces or break-out rooms and may have outdoor space for tents, etc.

Retreat Type:

Directed Retreats
Most often includes daily meetings with a spiritual director. Some retreats require participation in the center's daily services or routine activities. In the case of health retreats, most or all of your daily activities will be scheduled for you.

General Retreats
Retreat type is unspecified for this retreat center.

Guided / Programmed Retreats
Fully programmed retreats, often scheduled for specific dates. Most activities during the retreat will be scheduled for you.

Individual / Private / Solo Retreats
Retreats serving one person (or a couple) at a time. Activities and services are fully customized to your unique needs.

Long-term Retreats
Retreats lasting more than two weeks. Longer retreats often have a reduced rate and are great for writers, artists and serious practitioners.

Personal Retreats
Self-directed retreats. Some centers may simply offer lodging, others offer a vareity of services.

Preached Retreats
Similar to a guided / programmed retreat. The retreat center staff will offer one or more sermons/ lectures per day.

Sabbatical
Long term retreat option designed to give time to study and practice.

Silent Retreats
Silence is either an option or is mandatory for all or part of your time at this retreat. Please check with the center concerning details of their policies concerning silence.

Focus/ Activities
Select as many as you like. Selecting the Focus Header (such as "Meditation") will return listings that include ANY of the sub-categories (such as "Loving Kindness").

Faith
If you desire to attend a retreat with a specific faith, select that faith.
Open to All: Indicates that the center is open to people of any faith, or non-faith. Non-Faith Based: Indicates the center does not have a religious mission or heritage.

Environment
Select one or more of the environments you would like to experience on your retreat.

Accommodations

Room Type
B&B indicates that the building is set up similar to a Bed and Breakfast.
Cottage/ Cabin indicates a stand alone building.
Dorm indicates a room with many beds, often with unknown roommates.
Hotel indicates a private room along a corridor with other rooms.
Tent indicates tent camping.

Bath Type
Private indicates a full bath inside your room.
Shared indicates all or most of the bath facilities are outside your room and are shared with others.

Number of People
Please indicate the maximum number of people to occupy your room. This is most helpful if traveling with in a group.

Coed
Check this box if you would like rooms that allow members of the opposite sex in the same room. If this box is not checked for an accommodations listing it indicates that the rooms are for single sexes only.

Children
Check this box if you will be retreating with children.

Donation
Check this box if you would like to find accommodations that request a donation, but do not have a specified cost.

Work Exchange
Check this box if you would like to find accommodations that will accept work in exchange for full or partial payment.

Cost

Retreat Accommodations and Facilities: Price per person is defined as the average price per person including food and average tuition if required per day

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Any Donation Accepted
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$0- $50
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$51- $80
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$81- $100
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> $100

Events: Price per person is the combination of tuition, lodging, meals, ground transportation (ie everything but airfare) per night of accommodation

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Any Donation Accepted
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$0- $100
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$101- $150
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$151- $200
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> $200

Food
Indicate one or more of your preferences. Please contact the retreat directly concerning your needs.

Special Needs
Select one or more of your needs. Please contact the retreat directly concerning their ability to meet your specific needs.

Gay Friendly
Check the box if you would like to find only retreats that support diversity: lesbian, gay, transgender, and all shades in between.

Environmentally Sustainable
Check the box if you would like to find only retreats that are taking measures to sustain the environment.

Language
Indicate the language(s) spoken at the retreat.

Organization Name
This is the name of the host organization.

 

 

 

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