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Retreat Finder features the most detailed listings and the most comprehensive search capability
of the web sites listing spiritual and healing retreats.
These detailed listings and search functions work on your behalf to insure that the guests referred to you through your
listing on Retreat Finder are seeking the exact services you offer. Thus the goal of Retreat Finder is not to push
traffic to your website, but rather to refer well qualified leads.
Retreat Finder ranks high in the search engines- often ranking at the top of Google
for keywords such as "retreat" or "retreat center" (see more traffic information).
Membership in the site is free and many free listings are offered. If you would like
to hear what others are saying about the site, please read the
Testimonials.
The listings on Retreat Finder are easy to create and update. Once you place your order you will receive a password to your listings.
Just log in to finish or update your listing via our easy to use listing editor. It is as simple as checking boxes and typing text, no knowledge of
web site design is required. And you can update the listing at any time!
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Accommodations for Personal Retreats 
Target Market: Individuals. Secondary Markets: Couples, families and very small groups
Listings For: Facilities that offer overnight accommodations for personal retreats (private or directed). These accommodations can include meals,
services such as spiritual direction or massage, or it can just be a bed
with four walls. Listings in this area are also appropriate for retreat centers that offer frequent or ongoing programs of retreats (events), as well as
retreat leaders who offer services or programming but partner with a local facility for accommodations.
Facilities for Rent for Group Retreats:
Target Market: Groups of all sizes.
Listings For: Facilities that rent all or part of their facility to groups to
hold their own retreats, also called Hosted Retreats. Facilities should have overnight accommodations
or partner with another facility to provide overnight accommodations.
DUAL PURCHASE:
Accommodations for Personal Retreats PLUS Facilities for Rent: 
Listings For: Organizations that offer both Accommodations for Personal Retreats and Facilities for Rent for Group Retreats. A 25% Dual Purchase Discount is offered when both listings are purchased at the same time.
Retreat Events (Programs): 
Target Market: Individuals, couples, families and very small groups
Listings For: Group leaders, organizations and facilities seeking individuals
to participate in a date specific group retreat event, program, workshop or training of a spiritual, healing, or creative nature. Each event listing is for one
date specific event (ie a Yoga retreat from April 4-6). Each listing lasts up to one year from the date of purchase or until the beginning date of the event,
whichever is sooner. The listings are simple to create and easy to maintain. They even fall off the site automatically on the beginning date of the event.
Bulk purchase discounts are available.
If you are already a member of the site, see the details page on how to create these free listings.
Property for Sale:
Target Market: Individuals, organizations
Listings For: Facility owners or real estate agents seeking to sell property appropriate for housing a retreat center..
Employment and Volunteer Positions:
Target Market: Individuals
Listings For: Retreat centers seeking personnel via full time or part time employees or volunteers.
If you are already a member of the site, see the details page on how to create these free listings.
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Discounts:
- *Free Upgrades: Organizations that offer free accommodations/ facilities/
events qualify for a free Regular level listing. Please email to inquire if
you qualify.
- Small Facilities: Facilities that offer fewer than 30 rooms qualify
for our sliding scale pricing. Please contact us for a price quote.
- Combination Purchases: Facilities that purchase an Accommodations
listing and a Facility for Rent listing receive 25% off.
- Events Bulk Discounts: Purchase of 3-4 Event listings receives a 5% discount, 5-9 Event listings receives a 10% discount,
10+ Event listings receives a 15% discount.
- Joint Marketing : The placement of a reciprocal link on the member's
website (home page or main retreats page) to Retreat Finder entitles the
member to a one time $10 discount
- Referral : Referrals of new members who place an order entitle the
referring member to a $10 discount on their next order.
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How Listings Work:
Visitors to Retreat Finder will use our search functions to locate the
type of retreat they are seeking. When your listing returns in their search results (paid listings return at the top of the results)
they link to view your complete listing on Retreat Finder. From there the
user can link to your website for more information (member level listings only), contact you via email (member level listings only), or by phone or
standard mail. Deluxe listings include a
banner ad
that rotates randomly at the
top of the most used pages of Retreat Finder. When a site visitor clicks on
the banner ad they bypass the site's search functions and immediately view your
listing. Read more specifics about the listings on the Details page and in the Member Agreement.
How to List Your Retreat:
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Place your order with our Listing Order
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Receive email verification of your request |
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Receive your password (usually within 24 hours) and instructions for submitting images. |
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Log in to post, update, and verify your listings (required before your listings will display) |
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Receive invoice via
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Site Traffic:
Retreat Finder often ranks in the top 5 on Google for keywords such as "retreat" or "retreat center" (see the Testimonials
for more details). The site receives over 75,000 listing views per month and over 25,000 visits per month (as of August 2010), and traffic continues to increase.
Traffic for each member listing is recorded on a monthly basis and is accessible in the member log-in area via the "Stats" buttons.
Membership is FREE and open to:
Membership in Retreat Finder is free and open to organizations and individuals that
offer personal and group retreats of a spiritual, healing or creative nature,
and facilities that offer space for rent to hold group retreats of this nature such as:
retreat centers, conference centers, monasteries, ashrams, guest houses,
cottages, cabins, spas, bed and breakfasts,
and yoga teachers, meditation teachers, spiritual guides, etc
Retreats listed on Retreat Finder must be of a spiritual or healing nature, be conducive to spirituality or healing,
or be actively marketing to the spiritual or healing markets. Therefore membership is not appropriate for vacation rentals,
hunting cabins, spas that focus on relaxation and pampering rather than healing, and crafting and scrapbooking
retreats without a spiritual or healing component. While we appreciate these types of services, listings of this nature are not appropriate for Retreat Finder.
Payment:
Orders will be invoiced via
for payment. You do NOT need to have a paypal account to remit payment via their invoicing service. Payment does NOT need to be received
in order for your listing to display on Retreat Finder, but must be received
within 30 days of invoicing. If you do not have a credit card please mention this in the Comments area on the Listing Order Form
and an invoice will be emailed to you to be paid via check in USD from a US
bank. We do not accept credit cards directly, however, we do accept payment via PayPal.com
which will convert major foreign currencies.
For more information:
If you have questions, or would like further information about listing your retreat,
please contact us. We look forward to speaking with you.
info@retreatfinder.com or call us
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