About us
We have been helping people find the right retreat for more than twenty years.
Hello
Sunita Patel now runs The Retreat Company, carrying on the work Jo Pickering started. We worked with Jo for several years before taking it on.
“We help you take regular time out to relax, review and renew. We also help the people who run retreats reach the people looking for them.”
“There is more to come. We have plans for the site and for the businesses listed on it. We will share them as they arrive.”
“If there is something you would like to talk to us about, please get in touch. It does not matter whether you are looking for a retreat or you run one. We would like to hear from you.”
Where we started
The Retreat Company has been going for more than twenty years, from long before most people talked about taking time out for their health. Jo Pickering started it with one simple idea: that anybody who needs a retreat should be able to find one.
What began as a short list of places to stay grew into one of the longest running retreat directories in the world, used by thousands of people every year.
Jo looked after the people running the retreats as much as the people going on them. She coached and mentored owners, workshop leaders and centre managers, because she believed that running a retreat should be rewarding rather than a struggle. That support is still part of what we do.
How we support retreat businesses
Advertising on the site
List your retreat on our site and reach thousands of people searching for their next retreat.
Promotion on social media
We put the retreats listed with us in front of our own following, so a listing here reaches people who are not searching for a retreat yet.
Web design and digital marketing
We build retreat websites on WordPress with training included, plus SEO, paid advertising and social media support.