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Lodging Rates

The Inner Light Lodge is $85/person per night. Normally there is a minimum requirement of 17 people for a 2-night retreat, 16 people for 3-4 nights and 15 people for 5 or more nights. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the minimum number of people for a group retreat is 10 (not including the leader). There is no charge for accommodations for the workshop leader (or one of the workshop leaders if the group has more than one), but there is the usual fee for meals. Day use (weekdays only) is $40 per person. If there is no schedule conflict and participants or leaders need to arrive early, the standard fee of $85 per night applies.

A $500 deposit is required to reserve Inner Light Lodge. If a reservation is cancelled more than 6 months before the event, a full refund will be issued, less a $50 processing fee. A partial refund (of $250) will be issued for cancellations made 4 to 6 months before the event.  No refund will be made if a reservation is cancelled less than 4 months prior to the event. If a group cancels 2 months or less prior to the event, an additional $250 cancellation fee is required.

We use a sliding scale for the Cottage and Huts to make these spaces available to as many people as possible. We ask our guests to consider their own resources and ability to contribute when they select how much they will pay.

Pathlight Cottage (near the Lodge) is $95-125/person per 24 hours.

Woods and Meadow Cottages are $80-110/person for 1 person per 24 hours, $60-90/person for more than 1 person per 24 hours.

The sliding scale for the Huts is $45-65/person per 24 hours.

An additional fee will be charged for staying longer than your reserved time. A deposit of $50 is required to secure your reservation ($100 for retreats lasting 7 days or more). The deposit will be forfeited if you cancel or reschedule within 7 days of the retreat date. The day-use fee for one individual using a cottage is $35/day, and the day use fee per person as part of a small group retreat is $25/day.

If a group retreat uses the Cottages and Huts as well as the Lodge, the rates for the Cottages and Huts are fixed, as per the contract (but within the sliding scale).

See grid below to find out total cost for the different types of individual and group retreats.

Individual Food Costs

Usually, food costs for individual retreatants is $35 per day (dinner served with simple fixings provided for breakfast and lunch), or $25 per day (dinners only). Because of the pandemic, we are unable to provide meals for individual retreatants at this time. 

Group Food Costs

At Inner Light Lodge: Meal cost is $60/person per day for three served meals. Breakfast is $15, Lunch is $20, and Dinner is $25. We will prorate meal costs depending on when a group arrives and departs (e.g., group pays only for breakfast and lunch if they leave after lunch on final day). All participants must pay for all the meals slated for that retreat. If a group has fewer than 11 persons, the minimum number of participants, the group must still pay for meals for 11 to cover our costs. If a group makes allowances for commuters, commuters must pay the same food costs as regular retreatants.

 

INDIVIDUAL RETREAT COSTS
Based on a Sliding Scale (CLICK HERE to plan your individual retreat)

  Pathlight Cottage per 24 hrs.
Woods or Meadow Cottage/per 24 hrs. Retreat Huts/per 24 hrs.
Accommodations only
$95 – 125 $80 – 110 $45 – 65
Meals
Not available currently  Not available currently Not available currently
Partially Guided Retreat
+ $50/$25* + $50/$25* + $50/$25*
Guided Retreat
+ $50 + $50 + $50
Healing Retreat
+ $55 + $55 + $55

* Guidance for Partially Guided Retreats is $50 for the first day and $25 for subsequent days.


  

GROUP RETREAT COSTS
(CLICK HERE to plan your group retreat)

  Pathlight Cottage/per 24 hrs. Woods or Meadow Cottage/per 24 hrs. Inner Light Lodge/per night
Accommodations $95 – 125/person

$60 – 90/person

$85/person
(10-participant min., $850)
Plus Meals Not available currently Not available currently 3 served meals ($60/person)

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    209 Blake Hill Road
    Van Etten, New York 14889
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