Virtually no venue communicates openly about what a retreat costs. You ask for a quote, wait, and get a proposal back where you still don’t know what’s included and what’s not. We do that differently.
This article gives you the real numbers. What you pay at Yūgen Forest, what you get for it, and how to defend it internally.
With Yūgen, what’s always in it?
Before you see the prices, it is helpful to know what they are made up of. At Yūgen Forest, the package price is always all-in for the essentials.
A multi-day corporate retreat at Yūgen Forest is always all-in: use of the venue, all meals and lodging are included. Premium drinks and additional activities such as wellness or workshops are optional to add. VAT is not included.
Specifically, that means: all meals during the stay, farm-to-table and plant-based, coffee and tea and fruit water all day, use of the site per full day (no day parts), and overnight accommodations in an off-grid cabin, glamping tent or tiny house.
What is optional and settled afterwards: additional workshops and activities such as a wild-picking walk or breathwork or fermentation, wellness such as sauna and hot-tub and cold plunge, and premium drinks such as more exclusive wines or additional mocktails. These are always discussed in advance and never quietly added.
Yūgen Forest can host multiple groups at the same time. Thanks to the spacious layout and distribution of locations throughout the nature reserve, you won’t notice much of this in practice. Want the entire nature preserve for your group alone? Exclusive rentals are available upon request.
What does a multi-day retreat at Yūgen Forest cost?
| Package | Starting price |
| 2-day / 1 night | €389 p.p. excluding VAT |
| 3-day / 2-night stay | €589 p.p. excluding VAT |
| 4-day / 3-night stay | €759 p.p. excluding VAT |
| 5+ daily | On request – customization, custom quote |
Minimum group size: 15 people.
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Why does multi-day deliver more than a day trip?
This is the question every decision-maker asks. And the honest answer is: because what happens in the first hours of a retreat is just the beginning.
Groups slow down only after the first day. What often arises here – and what almost never happens in a one-day session – is that participants find themselves in a timeless space. They can really disconnect. Not from their phones, but from the mode they bring to the office every day.
Business clients describe it as a safe bed. An environment where it feels safe to be honest, name mistakes, and look at what’s really going on. Not because the program forces it, but because the place and time allow it. The conversations that take place on the second day are rarely the ones that were on the agenda.
Harvard Business School research – a distillation of 185 studies by Amy Edmondson and colleagues – shows that psychological safety is the strongest predictor of team performance and innovation. You don’t build that safety in a morning. It takes time, rhythm and an environment that feels different from the workplace.
That’s exactly what multi-day adds. Not more program. More room for what the program can do.
What your booking means extra
This is the part that most sites can’t say, and we can.
At Yūgen Forest, profit is a means, not an end. There are no shareholders lining pockets: what we earn goes back to nature and the people who are part of it. By 2025, we generated more than one euro of social value per euro of revenue – measured via Social Handprint.
In concrete figures: €673,000 in social value by 2025, 115.76% of sales. Measured at seven of the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals. These are not public relations numbers. The reports are public.
What that includes: biodiversity restoration and regenerative land management on 52 acres, day care for people working on the land through care or welfare, internships for MBO forest and nature and agroecology students, reintegration programs for the UWV target group, and 1,920 hours of volunteer work per year.
If your organization reports on social impact or sustainability: a retreat at Yūgen Forest is demonstrably part of that.
How do you account for this internally?
Three arguments that will make the conversation with your supervisor or chief financial officer more concrete.
Compare the actual price. A hotel retreat where food, drinks and room charges come separately is rarely cheaper than an all-in package. Add up the individual items – and you still don’t have an environment that does anything with the group. Harvard Business Review research shows that 95% of professionals recognize the value of personal contact for long-term relationships, and that companies that invest in employee engagement realize 23% more profit on average.
What is the cost of failure? A change program that does not land, a strategy that is not supported, a team that falls back into old patterns after the heath day: these costs are less visible but greater. Mercer research shows that organizations with a strong culture of well-being have an average turnover rate 11 percentage points lower than those without.
Specifically, what does a team bring back? Clarity on a decision that lingered too long. A strategy that is now supported by everyone because they worked on it together. New agreements that will last after the retreat.
Frequently Asked Questions
| Are there additional charges on top of the package price? | No, unless you add additional activities or services. |
| Can I request a customized quote? | Yes, we are happy to think with you about a program that fits your group and objective. |
| What is the minimum number of people? | 15 people. |
| Is VAT included in the price? | No, the prices listed do not include VAT. |
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