2017/18 Accommodation Prices in Greece

Accommodation Prices
What Is and Isn't Included

• Prices are for SOLE occupancy of studios and apartments in Nikiana. No accommodation is shared.
• In 2016 we were fully booked in June and September. In 2017, 53% of bookings were repeat guests and that made us very happy :)
• A £150 deposit secures your place. The deposit - minus a £30 admin charge - is refundable within 8 weeks of the holiday starting.
• Please contact us if you'd like to be put on a waiting list for a specific week. Sometimes people change their minds and we can have last minute availability!

• Accommodation - 1 Week
• Accommodation - 2 Weeks

This link will take you to the accommodation options.

We have a bursary of £50 that we can give to one person per week for the Tassoula rooms.

The week of May 27th is cheaper in order to give teachers a fighting chance of joining us as it's half term and flights can be REALLY expensive......

Price includes:

• Your choice of accommodation
• Being met at Preveza airport
• An Introduction to Meditation and Mindfulness
• 5 Guided Meditations
• A walk through the cypress trees and olive groves, incorporating mindfulness practices
• 3 sessions of about 30 minutes of mindfulness movement in the mornings per week (weather dependent)
• Welcome Lunch – an opportunity to meet everyone officially and to book trips, massages and ask questions
• Services of your Serenity Retreat Team in the UK
• Most transfers (see note below)
• Access to affordably priced massage therapies, including deep tissue, relaxing and facial massages, and reflexology (hot stone massage for 2018)
• Evening out in Lefkada (dinner is paid for individually)
• Sometimes life can feel a little bit overwhelming. We can listen if you would like us to.

Transfers

• Free transfers by taxi are available to meet all Sunday flights scheduled to arrive before 3.30pm. The latest bus arrival we can meet is 10pm (4.30pm from Athens)
• There may be a wait between being met and being transferred. Normally you'll leave directly, but in order to keep costs down we group some guests together.
• The maximum waiting time is normally no more than an hour. Waiting over an hour happens infrequently but it DOES happen. It depends on the vagaries of flight arrivals - some flights arrive early and some late. If you want a guaranteed direct transfer there is an additional cost of £40 (this covers the transfer both ways).
• 85% of arriving guests leave immediately - no waiting. We just can't guarantee it!
• Flights arriving between 15.30 (3.30pm) and 20.00 (8pm) or on any day other than Sunday will be subject to a £40 charge, reduced to £20 if there is more than one person sharing the late transfer. Flights arriving after 8pm will be subject to a £60 charge regardless of number of passengers.
• We will get you back to the airport with plenty of time to check in. Normally somewhere between 2 and 3 hours before your flight is due to depart.
• Regardless of the time of your departure flight, rooms must be vacated at 10am on Sunday. There will be somewhere to leave your cases, but we can't promise a shower.... This is one of the reasons that we recommend an early flight arrival and departure :)

Price does NOT include:

• Flights (Find out about flights here)
• Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner (apart from the welcome lunch)
• Travel Insurance
• Local Trips
• Courses (although most are by donations)

As we mentioned, most of the courses are by donation, the most you'll pay is £110. You don't have to make your mind up about whether you want to do a donation-based course until you join us. Whether you do a course or not - there will be plenty of opportunity for sunbathing, reading, sleeping, knitting, chatting, shopping, eating .....

Eating Out

We find that the biggest concern for most travelling solo is eating alone in the evening. We have four organised meet ups, one of which is on the first evening (and none of which are compulsory!). Most of our guests end up eating together most evenings, although it's certainly not obligatory. We lay the ground rules early on so that if you do chose to be by yourself then that's completely respected. We never split the bill when we eat together either. We only pay for what we have individually ordered - being considerate to each other's budgets.