In development

Know if your retreat makes money before you book the venue.

Amoenia is planning software for independent retreat organizers — budgets, break-even, schedules and vendor coordination in one place. Built around the numbers that actually decide it: occupancy, deposits, cancellations.

  • No drip sequence
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Break-even: 11 guests Not 8, as first planned
Budget · Alentejo 2027

7 nights · Alentejo, Portugal

14 guests · shared & private rooms · March 2027

Venue, 7 nights4,200
Food & catering1,890
Lead teacher900
Airport transfers480
Marketing350
Insurance140
Total cost7,960
Price per guest895
Break-even11 guests
Change any assumption Every number recalculates

Most retreat advice stops at inspiration.

It tells you to find your why, then leaves you alone with a spreadsheet, a venue contract you can't read, twelve dietary restrictions and a deposit deadline. Amoenia is the other part.

The money

Answers before the deposit

The question that decides everything, settled before you sign anything.

  • Break-even by headcount
  • Pricing against real costs
  • Deposit and cancellation impact
  • Profit at every occupancy level
The logistics

One place, not nine tabs

Rooming, dietary needs, transfers and vendors stop living in separate spreadsheets.

  • Guest list, rooming and intake
  • Day schedule and run-of-show
  • Vendor and contact directory
  • Emergency sheet, ready to print
The paperwork

The parts that go wrong quietly

What nobody warns you about until it's already a problem.

  • What to ask a venue before booking
  • What a cancellation policy needs
  • How much deposit to take
  • What to do if it doesn't sell out

What happens next

Amoenia isn't finished. Here's exactly what joining does.

1

You leave your email

One field, and that's the whole signup. Nothing else to fill in.

2

We build, and tell you what we're building

Occasional notes on what's being made and why. Reply to any of them — what organizers ask for is what gets built next.

3

You get in first

Early access opens to this list before the product is public — at an early-access price that won't be offered again.

Reasonable questions

Including the one you're actually thinking.

Why should I sign up for something that doesn't exist yet?

Because it costs you one email address and puts you ahead of everyone else when it opens. If what we're building turns out not to be for you, a single reply removes you.

What do I actually get?

Early access when Amoenia opens, ahead of the public launch, plus the occasional note on what's being built. That's the whole offer — no newsletter, no course, no drip sequence.

Will it be free?

No. Amoenia will be a paid product — that's the point of building it properly. People on the early access list get in first, at an early-access price that won't be offered again.

What happens to my email address?

It's stored in a file on our own server, not in a marketing platform. It isn't sold, shared or used for advertising. Reply to any email and you're removed.

Who is this for?

Independent organizers running yoga, wellness, meditation, creative and fitness retreats — from a first eight-person weekend to a fully booked week abroad. Not marketplaces, not tour operators, and not people looking for a retreat to attend.

When does it launch?

It's in development and there's no fixed date yet. Rather than invent one, we'll say this: the list hears before anything becomes public.

The name

Amoenia — /əˈmoʊniə/, from the Latin locus amoenus.

A good name for a retreat company and a slightly ironic one for a logistics company. We picked it anyway. Someone has to handle the part that makes the pleasant place possible.

Locus amoenus — the pleasant place. In Latin literature, the clearing where the story pauses and something restorative happens.