How to grow your payments app with wellness retreats
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Wellness retreat organisers run weekend and week-long retreats built around yoga, walking, writing, meditation or simply rest, often in rented houses, farms or glamping sites. Guests usually pay a deposit to book a place and the balance a few weeks before the retreat, and some prefer to pay in instalments. Organisers also need to pay venues and cooks up front. A payments app that sends deposit and balance links, collects instalments and keeps a clear record of who has paid can win these organisers, and every guest who pays sees your app.
Talk to retreat organisers
Ask local retreat organisers:
- How do guests pay you today, and how often do you chase payments?
- How big a deposit do you take, and when is the balance due?
- Do guests ask to pay in instalments?
- Do you pay venues and cooks before the retreat?
Take deposits and balances by link
A payment link for the deposit holds each place, and a second link for the balance gets the retreat paid in full before the organiser pays the venue.
Offer instalments
Letting guests spread the cost over a few payments helps organisers fill places on longer or pricier retreats.
Grow through teachers and venues
Retreat organisers work with yoga teachers, glamping sites and caterers. One organiser on your app can bring the teachers and venues they book.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about yoga and dance studios?
The yoga and dance studios guide covers class passes, memberships and drop-in classes paid on a phone.
Yoga and dance studios →What about glamping sites?
The glamping sites guide covers deposits when guests book, balances before arrival and extras like hot tubs and hampers.
Glamping sites →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.