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How-to • Retreat host

Choose a cancellation policy for your retreat

Relaxed, Flexible, Moderate or Strict — which to pick and why.

Every retreat listing carries one of four preset cancellation policies. You pick it in the Booking conditions section of the listing editor, and guests see it on the listing page before they book.

The four policies

Days are counted before the retreat start date. The percentage is the share of the deposit refunded.

  • Relaxed — full refund 7+ days before the start, 50% at 2–6 days, none at 0–1 days.

  • Flexible (default) — full refund 14+ days before, 50% at 7–13 days, none at 0–6 days.

  • Moderate — full refund 30+ days before, 50% at 14–29 days, none at 0–13 days.

  • Strict — full refund 60+ days before, 50% at 30–59 days, none at 0–29 days.

Choose a policy

  1. Open the listing in the editor and go to

    Booking conditions

    .

  2. Under

    Cancellation policy

    , select Relaxed, Flexible, Moderate or Strict. Flexible is marked as recommended.

  3. Check the

    Policy preview

    at the bottom of the section — it shows the exact lines guests will read.

  4. Save the listing.

Settings on the same screen

  • Deposit percentage: 30% to 100% of the booking, default 30%.

  • Remaining balance: due 60, 30, 14 or 7 days before the start, on arrival, or in full at booking. Default is 30 days before.

  • Booking transfer: lets a guest pass the booking to another person. On by default.

  • Credit for a future booking: lets a guest convert a cancellation into credit valid for 6, 12 or 24 months. On by default at 12 months.

Ranking

Your choice of policy does not change your ranking. Host cancellations do: they lower the Operational reliability part of your ranking score. Read how ranking works.