Editorial Policy

I set out to make this site useful, honest, and clearly sourced on the subject of wellness retreats. This page explains how a retreat gets assessed, how I stay independent, and why a site with my name on it still leans on a clinician’s review.

How I assess a retreat

I write about the categories of retreat rather than pretending to have stayed at every property on earth. So when I describe a detox week, a silent Vipassana course, a thermal spa or a fasting programme, I am setting out what that kind of retreat genuinely involves: what a day looks like, what is realistically included, what qualifications the people running it ought to hold, and what a week tends to cost across different countries and levels of luxury. Costs move constantly, so I give approximate ranges and tell you to confirm the current price yourself.

I am just as interested in the warning signs. Promises of a cure, talk of removing “toxins”, unqualified practitioners, pressure to buy supplements, and testimonials standing in for evidence all get flagged, because they are how the weaker end of this industry works.

Independence

Nobody pays me to steer you anywhere. I take no commission, I accept no free stays in exchange for coverage, and I endorse no single retreat, brand, or booking platform. I am not a booking agent and I run no retreat of my own, so I have nothing to sell you and no reason to flatter one place over another. That is the whole point of the site: a read you can trust precisely because there is no transaction behind it.

Health claims held to the evidence

Wellness is not medical treatment, and this industry makes a lot of claims the evidence does not support. Every health and safety claim on the site is checked by Ingrid Sollberger, a physiotherapist and wellness consultant, before it goes live. Her job is to keep the benefits stated honestly, hold each one to what the research actually shows, and make sure the cautions are in place for readers who are pregnant, older, or managing a condition. Where the honest answer is “the evidence is thin”, we say so plainly rather than dressing it up.

Keeping it current

I return to published articles on a regular cycle and rework them as the evidence and the going rates move on. Each piece carries when it was published and, where there has been one, the date of its latest revision or review.

Corrections

If I have got something wrong, I want to know. The Contact page reaches me, and I will look into any correction without delay.