Elevate Your Brand: Lead a Tailored Workshop Retreat

for Your Best Clients at a Chateau in Exotic Aveyron, France

Unlock a New Level of Client Engagement. Imagine strengthening your professional bond with your most valued clients in a unique, tranquil, and inspiring setting: the Château de Balsac in the heart of Southern France. Surrounded by verdant countryside, vineyards, and centuries-old stone villages, this is the ideal location for any activity—from photography and cooking to writing and well-being.

We handle all the planning and logistics; you focus on delivering an unforgettable, career-defining experience.

You Can Lead a Workshop Retreat in France,

Tailored For Your Followers

The Chateau de Balsac hosts four to six Workshop Retreats every year, between April and October. In addition to providing lodging and amenities in an elegant setting, we use our experience and local network and resources to create an unforgettable experience for guests. We organize all activities into a realistic itinerary, and ensure that everyone has a good time.

Workshop Retreats typically cost participants €3,000 to €4,000 per person, single occupancy, and are all inclusive except for airfare to France.

The chateau’s unique and tranquil setting in the Aveyron region of southern France is surrounded by verdant countryside, hiking trails, vineyards and centuries-old stone villages, making this an ideal location for cooking, photography, painting, yoga and well-being, writing, arts, and other activities where participants have a chance to relax and unwind from their home environment.

Our past workshop retreats have included activities such as

Wellness, well-being, and self discovery through art;
Culinary adventures featuring Michelin chefs and wild-herb and mushroom foraging;
Photography with an expert and being rewarded with a one-of a kind keepsake photobook;
Guided tours of unique, historic spots, including villages along the Chemin de St. Jacques, museums and chateaux;
Art studio sessions, making one of a kind souvenirs while learning crafts with talented artisans;
Writing your family history;
and much more.

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Benefits for Workshop Retreat Leaders

What’s In it for You, the Workshop Retreat Leader?

Something new for your students: A unique and ongoing addition to your current offering;

Develop a stronger relationship with your clients due to the intimacy of the setting;

The number of work sessions and the amount of time required of you are limited to ensure that you enjoy the experience and your time in France;

Free room and board for the length of the program, plus additional days before or after the workshop;

Participation free of charge in all program excursions offered by the Program Hosts (the Chateau) as supplements to the basic program;

A stipend (roughly equivalent to your transportation costs); negotiable depending upon need.

The Chateau de Balsac team provides:

A fully-developed, all-inclusive, custom itinerary for your workshop including schedule, meals, excursions and relevant program activities;
Assistance and expertise in working with you to plan, organize and communicate your workshop program;
Program marketing support, including photography, graphics, social media;
Management of the enrollment and payment process;
Translation and interpretation services as needed;
Transportation to and from the chateau from Rodez airport or train station.

Requirements of the Retreat-Workshop Leader

You are passionate and active in a hobby, profession or special interest that you enjoy sharing with others;
You have experience teaching or instructing others;
You are comfortable working with collaborators (us) to develop a workshop curriculum;
You possess a mailing list or client network that you are willing to use for outreach to attract Workshop Participants;
Your outreach (plus ours) results in the enrollment of at least FIVE paying Workshop Participants in order for the program to be viable;
You are able to plan and purchase your transportation to and from Rodez, France;
You will agree to written ground rules for participating in the workshop, including the itinerary and your role in it, to ensure that all mutual expectations are clear and amply communicated;
You will identify and supply materials required for the workshop; we will assist in acquiring those materials;
You will present your training/coaching, etc, during periods of the itinerary that are mutually designated and agreed. The number of hours that your presentations and training require is up to you. Your program should be designed to ensure that participants are feeling relaxed and unrushed, while still receiving a valuable experience.

Requirements of the Retreat-Workshop Participants

Arrange and pay for their own transportation to and from Rodez, Aveyron;
Pay the total workshop fee in installments prior to deadlines;
Agree to the written ground rules for participation in the workshop.

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