Booking terms & liability waiver
Please read these terms before reserving your place. You agree to them when you reserve, and you sign them, together with the liability waiver, on the full booking form.
Organiser and teacher: Roberto Bitetto. Venue: Palazzetto Giravolta, Lecce, Puglia.
1. What the price includes
Included
- 5 nights at Palazzetto Giravolta, in the heart of Lecce's old town
- Two classes a day: 75 minutes of Strong & Slow Vinyasa Flow in the morning, and 75 minutes of Restorative Yin and meditation in the late afternoon
- Brunch and dinner every day: traditional Puglian recipes prepared by our local cook
- Teas, coffees, juices, smoothies and water
- Guided walks through Lecce and its baroque art and architecture
- Organised excursions in Salento, including a boat tour
- Yoga mats and props provided
Not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers: Roberto can arrange them for you, at about €25–30 per person each way
- Travel insurance
- Train or transport fares on excursions
- One meal out together in Lecce or a nearby town
- Other activities, such as cooking lessons, wine tasting or beach clubs
2. Deposit
Your place is held when you pay a deposit of €400 per guest for a shared room, or €500 per guest for a single room. Rooms are allocated by me, following your preference as closely as possible; if I can't offer you a suitable room, I will refund your deposit in full. Otherwise the deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable.
Your booking is complete once you have filled in and signed the full booking form, which I will email to you when I confirm your room.
3. Balance
The balance is due no later than 8 weeks before arrival. I will remind you when it is due. If I do not receive your balance payment, your place may be given to another guest.
4. Late bookings
Bookings made within 8 weeks of your arrival date must be paid in full at the time of booking.
5. Payment
The deposit is paid by card through our secure payment page. For the balance, I will send you a card payment link or bank details by email.
6. Health and injuries
It is your responsibility to tell me about any injury or medical condition when booking and before the start of every session. It is advisable to consult a doctor before the retreat to make sure you are fit and healthy enough to take part in yoga classes and the other activities.
7. Travel insurance
I strongly recommend that you have your own travel insurance to cover any loss or injury, including repatriation if necessary.
8. Passports, visas and health requirements
You are responsible for having a valid passport and any necessary visas, as well as any required vaccinations or other health requirements.
9. Behaviour
Guests must be respectful and must not engage in offensive, illegal or immoral acts. If a guest becomes a nuisance to the retreat, I reserve the right to ask them to leave the premises or to suspend their activities, without any compensation.
10. Your personal information
I will not knowingly give your personal information to anybody else, except where required to by the authorities. I will keep your information and may contact you from time to time with news about future retreats; just tell me if you would rather I didn't.
11. Cancellations
Please let me know as soon as possible if something comes up and you cannot attend. I always try to treat cancellations fairly and sympathetically, but as places are limited the following applies:
- If you cancel more than 30 days before the start of the retreat, the full amount you have paid, minus the deposit, will be refunded.
- If you cancel within 30 days of the retreat, no refund will be issued unless I find a replacement for your place. If I do, I will refund the money you have paid, minus the deposit and any discount offered to fill your place, within 15 days.
- In the unlikely event that I have to cancel the retreat, you will be offered a full refund of all money paid. There is no refund or compensation for flights, transfers or other associated costs.
- Once the retreat has started, no refund or part refund is given for any unused part of the retreat if you cancel.
12. Problems during the retreat
If you have a problem during the retreat, please tell me straight away and I will do my best to put things right. If it cannot be resolved there and then, you can write to me about it when you get home.
Liability waiver
I understand that, while the utmost care is taken, neither the organiser and teacher nor the venue will be liable for any damage or injury resulting from my practice or use of the venue, nor for any loss of or damage to personal belongings. I understand that I take part in the classes and activities voluntarily, knowing that there is a risk of personal injury and/or loss of property. I recognise that it is my responsibility to tell the teacher about any illness or injury before the start of every yoga session, and that I will not perform any posture to the point of strain or pain. I will tell the teacher before every class if I do not want to be physically adjusted. I agree that neither I nor my heirs, assigns or legal representatives will sue or make any other claim of any kind against the teacher or the venue for any injury, loss of property or wrongful death, whether caused by negligence or otherwise.
This waiver applies for the whole retreat and to every yoga session or activity I take part in, whether in a group or a private setting.
If you would like to discuss any part of the retreat, contact me on +44 7814 431303 or at [email protected].