A vinyasa yoga retreat is the highest-emotion moment a studio creates. A week in Costa Rica, Bali, or Tulum with the same 15 to 30 students. The custom retreat tee or hoodie is the artifact attendees wear home, post on Instagram from the airport, and pull out three years later when they want to remember that trip. Print on demand means the studio orders one per attendee with no minimum and ships free to each address.
The retreat tee is a marketing tool that runs for years after the trip. Attendees wear it to class, on errands, on travel days. Every wear is a quiet ad for the studio's next retreat. Studios that skip the retreat tee miss the cheapest brand recall they will ever get.
It is also a memory anchor. The first thing a student grabs three years later when their friend asks about that retreat is the shirt with the destination and year printed on the back.
Keep the back design under 11 inches wide so it prints clean on every size from XS to 2XL.
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For retreats in cooler destinations (mountain, fall coastal) or for the travel-day layer attendees pull on for the flight home.
The lifestyle piece for tropical retreats. Pairs with the cotton tee as a second option.
Most retreats pick one main item (usually the tee or hoodie) and one optional second item attendees can add.
| Item | VIP Base | Retail to Attendee | Studio Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton crew tee | $19.88 | $38-45 | $18-25 |
| Comfort soft hoodie | $36.88 | $58-68 | $21-31 |
| Cropped tee | $24.88 | $42-48 | $17-23 |
Retreat pieces support higher markup than the baseline shop because the buying intent is emotional, not transactional. Most studios bake the retreat tee into the retreat package price instead of selling it separately at the door.
Two patterns work for retreat orders:
The "included in package" pattern works better for tropical retreats where attendees fly with the shirt already packed. The "open link" pattern works for retreats where shipping to each attendee's home is fine.
One tee or hoodie per attendee. No minimum order. Ship to each attendee's door or distribute on day one.
Start FreeStudio logo on the front, retreat name and destination with year on the back. Many studios add attendee names in a circle on the back. Keep the back design under 11 inches wide so it fits all sizes.
Four to six weeks before the retreat. Production runs about a week per order, so the buffer covers size collection and any late additions.
Yes. Most studios bake the shirt cost (around $30 to $40) into the retreat package price. Attendees see it as part of what they paid for and the studio keeps the markup.
Run an open shop link with both options. Each attendee picks what they want. The platform handles the routing and shipping to each attendee's address.
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