Trade Your Time for Retreat Discounts
For rental fees and residency at Gaia Sagrada, there is no possibility for doing work exchange to work off your weekly or monthly rental fees. We are sorry, but that is what we need to meet expenses for having you here. ONLY retreat fees are eligible for work exchange discounts, but will not cover all fees of a retreat.
Work Exchange is only available to residents who are participating in the particular retreat they are doing work exchange for. We cannot give the opportunity for work exchange to those not participating in a retreat because we’re already at bare minimum on these prices we are offering to you for rentals. Rental fees cannot be worked off. This is only to help residents afford retreats if they want to do them.
We charge Ecuadorian prices, so we can only offer Ecuadorian trade rates. It’s still better than the normal $2/hour minimum wage. YOUR trade rate is $5/hour with a 20 hour limit per week (for retreats only). Please understand that we can’t trade for USA wages with these low prices we’re charging for everything! We aren’t actually making money on the prices you’re paying! You are getting everything at our cost as a resident here.
So please understand that the opportunity to do work exchange at more than double Ecuadorian minimum wages is a gift and opportunity if you want it. If you don’t want to do work exchange, no problem! We’re happy to give work to the Ecuadorians who really need it. Perhaps you should just enjoy and treat yourself!
If you do want to do work exchange, possibly just for the fun of being involved (!), the work is easy; sweeping, gardening, dishes, food prep, and laundry. You’ll enjoy it. Don’t worry, we won’t make you wash the toilets, unless you WANT to of course! Just let us know.