For teachers, studios, coaches, clubs, companies and brands
Plan a retreat, an event or a seminar in Morocco,
and we find the places and make it all match.
Tell us what you want to organise. We sound out places and partners, introduce you once everyone has agreed to clear terms, and bring in brands that give products to your participants. You keep your programme, your audience and your contracts.
How it works
Four steps, in this order. Nobody is given your name before they have agreed to the same terms as you.
1. You tell us
What you want to organise, when, for how many people, and what you need: places, brand partners, local experiences, food, content.
2. We sound out
We share your brief without your name or contact details, and ask each place and partner whether they are available.
3. Everyone agrees
Short introduction terms, sent before any name is shared. The places and partners that host your group pay Umnya a fee. Teachers, studios, coaches and companies pay nothing for the introduction, and a brand that organises its own event pays a fee agreed in writing.
4. We introduce you
Once both sides have agreed, we share contact details and you talk directly. You contract with the place, your participants contract with you, and we stay available.
What you can ask for
Ask for one thing or for all of them.
Places
Hotels, riads, camps, studios and spas in Morocco that match your dates, your group size and your style.
Brand partners
Brands that give their products to your participants as a welcome and an attraction, shown in the places and the content of the stay. A brand that only supplies products pays nothing and is paid nothing.
Local experiences
A hammam ritual, a table with the women who keep the recipes, a Gnaoua night, a craft workshop.
Food, content and transport
Moroccan tables and chefs, a photographer, and transport to remote places.
The terms, in plain words
The full text is sent before any introduction. No amount is published here, because no two projects are the same.
Free for teachers, studios, coaches and companies
Teachers, studios, coaches, clubs and companies pay nothing for an introduction. A brand that organises its own retreat or event pays Umnya a fee, agreed in writing before any introduction. The places and partners that host you pay Umnya, under terms agreed with them in advance.
You contract directly
You contract with the place, and your participants contract with you. Umnya does not hold anyone's money and does not sell your programme.
Your details stay private
We share your brief without your name until both sides have agreed. We never sell your details or pass them to anyone else.
Your audience stays yours
We do not contact your participants. If a booking or a collaboration comes out of an introduction we made, we ask that it stays within our arrangement for a set period, twenty four months by default.
Planning a retreat or an event in Morocco: the questions organisers ask
- What does it cost me?
- Nothing for teachers, studios, coaches, clubs and companies: the introduction is free. A brand that organises its own retreat or event pays Umnya a fee, agreed in writing before any introduction. The places and partners that host your group pay Umnya a fee, under terms agreed with them in advance. If you also want a programme designed or a team on site, we agree that separately and in writing.
- Do you contact places without telling me?
- We contact the places and partners that match your brief, and we tell you which ones. We never give your name or contact details before both sides have agreed to the introduction terms.
- Who contracts and who is paid?
- You contract directly with the place, and your participants contract with you. Umnya does not hold participants' money and does not sell your programme. The places and partners pay Umnya the agreed fee for the guests they host.
- Why do you ask us not to go around you?
- Because the introduction is the work. For a set period after we introduce you, twenty four months by default, a booking or a collaboration with the people we introduced stays within our arrangement and is declared to us. It is what lets places and partners pay Umnya rather than you.
- Can brands give products to my participants?
- Yes. Brands give their products free of charge, to be offered to your participants as a welcome and shown in the places and the content of your stay. There is no fee on either side, and we agree in advance who covers shipping to Morocco.
- How fast will I hear from you?
- You receive a confirmation straight away, and first proposals within the week.
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Your request
Tell us what you are organising.
The more precise you are, the better the first proposals. Nothing about you is shared before you have agreed to the introduction terms.
Who are you?
What are you organising?
When?
Where would you like it?
What should we find for you?