A. REGISTERING TO VISIT THE MONASTERY

To visit the Monastery, these are must-haves: 

1.Registration link: To register, please follow the link and fill in the form: Breathe and Smile. The link will be available here and open on September 15th, 2023 at 03:00 P.M. (GMT+7, Thailand time) and closed automatically when fully booked.

Necessary details for registering: email address, date of birth, telephone number, Viber or Zalo number (to be convenient to pick you up at the Thai airport), passport number, and contact details of a friend or a relative in case of emergency  (email address, telephone number, etc.).]

2. After successfully registering on the link above, you will immediately receive an email notification that shows you have successfully registered and provides instructions for you to send us your flight ticket details. You are asked to read thoroughly all information and all the attached files. Your flight ticket details should be sent to us before September 24th, 2023. On September 24th, 2023, if your flight ticket has not been sent to us accordingly, your registration will be considered canceled.

3. Health insurance and travel insurance: You are suggested to purchase health insurance and travel insurance when traveling to Thailand. 

B. PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF TRANSPORTATION

1.Arrival date: 

a. For participants who registered “to be picked up at the airport”: The Monastery’s car will pick you up from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang Airport (DMK) from 01:00 P.M. to 04:00 P.M. on Friday, October 24th, 2023.  You are suggested to select a flight that arrives in Thailand before 03:00 P.M. If possible, please select one that arrives at about 12:00 P.M., so that after being picked up, you will have more time to take a rest and be ready for the activities.

If you are now living in Thailand and could not arrange your own means of transportation to come to the monastery, you could register “to be picked up at the airport” also.

Upon welcoming you at the appointed assembly point, our pick-up car will go directly to the Monastery.  Please wear a face mask for the whole trip; the car will stop once for toilets at a pre-planned public place. 

b. For participants who registered “will arrive in my own means of transportation” (not having registered “to be picked up at the airport”): Please arrive at the Monastery on Friday, October 24th, 2023 from 03:30 P.M. to 07:00 P.M. We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on October 24th, 2023 or any other days earlier or later than this day.

3. Pick-up fee (Airport <--> Monastery)

a. The pick-up fee is around 600 Thai Baht per person (or 1,200 Thai Baht per person for two rounds). 

b. If the Monastery needs to arrange a taxi pick-up, the fee is 2,300-2,400 Thai Baht/taxi. If you travel with other friends, the taxi fee will be shared. 

4. Departure date: 

The Monastery can arrange a drop-off service from the Monastery to the airport (either BKK or DMK).  Our drop-off car will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M. on October 30th, 2023. You are suggested to select a flight that departs at least six hours after the time you leave the Monastery, which means approximately four hours of traveling from the Monastery to the airport plus two hours of check-in at the airport. For example, upon leaving the Monastery at 08:00 A.M., you are advised to book your flight that departs after 02:00 P.M.

C. REGULATIONS DURING YOUR STAY IN THE MONASTERY

1. Except for medical emergencies, please do not go out of the Monastery.

2. Please clean your own space regularly according to the instructions of the Monastery.

3. If you are currently taking any medication, please make sure that you bring them with you.

4. In case we have more retreatants, please accept to sleep in tents that the Monastery will put up.

D. MAKING A DONATION 

1. The Monastery is a non-profit practice center. All activities are therefore donation-based only. We look forward to receiving your support during the time you stay in the Monastery.  For the time being, the estimated expense including food and accommodation for Retreat is 900 Thai Baht per person per night. 

2. Your donation will support the Monastery to cover the monastics’ daily expenses like food, electricity, water, and health care.  Donations can be made in Thai Baht, or USD (by cash) at our Registered office.