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Eventbrite alternatives for retreats and workshops
Eventbrite, WeTravel, Luma, Humanitix and Ticket Tailor next to Aventide for retreats and workshops: the fee on a $1,500 place and a $40 ticket, deposits, waivers, rooms and payouts, from each company’s own site.
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Christian Quiver
Written November 13, 2026
SHORT ANSWER
On one $1,500 retreat place, the fees come to about $119 on Luma’s free plan, about $102 on Eventbrite and about $76 on Humanitix. Aventide adds no fee of its own. You pay only Stripe’s card fee, $43.80, into your own Stripe account, plus $39 a month for the plan. Fees as of November 13, 2026, from each company’s own pricing page.
Aventide also takes a deposit at checkout and invoices the rest in up to three payments, has each guest sign your agreement or waiver from their ticket page, and puts guests in rooms or groups.
We make Aventide. Prices and fees come from each company’s own pricing page and help center, as of November 13, 2026, with links.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
What do retreat and workshop organizers compare?
Retreats and workshops ask more of a ticketing tool than a one-night show. Organizers usually compare four things: the fee on each place, whether guests can pay a deposit now and the rest later, whether each guest can sign a waiver, and where the money lands.
The tables below set those side by side for Eventbrite, WeTravel, Luma, Humanitix, Ticket Tailor and Aventide.
WHAT IT COSTS
What does one retreat place cost in fees?
Eventbrite service fees: how much does Eventbrite charge?
In the US, Eventbrite charges a service fee of 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, plus a 2.9% payment processing fee on the whole order. Buyers pay these fees by default, or you can absorb them into your price. Free events have no fees. On a $40 ticket, the fees come to $4.43 to $4.52. Source: Eventbrite pricing and its help center, read November 13, 2026.
Here is what each platform takes on one $1,500 retreat place and on one $40 workshop ticket, as of November 13, 2026. Each figure comes from the company’s own pricing page, linked below the table.
How we worked it out. Stripe card fee: 2.9% + 30¢, so $1,500 × 2.9% + $0.30 = $43.80, and $40 × 2.9% + $0.30 = $1.46. Later payments on Aventide invoices can go by bank transfer: 0.8%, capped at $5.
Eventbrite: service fee 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus payment processing of 2.9% of the order. On $1,500: $55.50 + $1.79 = $57.29, then 2.9% of $1,557.29 = $45.16, so $102.45. On $40: $3.27 + $1.25 = $4.52. By default the buyer pays these on top of the ticket price; an organizer who absorbs them pays about $100.79 and $4.43.
Luma free plan: 5% platform fee on top of Stripe’s fee. On $1,500: $75.00 + $43.80 = $118.80. On $40: $2.00 + $1.46 = $3.46. Luma Plus is $59 a month billed annually, with no platform fee.
Humanitix: 2.1% + $0.99 per paid ticket, plus processing of 2.9% + $0.30. On $1,500: $32.49 + $43.80 = $76.29. On $40: $1.83 + $1.46 = $3.29.
A retreat of 20 places. Fees come to about $2,049 on Eventbrite (20 × $102.45), $2,376 on Luma’s free plan (20 × $118.80) and $1,526 on Humanitix (20 × $76.29). On Aventide they come to $876 in Stripe card fees (20 × $43.80) plus one $39 month: $915. That is about $1,134 less than Eventbrite, $1,461 less than Luma’s free plan and $611 less than Humanitix.
Sources, read November 13, 2026: Eventbrite fees, Luma pricing, Humanitix pricing, Ticket Tailor pricing, WeTravel pricing, Stripe pricing.
PAYMENTS AND FEES
Deposits, waivers, rooms and payouts, side by side
Deposits, waivers, rooms, check-in and payouts, from each company’s own pricing page and help center, as of November 13, 2026. A blank cell means we found nothing on that company’s own pages.
WHY PEOPLE SWITCH
Who switches to Aventide
Retreat and workshop organizers who switch to Aventide usually want one of these:
Places with a deposit now and the rest later, invoiced 14 days before each payment is due.
An agreement or waiver each guest signs from their ticket page.
No Aventide fee on any ticket, with the money paid into your own Stripe account.
Events beside your clients, invoices and calendar, on one $39 plan.
METHOD
How we chose and checked
We compared the platforms that outside tests named for retreats and workshops: Eventbrite, WeTravel and Luma, plus Humanitix and Ticket Tailor. Every price, fee and feature comes from the company’s own pricing page or help center, read on November 13, 2026 and linked. Where a company’s own pages don’t give a figure, we link its pricing page. Fee examples use each company’s published rates in US dollars; your own rates can differ.
Eventbrite, WeTravel, Luma, Humanitix, Ticket Tailor and Stripe are trademarks of their owners. This page isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by them.
QUESTIONS
Questions about Eventbrite alternatives for retreats
What does Eventbrite charge on a $1,500 retreat place?
About $102, as of November 13, 2026: a service fee of 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket ($57.29) and payment processing of 2.9% of the order ($45.16). By default the buyer pays these on top of the ticket price.
Can guests pay a deposit and the rest later?
Yes. A place can take a deposit at checkout. The balance becomes up to three invoices, each sent 14 days before it is due and reminded like any other invoice.
Can each guest sign a waiver?
Yes. Each guest signs from their ticket page. Add one agreement or several, and choose which tickets each one applies to.
Can I assign rooms?
Yes. Put guests in rooms or groups by hand. A full room says so, and a pair who asked to share is flagged.
Where does the money go?
Into your own Stripe account. Aventide adds no fee per ticket; Stripe charges its own processing fee.
How much does Aventide cost for events?
$39 a month on Starter, with every feature and no fee per ticket. Stripe’s own processing fee applies.
