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Welcoming Families to the Eleventh Annual Williamsburg Retreat! |
Williamsburg, Virginia is located in Eastern Virginia, where this retreat offers a great historical trip and a chance to meet other Christian families face-to-face. It is the eleventh annual Williamsburg MOMYS (Mothers of Many Young Siblings) Retreat. We hope it is a blessing to all those who come!
You can feel the colonial spirit reverberating in Williamsburg, a 170 acre historic town restored to its original English condition. Join us on the ultimate MOMYS family vacation!
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WHEN |
Week 1: FEBRUARY 18 - 25
HALF PRICE!!
WOW! A 3-day weekend PLUS Homeschool Week! This is during the dates of the spring homeschool experience at all THREE living history centers!
Enjoy special programs for homeschoolers this week at Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center.
Retreat activities will be limited; this is a week to choose to spend most of your time with your own family; or share the discount and bring friends!
Discounted tickets to all three locations available with Registration.
Extra Week: MARCH 3-10
[A couple of families will be at the resort March 3-10 for a "sewing & hang out" week. If you are interested in coming early and staying through Week 2, email momys@momys.com and we'll work out the details! We want to bless you!]
Week 2: MARCH 10 - 17
Swing into spring
Enjoy private Christian history tours with Pete & Roxy Olson from Vision Heirs Ministry during Weeks 2 and 3 along with a full schedule of retreat activities from which to choose.
Week 3: MARCH 17 - 24
King's Ball to close the 2012 MOMYS Williamsburg Retreat.Watch for Busch Gardens opening weekend!
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RETREAT PACKAGE |
Package includes retreat activities and comfortable, private, resort lodging.
ACTIVITIES: (Included for Weeks 2 and 3. For those families who are choosing the special offer of Half-Price Week 1 and/or the extra Week (March 3-10), activities that incur additional expenses will be 'a la carte'
- ATGT (All Together Get Together)
- English Country Dancing
- Dad's breakfast
- Mom's luncheon or dessert
- Girls Tea Party
- Colonial boyhood activities
- Colonial Mystery Party
- Arts & Crafts - sewing lessons, candle making, soap making, stringing beads, making genuine pearl necklaces, handmade rakes, spinning wool
- Sports - swimming, racquetball, miniature golf, tennis, bowling, bicycling,
- Swimming & Pizza
- Round Robin Meal sharing
- Elegant Ball (English Country Dancing)
- Dancing on the Green
- Special Guest Speakers - these have been a wide variety. Christian, Historical, Educational, Informative, Entertaining, Musical, etc.
Private Christian history tours of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown by Pete & Roxy Olson of VisionHeirs ministry in Colorado. Pete is a homeschool father, a pastor, and historian. The Olsons are well-loved by all who have been to a MOMYS Williamsburg Retreat. Pete has led tours forus for ten years and spends the remainder of the year finding new stories totell us, new angles to consider, new information to share.
LODGING:
Lodging for each family is a private townhome with two Master Bedroom/bath combinations, each with a large walk-in closet and a good amount of storage space. A third loft bedroom contains two twin beds. The second-floor master bedroom opens to a sitting area/den loft with couches and coffee table, a perfect area to set up a puzzle, legos or a board game or for a home office or extra sleeping space. The laundry room with full-sized washer/dryer are on this floor also. On the first floor is a full kitchen with full-sized appliances including dishwasher, microwave, etc. Kitchen is supplied with cookware, diningware and glassware. The main floor living room has a sofa/sleeper, semi-formal dining area, and woodburning fireplace which adds to the ambiance of special times with family and friends. Click here to check out the resort.
Standard Retreat Package for a family of up to 8 people over the age of 2. Lodging is a private townhome with living room (fireplace), kitchen (fully equipped), loft sitting room, 3 bedrooms, private laundry room, spacious closets.
Larger Family Retreat Package will accomodate a family of up to 12 people over the age of 2. Package includes retreat activities and lodging. Activities are as above. Lodging is more spacious with 4 bedrooms, 4bathrooms, 2 full-sized kitchens and 2 living rooms with fireplaces. Private hot tub off the master bedroom. Two apartment sized washer/dryer units.
Smaller Family Retreat Package will accomodate a family of up to 6 people over the age of 2. Package includes retreat activities and lodging. Activities are as above. Lodging is 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full-sized kitchen, livingroom with fireplace. Apartment sized washer/dryer unit.
| Package Size | Week 1(Feb 18-25)*50% OFFlisted price* |
Add-on Week to Week 2 (Mar 3-10) |
Week 2 (Mar 10-17) |
Week 3(Mar 17-24) |
| Standard | $525 | $1050 | $1100 | |
| Enlarged | $675 | $1350 | $1410 | |
| Downsized | $437 | $875 |
$915 |
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We would like to register for the Williamsburg retreat for the week of March 17,2012.
Welcome to Williamsburg Retreats, Kelly! We’ve got you registered for Week 3 and are talking about how to help you with your costumes! The planning is lots of fun!
-Tina
I am interested in coming to the second week retreat. I have just heard of this opportunity. Do you still have space avaialable for the second week?
Meagan,
Yes, we can accomodate you Week 2. How did you hear about the Retreat?
Please register at http://www.WilliamsburgRetreat.com
Welcome!
Tina
The email advertisement for the standard package said $775. Is that incorrect? Here on the website it says $1100.
Jennifer, thank you for asking for clarification. The Branson Retreat in December is $775, as you saw. If you look a little further down in the email, the Williamsburg prices are there as well, which are the prices you see here at the website. We’ll edit the website here to make it a little easier to find the prices. The website for the Branson retreat is http://www.momys.com/retreatmissouri.
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity for clarification.
-Tina
Hi! Are all the activities listed included in the price? (mom’s luncheon, tea party, dads breakfast…). What other costs do we need to figure in? (Pete’s tour at Jamestown, and ?)
Thank you!!
We are excited!
Yes, the activities listed are included (plus more will be added)!!! There is no fee to be in the areas where Pete’s tours are in Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown. However, you are right, there is an admission fee to Jamestown of $6.25. That could be covered as one of the gifts offered to the first 15 families to register. Colonial Williamsburg tickets are not necessary for Pete’s tours or to enjoy CW, but having those tickets can enhance the experience, especially for older students; and we have been offered a fabulous group rate for CW passes for the MOMYS.
Other costs –
Transportation/gas
Grocery budget – you have a lot of control since you’ll have a full kitchen available for your family. Most families bring along a crockpot.
Optional: Parent’s Night Out is another optional expense, although a meal is one of the choices as a gift for being one of the first fifteen families to register – so even that can be included. What we have done is host a character program night for the children, which allows the parents to be able to go out for a meal. We usually go to one of the taverns in Colonial Williamsburg for a colonial-style meal (although we have also opted for a local restaurant on occasion). The children’s program is included, but the cost of the meal is only included as one of the gifts for the first fifteen families to register. Some of the families opt for pool & pizza that night instead. It’s personal choice for the individual families and there is good company either way!
Optional: costumes. Again, if you want to choose that as a First Fifteen gift, that’s another possibility. Costumes can be simple, elaborate, or not done at all. Families do (and don’t do) costumes all those ways. It is up to your family and what you want to do.
This is a MOMYS Retreat. We have big families! Big families can mean big expenses on vacation, and the goal of the MOMYS Retreat is for that *not* to happen! We can have lots of fun and plenty of activities for the cost of the Retreat package. If individual families see something to do in the area that they want to add in, they can adjust their schedules to accomodate their family’s desires. The only thing we really request that everyone please attend is the ATGT (All Together Get Together) which we host early on in the week so that everyone has the opportunity to be introduced, and we can take a group picture (and usually family pictures as well). Other than that time frame, the rest of the activities are all optional for the families to do or to not do, as suits their own style and desires.
Hope that helps to explain!
-Tina
Hi Tina!
To take advantage of the Black Friday sale do we have to pay in full? If we decide to wait on signing up do we need the full amount to register? We are so excited!
Kariann
Yes, Kariann, the sale price does require payment.
If you need to make payment arrangements, we’ll work that out with you. Send us an email! momys@momys.com
Can a family of 8 do the smallest size accomadations and just squeeze a bit to fit? Since it is cheaper?
Sharon
Sharon,
It depends on the ages of your children.
Remember, the price is not just for your lodging, but for all the activities in which your family will be able to participate, and that is factored into the prices.
You may want to e-mail privately with the details. MOMYS@momys.com
What is the weather like at that time of year?
It’s hard to say, Kathy.
Week 1 record low 8 degrees, record high 81.
Weeks 2 & 3 record low is 18, record high is 88.
Practically, we usually have a day or two with snow and days we are going barefoot. And it has been in the same week! If I don’t pack my flip-flops, I usually go out and buy a pair while we are there, because it gets so nice. Spring comes earlier in Virginia, and the cold days are few.
If you are wearing the many layers of period dress, you hope for a little bit cooler weather!
Those who come up from Florida think it is pretty cold, but those who come down from Canada and Maine think it is summertime!
We find it really helps the winter pass quickly, as we spend the coldest part of the year in eager preparations for the trip! By the time we get back home afterwards, it is almost time to plant the garden. It makes the winter go by quickly and so very enjoyably!
Should we receive an email confirmation after registering?
Thanks!
You should, but it is a manual process, not an automated one. Feel free to write: momys@momys.com if you have any doubts or questions!
Is there going to be any more get togethers/retreats closer to the Oklahoma area in the near future? I am new to momys.com.
We had the Branson Retreat in December, which was a lovely time together. We’ll see how the Lord leads from here, but we don’t have anything planned near Oklahoma. We will encourage you to make the trip to Williamsburg – it is well worth the drive!!
I am sorry for the confusion, but does the price include admittance to Colonial Williamsburg or will we need to purchase those tickets if we want that experience? Is there a discounted price for tickets?
Thanks for the help.
Week 1 Registration includes tickets to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown & Yorktown.
Weeks 2 & 3:
Pete’s tours of Colonial Williamsburg stay in areas that do not require tickets.
If you would like to purchase tickets also, yes, there is a very special discount for our group.
Do you know how much the discounted tickets to Colonial Williamsburg will be for weeks 2/3? Thanks!
Those families who are joining us at the end of January with the half-price offer for Week 1 will be offered activities ‘a la carte’ in an effort to help them keep their vacation expenses within their budget. Homeschool week tickets to CW, Jamestown, Yorktown are available, but not included. With the MOMYS group discount, they are about $26 for all three combined. Children under age 6 are free.
Vicki, tickets for Weeks 2 and 3 are included in your Retreat Package. Anyone who prefers to pay full price for Week 1 will also have a full retreat package.
Need more clarification? Feel free to contact momys@momys.com
We live about an hour and a half from Williamsburg. I would like to participate a little, but would not be able to stay the entire week. Is there some way we could drive up for a get-together and/or tour(s)? Is there a schedule yet?
Is week 1 sold out?
Not yet, but close. Please register quickly!
Can the accomodations include two families that know each other well enough, and are small enough (11 total) to share? I am talking about the largest units for the homeschool week. Are tickets to CW, Jamestown and Yorktown included in the price listed that week, and is it REALLY half the price that is lined out?
Our policy for the Retreats is that each family should have their own registration.
HOWEVER, for Week 1 we are waiving that requirement. Two families could comfortably share the upgraded (larger) registration.
No tickets are included in the half-price week. If you want to purchase tickets, budget $26/adults and $24/children for the full week at Jamestown & Yorktown and 5-days at Colonial Williamsburg.
Can you have a great time without purchasing tickets? You absolutely can – let me know that is the desire and we’ll plan accordingly.
There are always oodles of ways to spend money . . .but if you want to minimize expenses and still have a nice vacation – it can surely be done.
If you want a first-class, all-expenses, do everything and it is all already paid for – then either pay full price for Week 1 or 2 or 3! No worries, just come, it’s all covered, and enjoy!
Either way, it is a really good value!
Is there an option for a mega-family — fifteen children and two adults?
We sometimes call that “Friedl-izing” your retreat. YES!
When you say ala carte for activities for the half price week 1 package, what exactly does that include?
Dozens of options!!
I am ready to pay and register but is it too late? The registration and payment links are not working today.
thank you
Elaine