These No-Phone Retreats Make You Lock Up Your Phone for a True Digital Detox
No-phone retreats are quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing wellness travel trends, with high-end resorts and digital detox getaways asking guests to lock up, surrender or limit their devices at check-in. The pitch is simple: trade doomscrolling for mindfulness, screen fatigue for sleep, and the group chat for a fire ceremony, a canoe ride or a silent meditation.
The demand is real. According to the 2025 Hilton Trends Report, 27% of adults planning to travel said they intended to reduce social media use during their holidays. Luxury rental platform Plum Guide reported a 17% rise in searches for unplugged, tech-lite properties. And research from It’s Time To Log Off found the average person spends one full day each week online, while 34% of people checked Facebook within the last 10 minutes. Sixty-two percent of adults surveyed said they “hate” how much time they spend on their phones.
Why No-Phone Retreats Are Taking Off
Travelers are increasingly building vacations around the goal of disconnecting entirely, and hospitality operators are leaning in. Martin Dunford, founder and CEO of Cool Places, told BBC in 2025: “We used to have a tag to show which properties had wi-fi. Now we’re adding a ‘no wi-fi’ tag.” The shift reflects a broader cultural exhaustion with screens — and a growing willingness to pay for help stepping away from them.
What that experience actually feels like is, according to operators, predictable. “Guests go stir crazy in the first 24 hours,” Dunford told the BBC. “But after 48 hours they are well adjusted and start getting into other activities. At the end of a three-day stay — or longer — we find guests may be happy to have their phones back or can be a bit take it or leave it about it.”
What a Digital Detox Retreat Actually Looks Like
Not every no-phone retreat operates the same way. Some require guests to physically surrender devices at check-in, while others ask for voluntary limits and replace screen time with structured programming — yoga, breathwork, hiking, sound healing, meditation, fly fishing or simply unstructured downtime in a place with no signal. The common thread is intentionality: phones are either banned, locked away or treated as something you actively choose not to use.
The locations also tend to do part of the work for you. Remote islands, jungle lodges, mountain ranches and silent meditation centers are designed so that even if you wanted to scroll, the connection often is not there. Below are eight destinations across the globe currently catering to travelers who want to unplug.
8 No-Phone Retreats to Book
Bali — Ditch Your Desk Adventures
Ditch Your Desk Adventures offers a digital detox focused on intentional tech use rather than a full phone ban. Guests spend mornings with movement, journaling and wellness rituals, followed by workshops on clearing mental clutter, building online income streams and improving focus. The retreat also includes sound healing temples, sunset BBQs, fire ceremonies, saunas, cold plunges and visits to major Bali sites.
Montana — Sage Lodge
Sage Lodge sits 35 minutes north of Yellowstone National Park with more than 1,200 acres to explore. Set along the Yellowstone River, the 50-room retreat replaces screen time with llama trekking, whitewater rafting, wood burning, candle making, branding and plein air painting.
Bahamas — Tiamo Resort
Tiamo Resort is accessible only by boat or seaplane and is built for complete disconnection. The 11-villa resort has no TVs or desks in the villas, but offers private verandas, beach access, canoe rides over coral reefs, sailing excursions and scuba diving.
Portugal — 5-Day Silent Hridaya Meditation Retreat
The 5-Day Silent Hridaya Meditation Retreat in Monchique combines silent meditation and Hridaya yoga on remote natural land with mountain views and a swimming hole. Three of the five days are spent entirely in silence, with a focus on introspection and spiritual practices.
Spain — 4-Day Private Breathwork Retreat
The 4 Day Private Breathwork Retreat Journey in Spain in Finestrat centers on breathwork, ancient shamanic rituals and digital detox practices. Offered only around equinoxes and solstices, the retreat also includes hikes, home-cooked meals and time for reflection on a large forested property.
Italy — Adhara Retreat
The 7-Day Mental and Digital Detox in Tuscany at Adhara Retreat focuses on rewiring the nervous system through yoga, workshops and guided wellness experiences designed to reduce stress and screen dependency.
Canada — Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort
Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort in the Great Bear Rainforest offers an ultra-remote wilderness reset where phone signal is replaced by heli-hiking, fly fishing, yoga, guided meditation and customized wellness experiences reached by floatplane.
Costa Rica — ORIGINS Lodge
ORIGINS Lodge sits 3,100 feet above sea level across 111 acres of jungle and mountains. Guests spend time horseback riding, hiking cloud forests, kayaking jungle rivers, soaking in private wood-fired hot tubs and practicing daily yoga while staying in luxury lodges with volcano and lake views.
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