[mcshicks]

I'm a Zen student and we offer 1 week retreats for around $50 a day for non members. However we have very limited space, we prioritize members or past participants so we are not in general able to offer it to people we don't know. But rather than looking for a retreat, I would suggest looking for a local meditation center that offers retreats at a reasonable rate, and then go check out there weekly sitting. Also they way we can do that rate is we do our own cooking, cleaning, organizing etc. We do offer limited housing, but its generally like a sleeping mat in the meditation hall. Actually to be honest I think your better off not not even worrying about the the retreat, and just find a group to meditate with at first. I don't think it will be to hard to find a reasonably priced retreat if you are sitting with a meditation group. Probably somebody will be able to recommend somewhere they have actually gone themselves.