Sales Kickoff Planners
Sales kickoffs that set the whole year in motion.
Venue, agenda, training, awards night, and every detail of your SKO, planned end to end and run on site, so your sales leaders can lead the room.
Sales kickoff planning, handled from first idea to final detail.
A sales kickoff sets the tone for the whole year. Done well, your team goes home clear on the plan, confident in the product, and fired up to sell. We plan the venue, the agenda, and the awards night around the number you need to hit, then run every detail so your leaders can focus on the room.
A venue built for energy
A main room for the whole team, breakouts for training, and a destination with something to do after the sessions end.
An agenda that keeps the room
Short main-stage sessions, hands-on breakouts, and customer and top-performer stories that actually land.
An awards night they remember
Recognition that feels personal, and the perfect moment to reveal this year's incentive trip.
On site, start to finish
We run the event so your sales leaders can lead it.
The kickoffs we plan most.
Annual sales kickoffs
The start-of-year SKO that sets the plan, the number, and the energy.
Mid-year sales meetings
A reset halfway through the year to sharpen focus and celebrate wins.
Go-to-market launches
Kickoffs built around a new product, market, or team.
Kickoffs paired with a reward
Sessions plus a trip that feels like a win, often with the incentive reveal.
How sales kickoff planning works with us.
Tell us about your trip
Share your group, goals, and timing. We reply within two business days.
A short call, then your proposal
We talk through your goals, then send destination ideas, a program, and a complete budget before you commit to anything.
We plan everything
Venue, vendors, travel, and program. You approve the decisions that matter.
We're on site
From arrival to departure, so you can be present, not planning.
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On retainer, we're your external events team. We already know your people, your preferences, and what worked last time, so every gathering builds on the last instead of starting from scratch.
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We never take commissions.
No commissions, referral fees, or markups from venues or vendors. Every recommendation is based only on what's right for your group, so our incentives are aligned with yours.
We're on site for every trip.
From the moment your group arrives until the last person leaves. You never run your own event.
You stay in control.
We do the work and bring you the decisions that matter. Nothing moves without your approval.
We're fun to work with!
Getting your team together is fun. We believe planning it should be too.
Sales kickoff questions, answered.
Most companies hold their sales kickoff at the start of the fiscal year, often in January or February. Those dates book early, so start planning three to six months ahead.
Two to three days is typical: main-stage sessions, hands-on training, and an awards night, without pulling your sellers out of the field for too long.
It depends on group size, destination, and program. We project most 2027 corporate retreats and kickoffs at $2,500 to $6,500+ per person, all in. Planning with Meet&Retreat starts at $8,000. Your fee is set by the length of the program, group size, destination, and lead time, and every proposal includes a complete budget for the trip before you commit to anything.
Yes. Recognition is often the emotional high point of an SKO, and many companies use the awards night to reveal the year's incentive trip. See our guide on how to plan a sales kickoff.
Yes, for every trip. A Meet&Retreat planner is on the ground from the moment your group arrives until the last person leaves.
No. We never take commissions, referral fees, or markups from venues or vendors. Our recommendations are based only on what's right for your group, so our incentives are aligned with yours.
Tell us about your sales kickoff.
We'll reply within two business days with first thoughts on your trip. Planning with Meet&Retreat starts at $8,000.