Do yoga schools in Rishikesh charge foreigners more than Indians?

We cannot say from published data. We read 349 school websites and not one published both an Indian and an international price, so there is no published figure to compare. What we can say is that most schools publish only a foreign-currency price. This page collects what visitors report being quoted, split by which price they were given, because that is the only way either price becomes visible.

Why do Rishikesh yoga schools have two prices?

Purchasing power differs enormously, and many schools publish USD prices on their English site while quoting rupees on WhatsApp. The practice is defensible; concealing it is the problem, because it makes honest comparison impossible and gives no credit to schools charging one fair price.

How much does a 200-hour yoga teacher training cost in Rishikesh?

Published international prices commonly run USD 1,000 to 2,000 including shared accommodation and meals. Indian students are frequently quoted considerably less for the same course. We publish medians from visitor reports rather than estimates.

The two-price question

Of the 307 Rishikesh schools here with a working website, not onepublishes both an Indian and an international price. 41 publish in dollars or euros; 10 in rupees. 87% of every published figure is in a foreign currency.

The published web in Rishikesh is priced for foreigners.

What we can show, and what we can’t

Everyone in Rishikesh will tell you the rupee price is lower. We can’t show you that from published data, and we won’t pretend otherwise: to measure a school’s gap you need both of its prices, and no school publishes both.

We can show that schools pricing in rupees list lower figures than schools pricing in foreign currency. But those are different schools — which may mean two separate markets rather than one course at two prices. Published figures cannot tell the two apart.

That gap in the evidence is exactly why this page asks for reports. If you were quoted a price in Rishikesh, yours may be the only record either price ever has.

How this page works

Visitors report what they were quoted on any centre’s page — the course, the amount, and whether they were quoted as an Indian or an international student. No account, no name. We show medians, with the number of reports beside every figure, and we say nothing about a specific school until at least two people on each side have reported it.

We can’t make schools change the practice. We can make it visible, and let you decide what it’s worth to you. Some people will pay more for a school they love. Some will choose the school that charges everyone the same. Either way you should know before you book, not after.

1reports so far

1centres reported on

0confirmed one-price schools

This is early. With 1 report the figures below are indicative at best. Every report you add makes the picture sharper — it takes thirty seconds on any centre’s page.

A note to schools

If you charge one price, claim your listing and say so — we’ll show it. If you charge two and have a reason, you’re welcome to tell us; we’ll print it beside the figures. What we won’t do is remove a report because it’s inconvenient. Reports are anonymous, aggregated, and only shown once there are enough of them to mean something.

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