#046 How To Start A Retreat Business And Run Unique Events
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Release Date: 02/28/2022
#068 Boosting Glamping Bookings With High-End Corporate Retreat Events
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
The glamping industry is booming, but it’s a seasonal business. This means bookings will slow down during off-peak or mid-week periods. So, what can you do to counteract this slowdown? This is when you need a feeder business. But what’s that you ask? Well, a feeder business can keep your glamping enterprise thriving by sending customers through your door. This technique involves running high-end C-Level corporate retreats and events during quiet times. In this episode, I talk with Sarah Dale about her glamping business, The Canvas Experience, and her corporate retreat business for...
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#067 Glamping + Retreat Events: A Business Success Story From Laura of Welsummer Glamping
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Laura runs a glamping site tucked away amongst the trees in the heart of the beautiful countryside, amongst sunny meadows and shade-dappled woods. They have fully kitted-out canvas bell tents and handmade wooden cabins. So what made them want to launch a retreat events business alongside their existing glamping services? Is it profitable and how did they manage to sell out their retreat event spaces? Laura, from Welsummer Glamping, shares all this and more in this episode, which highlights the benefits of glamping stays + retreat events from a business owners point of view. Inspired Courses: ...
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#066 Glamping Investment Pitch in the Dragons Den with Derry Green of Secret Garden Glamping
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Pitching to any investor is difficult but imagine being surrounded by TV cameras, studio lights and four dragon investors. That's another level! This is exactly what Derry Green of Secret Garden Glamping did when he pitched his idea on the Dragons Den (also known in the USA as Shark Tank). In this episode Derry shares how it came about, his results and how it all works behind the scenes. He also shares his top tips for attracting investment for any hospitality idea and what he hopes to achieve with his new project. This is an inspirational episode full of top tips from a seasoned glamping...
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#065 Guest Attraction Made Easy With A.I., Ben Kilner And Sarah Riley
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
How can you make your guest attraction marketing easier? Are there tools you can use and how does that work? Today I invite you into the brave new world of marketing with AI and using tools available to help you with guest attraction. This episode is perfect for anyone struggling to attract the customers they want and unable to find the time to make a difference to their numbers. To find out more about Ben Kilner and his current projects, go to To access his AI expertise, go to We provide these inspirations for your benefit... for free... so we would love to receive a positive review or...
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#064 Bringing Sustainable Choices To The Tourism Industry, With Professor Dr. Willy Legrand And Sarah Riley
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
How can we build tourism businesses that are kinder and more regenerative to the environment, healthy to the worker, pleasing to the guest, engaging to the community and profitable to the owner? We don't operate in bubbles so we have to work together to create solutions that everyone will win from in the long term, including Mother Earth. In this optimistic sustainability conversation, Sarah Riley talked with Professor Dr. Willy Legrand about how the eco-resort, luxury camping and glamping industries can help strengthen the bond between the hospitality and nature and how it has the potential...
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#63 Glamping Start-Up In Ukraine With Mala Richka
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
What inspires a family to start a glamping business while their country is at war, they are faced with a pandemic and have 5 young children? We all deal with challenges in different ways. I know that when I’m struggling, all I need to do is listen to the inspirational stories of others to get motivated again. My mind was blown by what Ulyana and her husband Andrii have achieved in Ukraine, and despite all their challenges, they knew they were building more than a business. They were building a dream! So get ready to be inspired by the Mala Richka story! If you're ready to take the plunge...
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#062 Lilypod Glamping: Creating An Extraordinary Guest Experience With Kyle Guyat
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Lilypod Glamping is a unique floating sanctuary designed with love and handbuilt with passion in Devon UK. It is a unique stay inspired by nature using the natural wonder of timber. It is low carbon, off-grid short stay unique accommodation that uses natural materials to make an eco-tourism offering worth visiting. Nestled on a stunning lake at Alder Farm, hushed by mature deciduous trees on the border of Dartmoor. With local activities in abundance, ranging from spas to wild swimming, horse riding in the National Park, local farm shops, unique towns and awesome pubs, this is a glamping stay...
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#061 Glamping with a difference - Is this the future of travel?
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Louis Thompson who is the founder and CEO of multiple businesses including Nomadic Resorts, an award-winning architectural and landscape design office that delivers innovative, experiential hospitality projects across the planet. His company designs bespoke green building projects for various luxury hotel groups including Soneva, Banyan Tree, Playa Viva, Neom and Resplendent Ceylon. Louis also founded Nomadic Escapes, a new outdoor hospitality management company focussed on, biophilic tented experiences; net zero carbon operations, re-wilding and...
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#060 Glamping Retreats, Eco-Resort Events And Industry Vitals
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Kerry has been a successful glamping business owner for many years. She has single-handedly managed multiple businesses and has had her fair share of ups and downs. She is also known to share generously and talk openly about industry vitals while others keep their cards close to their chests. In this episode, we talk about: Key glamping events in the calendar we are looking forward to most this year The most important part of glamping that some owners miss today Industry insights from a serial glamping business owner and TV star What it's really like to start a glamping business on rented...
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#059 After 10 years in the glamping industry, this is one owner's revelation
The Business Of Glamping And Unique Holiday Rentals
Always take the time to hunt out the experts and speak with those who are generous enough to share their expertise in the industry. Especially when they have been working within it for so many years. This is why I was happy to welcome Phil Russell from Tor View Shepherds Huts in Somerset onto the show. In this episode, Phil shares his insights into the industry and the typical glamping guest. He also talks about the thing that surprises him the most about some guests that stay with him. Having been in business for 10 years now, he discusses the top things that have led to his success and how...
info_outlineThe Perfectly Planned And Profitable Retreats System® helps those who want to run retreats alongside their glamping business or start a new lifestyle business. Here, Sarah answers why retreats have become so popular and how this is currently an untapped market segment.
There has been such a big shift since the pandemic started and after years of limiting our travel, being unable to socialise with other like-minded people and generally feeling a lot more stressed and exhausted than we used to, suddenly the thought of attending a relaxing retreat is attracting a lot of attention.
There are many reasons why you might be thinking of running experience events and becoming a retreat leader. You might have your heart on it after gaining skills in something new, or you might know the benefits you have experienced from an activity and want to share that knowledge with a wider audience. Or you might want to start a retreats business as:
- A stand-alone business you are wanting to grow and expand for a future career
- Something to plug the gaps in your earnings if you run a seasonal business
- An additional element to your hospitality business to improve your occupancy at quieter times
- A way to generate income to launch a hospitality business in the future
- An additional income stream running retreats to enhance something you already do, such as coaching, training or teaching (yoga, wellness, crafting, corporate and business skills, etc.)
To find out more about how to start your own profitable retreat business, visit The Perfectly Planned and Profitable Retreat System
https://www.inspiredcoursesvip.com/Perfectly-Planned-And-Profitable-Retreat-System
This step-by-step guide on how to plan a retreat will help you understand everything involved. The key to learning how to start a retreat business is to give yourself time and support to do it right.
You can also visit a retreat to start up a glamping business and this one is in Italy. These types of business retreats are even more beneficial as you can find business buddies to assist you with your venture, and that kind of support is PRICELESS!