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Don't Miss Host Planet Roadshow | Lisa Roads Explains Why · Host Planet: Airbnb, Holiday Let, and Vacation Rental Insights

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  Hello and welcome to Houseplanet Bite Size, the podcast brought
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  My name is James Varley, the founder of Houseplanet, and our
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  goal is to share everything you need to know about buying and
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  managing short term rentals. Today's guest is Lisa Rhodes and
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  she'll be sharing 5 reasons to attend the Houseplanet Roadshow
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  which kicks off in Cornwall on the 5th of February.
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  Lisa, thank you for joining us on Hostplanet Bite Size.
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  The Houseplanet Roadshow is just around the corner.
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  The first event will be held in Cornwall on the 5th of February.
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  And you've got 5 reasons why hosts and property managers
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  should be joining us. So take it away with reason #1.
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  I do. And I think the first one is
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  that it's hyperlocal. The the roadshow is going to
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  deliver content which is very specific for the local business
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  ecosystems in each area. And that's really important so
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  that it's more valuable because we know that they're all very
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  specifically different and one thing doesn't fit everybody.
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  So I think that's the first good reason why people should come,
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  because it's about learning about what's really important to
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  their area. 100%, yeah. And we're like, like you say
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  there, we are really trying to make things absolutely perfect
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  for the local ecosystem so that people can learn about what's
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  going on in their space. You know, the opening panel will
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  be very much Cornwall dominated. So we'll be talking about the
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  issues that are affecting Cornwall, like visit Cornwall
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  going into liquidation, for example.
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  Our title sponsors, Price Labs will be sharing data and
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  information about the Cornwall market, maybe sharing some case
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  studies. What happened in 2025, what to
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  expect in 2026 and beyond? And it's an opportunity for, I
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  think everybody who's part of that holiday letting ecosystem
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  to talk to the other people involved in it and to really
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  shape the conversation and the agenda for short term rentals in
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  their region. So yeah, a really, really great
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  opportunity. And everything will be hyper,
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  hyper local. OK then, Lisa, so reason #2.
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  So #2 is one of the reasons why I felt this roadshow was
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  important is that it's difficult for people sometimes in the more
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  you know, not I'm going to say remote, but different parts of
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  UK to actually make some of the bigger, more central events.
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  So this is about making a one day format really high impact
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  learning for somebody who who takes, it's difficult to take
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  that time out of your business several days out with business
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  to go to a bigger event. So I think this is really
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  important that we are going to condense into one day some
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  really high impact learning and takeaways for people that
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  potentially have never been to or cannot get to other events in
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  the in the UK. Very much so.
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  And I think the, you know, the vast majority of short term
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  rental conferences and events, they take place in London.
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  We just had one in Manchester recently.
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  We did something in Chester with Sykes Holiday Cottages, but most
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  are in London. It can be very expensive to get
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  to. It can be very time consuming
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  and I think difficult for a lot of property management,
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  especially owners of these businesses to say, right, I'm
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  going away for three or four days for a conference.
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  So I think it is important and we've had these conversations a
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  few times, haven't we? Even before the Roach is like,
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  we need to get out into these communities and go go to where
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  the house and property managers are to to to help them.
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  Really. Yeah.
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  And I'm, you know, and you know, as the founder of the winning
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  short term rentals movement and I know it's not gender specific.
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  And I know that, you know, men and women and, and other gender
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  identities, you know, could be the primary parent or caregiver
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  to whoever. But I think, you know, there are
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  a lot of people who really do struggle with that logistical
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  balance between running a business and running your
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  family. And so I think going local is
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  going to help a lot more people to be able to attend this event.
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  And that was one of the reasons why, you know, we're very much
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  in support of it. Absolutely.
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  OK then, Lisa reason #3. So #3 is that we're not going to
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  swamp people with, you know, some of these bigger events.
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  You go in there and it's very overwhelming and you walk in and
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  there are just rows and rows and rows of different suppliers and
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  tech suppliers, et cetera. And like, where do you start?
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  And I think by having a smaller event, you know, it is more
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  intimate, it does give you a conversation, an opportunity to
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  have those really those conversations which could really
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  make a difference to your business.
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  So, you know, we're not having huge numbers of sponsors and the
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  ones that are coming, you know that there's there's not really
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  a compete, you know, so you're going to get a chance to have
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  some really sensible conversations potentially with,
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  you know, a potential property manager partner or a potential
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  data partner or something else that might really help your
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  business. So I think that's really helpful
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  than just being overwhelmed with rows and rows of exhibitors that
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  just you just don't even know where to start.
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  Yeah, a boutique event. And, you know, we're really
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  trying to curate the experience so that, you know, we prioritize
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  network and collaboration and learning, really learning from
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  each other. I think, you know, we've all
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  been to these events where you have that light bulb moment.
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  You know, you might hear something said on your table if
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  you're, if it's a round table discussion or something said on
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  stage and you're like, oh gosh, that's something I can apply in
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  my business tomorrow. So we want to have, you know,
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  lots of those light bulb moments where people think, oh gosh,
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  it's great. I've learnt something and I can
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  I can use that to improve my business.
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  OK then, Lisa recent #4. So #4 is, I know we've talked a
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  lot about what the format should be and we've both been to lots
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  of events this year. So we've seen the formats in
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  other events. And what I'd like to promote on
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  this one is it's not a sit and listen.
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  It's a come, take part, collaborate, engage and be part
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  of the conversation. So I think, you know, what
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  business owners often miss out on is it's a very lonely place
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  to work on your own in, in STR business, whether you're a
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  property manager or a host. And this is an opportunity to
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  come and be part of a conversation in a potentially in
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  a round table setting. In most instances where you can
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  really have a good conversation that is really going to, it
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  might be a light bulb moment for your for your business.
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  It might be that you make a connection with somebody that
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  can help your business. It might be that you have a
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  collaboration opportunity with another business in your area
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  that you didn't even realize was there.
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  So I think that's a really good reason to come to this
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  particular event. It's not a sit listen, it's a
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  come and take part. Absolutely, yeah.
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  And it really will be round table focus.
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  We're going to have table leads, there'll be competitions,
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  there'll be discussions, there'll be Ice Breakers, of
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  course, at the start. And you know what, we're going
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  to completely finalize the content very, very soon.
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  So we know exactly what that looks like.
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  But yeah, that's, that's, that's the idea.
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  Definitely. It's come and participate.
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  It's not just sit and listen and maybe scroll on your phone for
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  half of it. It's, it's actually come and
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  take part and and, you know, shape this industry in in your
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  region. OK then, Lisa, 5th and final
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  reason. So this is a bit of a personal
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  one. And again, I'm not, I'm not
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  particularly pushing it, you know, any particular gender.
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  But as, yeah, as the founder of Women in Short Term Rentals, one
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  of the things I'm really keen to do here is to get more women to
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  come to this event. I've worked really hard over the
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  last year to get greater representation of women from our
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  sector to events because I know that, you know, their voices
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  should be heard, their stories should be heard.
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  If they're not there, they can't be part of the narrative that's
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  shaping our industry. And what we've seen by doing
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  that is that they then can step up into speaking roles and other
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  roles within our industry. So I'm really keen to promote
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  that women should come to these events and maybe this is the
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  first one they've ever been to and it might be the door opener
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  to them going to other things. I've seen it happen with women
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  I've worked with this year and I'm really proud of that.
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  So I'm, I'm pushing the the women in short term rentals flag
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  here because I'd really like to encourage more women to come for
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  that reason really. 100%, yeah. And we're very proud for these
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  events that the Women in Short Term Rentals community is a
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  delivery partner and and helping us to to shape the content and
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  making sure that we deliver as much value as possible for the
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  attendees that are coming along. We should also mention as well
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  the Short Term Accommodation Association, the STAA, they're
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  the strategic partner for these events.
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  So they'll be there and inviting local politicians which which
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  I'm sure will be interesting, lots of people will want to have
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  conversations with so we can explain the benefits of our
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  sector. Price Labs of the title sponsor.
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  And then we're working with various event partners.
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  The first event partner is Speech Retreats in Cornwall and
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  for the next event, Portsmouth, which is the 4th of March, our
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  event partners are both to Isle of Wight businesses, so the
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  Island Holiday Company and Just for You holiday homes in London.
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  It's going to be an event the day after the Short Stay Summit.
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  We take a bit of a break for summer.
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  Then we're in Nottingham with Simply Owners, the direct
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  booking website. In October we're we're with
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  Curated Property in Bath, November with Sykes Holiday
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  Cottages in Chester and then in December with Adore Scotland and
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  the Edinburgh Address in Edinburgh on the 3rd of
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  December. So 7 events all across the
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  country and tickets are just £40 each and if you're a member of
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  Lisa's group you'll be able to get a £10 discount.
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  And I've managed to remember all that off the top of my head, so
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  I'm quite pleased with myself. You can tell I've written this a
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  lot of times. Yeah, I'm pretty impressed.
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  And as you said, I have actually promoted the fact that as I
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  said, you very kindly offered as a discount code for our women.
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  In short, tremendous community that is promoted within our
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  community group. And so I think we've made this a
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  very accessible price and they're going to get a huge
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  amount of value from attending at, you know, at that ticket
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  price. I don't know of any other events
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  that are offering such great value for such as low ticket
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  price. 100% And if Lisa, if people want to join your group,
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  where do they go? So we have two groups actually,
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  we have a Facebook group called Women in Short Term Rentals and
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  we actually have a LinkedIn group called Women in Short Term
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  Rentals too. So either of those groups are
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  accessible depending on what platform is your preferred
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  platform to use. Fantastic, and we'll put the
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  links to those in the show notes so people can sign up if they
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  wish. Lisa, I'm really excited about
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  the first roadshow event, 5th of Feb in Cornwall.
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  Looking set to be a great day. Thanks so much for sharing the
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  five reasons why people will be coming along and for joining us
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  on host Planet Bite Size. Thank you very much for inviting
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  me. Very excited to be part of this.
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  I think it's going to be a great year next year, taking more
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  education out to more business owners.
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  That's exactly what we should be doing.
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  So I'm very pleased to be part of that.
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  All right, that's it for today's episode.
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  My thanks thanks to Lisa for joining us and talking all
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