Episode 1: Maintenance Jobs You Never Trained For🔧 🎯 Sector Insight Running a glamping site isn’t just about bunting and bliss. It’s about reputation, resilience, and repair jobs you never saw coming. This series lifts the canvas flap on the real-world skills operators develop — often under pressure, occasionally in wellies. 🔧 Maintenance Jobs You Now Do Without Flinching 🛁 Spa WhispererDiagnosing hot tub mood swings with the nuance of a marriage counsellor. Cloudy water? Damp flue? Guest glitter? I now speak fluent tub. 💡 Fairy Light TherapistResponding to 11:42pm texts about rogue twinkle lights. My toolkit: head torch, cable ties, and a deep breath. 🚽 Drain Rod GladiatorUnclogging compost loos that have met baby wipes and prosecco. No further comment. 🌧️ Mud StrategistDeploying gravel and bark chips like a mini Highways Agency. Guests want rustic, not swampy. 🧵 Canvas SurgeonRepairing tent flaps in horizontal rain. Guests dry, dignity damp. 🔥 Boiler DiplomatCoaxing passive-aggressive water heaters back to life. Sometimes with whispered threats. 🪣 Why It Matters Maintenance isn’t just reactive — it’s reputational. It’s where your values show up in the grit. Transparent pricing, ethical business, and guest-led design are all well and good… until the compost loo rebels or the fairy lights go existential. 📣 Coming Soon Episode 2: Guest Impact & Peace keeping Because sometimes you’re not just a host — you’re a UN envoy with bunting.

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What a first week we are up to 27 members and some great input. As you all know this is a brand new journey for me and probably all of you I hope you enjoy the ride so far. I have been engaging with a number of other Skool users on other sites learning how they run their communities and some great advice, thanks @Chris Jeub and @datwan-luckie-3607. @Chris Shackelford @Jacob Ryan @Simon Pickstone @Ian Alderson @Sara Thomas @Lynda Draper @Kerry Roy @Amelia Haswell @Claire Passos @Adrian Pickard @Yaseen Khalid @Phoebe Woodbine @Simon John Pickstone @Katie Davis-Milnes @Lewis OSullivan @Richard Lewis @Mark Scott @Marie Barber @Andy Gabel @Dan Kelly @Paul Watling @Vicki Jones @Matt Kerry I would real like any feedback or suggestions as we grow, the aim is to help each other and other glamping sites to grow and where possible avoid some of the stumbling blocks we all have faced. Unlike a number of other skool communities I am starting the classroom element from scratch, no YouTube back catalogue to draw on so please bear with me and have a little chuckle as mistakes are made. Thank you so much once again James

We are in what is described in the Ski world as the 'inter-season' very few bookings and unpredictable weather. It is the time when the sensible creatures in the world go into hibernation. For Glamping sites it is the time for reflection on what went well and not so well in 2025 and what to focus and prioritise for 2026. My list looks a bit like this from a purely practical perspective. 1. keep everything standing, do repairs to weather damaged structures, fingers crossed for no snow bombs or ultra wind events. 2. look after the pennies, no big investments till the bookings and payments start rolling in again. 3. Upgrades, our first port of call is what can we do to the current estate to improve it? there are the coats of paint and up dating fixtures and fittings, but are any of our units tired or coming to the end of there productive life. On this note, we will be changing the canvas roof on one to a shingle roof to improve the integrity and reduce my sleepless nights. Another unit due to winter condensation hasn't been used so we will be adding insulation and larch cladding. 4. New stuff, these tend to be the expensive items, we have been talking about adding a sauna for multiple use and putting in a plunge pool next to our stream. the work for them would start in March but the planning is being done now. 5. Review of all 'online' pages for accuracy, pricing corrections and picture up dates. This one quite often falls into the wait for a rainy day, it is a pain. Especially when you have multiple OTA's, a website, all your social media pages. It can be emotional when you realise you have to reduce the number of pets you now have. 6. Insurance renewals, and other admin stuff I would love to know whether your lists are similar or if you have anything to add.

I love cooking and baking, specifically sourdough. So I combine my love of bread making with our glamping business and offer loaves to the guests and all our breakfasts include a few slices of my finest. Today's creations