🪓 Calling All Arborists – What Do You Want to See at an Arb Exhibition? 🌳

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Maybe some way of attracting more women (wives and girlfriends)

 

 

Pay attention mate, Sviatoslav is already taking care of that aspect 

[sime42]

6 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Maybe some way of attracting more women (wives and girlfriends)

 

 

 

Such as?

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

6 hours ago, Jonesie said:

You need to make the stands reasonably priced, and the beers and food need to be good and fairly priced too.

A strong focus on the social side is essential — an evening with a bar open until very late around a big fire would be perfect.

 

The social aspect is what people will look forward to, remember, and come back for — something no one else really does, apart from when I ran the FRJ show.

 

The focus needs to be on the visitors; if you get that right, the stands will fill up naturally.

But also remember, from an exhibitor’s point of view, before they even pay for the plot, they’ll already be facing costs of £2–5k or more for marquees, transport, staff, hotels, etc.

 

It’s going to be difficult, as you’ll need to cover costs while keeping things reasonably priced. Without the numbers, it just won’t happen.

 

Also, security is always an issue with theft, so that needs to be taken into account.

 

 

James and Ollie I suggest getting in touch with Justin (Jonesie on here) and bouncing ideas around.

 

His shows are part of arb legend.

[josharb87]

14 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

James and Ollie I suggest getting in touch with Justin (Jonesie on here) and bouncing ideas around.

 

His shows are part of arb legend.

ditto, Justin’s shows were ace, bit of a blur though 🤣