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Cottage Life Show Round-Up
By CottageGuru | April 1, 2008
‘This is wild!’ I heard one exhibitor say around noon on Sunday, and I was in full agreement.
I’ve been going to the Spring Cottage Life Show in Toronto for over 8 years, initially as a visitor, and for the past few years as an exhibitor. This Show gets better every year, and when the organisers release the visitor figures, I wouldn’t be surprised to find this past weekend saw record attendees.
The Cottage Life Show has become so much more than an exhibition - it’s a real event that keeps visitors occupied for hours. This year, I loved the Dock Dogs - sponsored by Bark & Fitz - a competition to find the dog who could leap the furthest off the dock into the water. It was great fun and sure attracted the crowds.
Sadly, I couldn’t take part in the Dock Party since our booth was so busy, but it seemed to be a popular meeting venue. There were plenty of people taking some time out to fantasise about the possibility that summer is really on the way.
I was delighted to see so many people I knew, many of whom came along to my presentations in the Cottage Seminar area, I’d like to thank those of you who attended. And, of course, our booth was packed most of the weekend with owners who already rent out or are thinking about it, and plenty of people looking for a rental property.
One of the great benefits of being an exhibitor is that we get to meet so many other cottage product and service suppliers over the weekend. Over the rest of this week I’m going to feature a few of them - those that stood out and made me go back more than once to their booth. These are:
- a great way of tackling the mice at the cottage
- sandblasted cottage signs
- a hand carved signpost to hang your sign from
- ways of financing your cottage purchase and managing your money
- Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre
- amazing hand crafted coffee and side tables
- Boater Exam - a reminder that you’ll need to do this before next year
Watch out for my daily reviews all week.
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