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 February-March, 2009 Branson, Missouri Settle Inn (Stone Castle) Theme: DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
Status: A SUCCESS!! Testimonials Survey Testimonies for Death by Chocolate Feb. 26-March 1, 2009 Branson Missouri We gave our scrappers an extensive survey on the last day of our retreat!! We wanted to share the highlights with all of you!! We asked for both the good and the bad; to help us improve our future retreats!! At the bottom are even more great comments that our scrappers shared with us! We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did!! What did you like best about our retreat? - Clean, comfortable scrapping space; plenty of snacks & drinks; on-site store; good meals;
- Very well organized; the giveaways (obviously!!);
- Everything was so well organized and the little details taken care of!! I felt pampered;
- The classy, pampered feeling. The massage was a nice touch;
- The crop room was open 24-7; snacks 24-7; the all-inclusive feature was the clincher when we registered;
- Being able to leave our stuff out the whole weekend;
- The theme & the giveaways; the enthusiasm of the staff; the warm & fuzzy feeling, freedom and friendliness;
- The contests; Tish was so friendly and I was impressed that she could remember our names;
- Great organization, especially with the food, gifts and décor; the friendly people who are “nutz” and addicted to scrapbooking like me;
- The relaxed atmosphere; everything;
- The safe room that was open 24-7, we didn’t have to worry about our safety or the safety of our stuff.
- How welcome you made me feel; loved the make-n-takes.
- The family hospitality; chocolate; endless drinks and snacks; table space awesome.
- The manner in which you coordinated the theme and carried it out in all aspects!
- Where do you start….AMAZING! You are very talented and I’ve had a wonderful weekend!
- The details!! Lids & straws, all the little signs and chocolate info and on and on!
- The goodies and contests! Loved it!
- The friendliness, well planned! The chocolate.
- Having the room to set up all my stuff and use it anytime; I wanted to take all the classes!!
- The attention to all the little details!
- It seemed like every need was anticipated.
- Everything! The retreat was well thought out and planned! Loved all the details
- All the details; make-n-takes; centerpieces; the catered dinner; 10% off at the local store; perfect number of ladies.
- The little gifts we all got; all the space.
- All the individual people I met.
- Everything! The gifts were great; refreshment table was awesome, classes were fun (including the make-n-take).
- All the prizes/goodies; I can tell you spent time and effort planning; enjoyed seeing other scrappers techniques.
- The friendly staff; the itinerary, that we could come and go as we pleased; the CHOCOLATE!!
- The people!
- Everything was perfect!!
- Size; not too many scrappers; great personal attitude of staff.
- Friendliness of the staff.
- The people! You were all fantastic
- The atmosphere! It was so exciting and comfortable! I had a blast!
- You! Everything!
- Everything was great! Location; set-up; food; activities; gifts; the best I have been to so far!!
- All the friendly and heartwarming hosts; everything was always there!
- Lots of prizes (for everyone); fantastic meals; Tish!; sleeping room close to scrap room.
- Helpfulness of all and personal touches and of course the gifts.
- Everything! Mostly that it was small and personable.
- Meeting you and your caring family—you made us feel like apart of your family!
What did you like least about our retreat? - Packing it all up and leaving; saying goodbye!
- Nothing! I liked it all!
- The walking a ways to eat; whenever I had to stop scrapping
- Nothing, really!
- The breakfast options; next time I don’t want to be by the door because I was cold.
- That you didn’t start doing these (retreats) until now!
- Sitting across from my friend, instead of next to.
- I had absolutely no bad moments
- Going to the different buildings
- Traveling from building to building to eat and for the classes
- The weather
- The breakfast, but I am sure that was the hotel and not Top That!
- I felt intimidated by a few of the scrappers who were taking up more than their share of space
- It got a little crowded with the extra tables, but we made it work!
- Nothing!
- It being cold outside, but it didn’t mess up the retreat at all!
- Needed a bit more healthy snacks
- Breakfast
- It wasn’t long enough
- Meals were too far away; but not a big deal & I know you couldn’t help that!
- Can’t think of anything!
- One particular group was loud and not respectful of other people
- It wasn’t long enough
- My belly hurt from all the sweets!! You did great, can’t wait for 2nd one!
- The hike to the food and classes, poor lighting in classrooms, maybe limit contests to one category per person?
- The walking to food and classes
- Having to go to different building to eat and for classes
- My only complaint is that you haven’t done this before now!!
- The small work surfaces in classrooms
- I cannot think of one thing----honest!
- The classroom needs to be bigger and better lit
- Walking to the restaurant to eat
- Breakfast—I would pay more for a better (hot) breakfast
- Missing breakfast because I couldn’t get my butt out of bed! The hotel keys were somewhat hard to work; having to walk between buildings to eat and for classes
- It ruined my diet!
- Going from building to building
- Nothing!
- The classes—Instructors were very good, but I would prefer to learn a technique I could use in my scrapbook!
We asked our scrappers to rate our retreat on a scale from 1-10 with 10 being decadently Deliciously Done? We added all of our ratings and averaged out at 9.85!! ******************** More wonderful comments from our very satisfied scrappers!! I loved the Pay Pal payment options on the website! It made budgeting the fees easy and I didn’t spend my money I had stored in a jar, so to speak—It was all taken care of a little at a time. Would love to wear names tags at the next one! Music would be nice. Everyone has been extremely helpful, kind and encouraging. You can sense there was a lot of love and thought put into this weekend! You did a superb job! Thanks again! Thank you for all the hard work…Can’t wait for the next retreat!! I think you did a wonderful job!! Tish’s husband and the husband at Scrapbooks Forever were both so kind and helpful. Enjoyed meeting all the new women Loved it!! Amazing compared to the last retreat I attended! You guys were the best!! Everything was great!! Can’t TOP THAT!! You are great, fun people. Love you all my new friends! You are great!! Looking forward to the next retreat!! Everyone was so kind! Thanks for everything! This was my first retreat! It will be hard to beat! Thank you so much for a great experience! I didn’t have a round table, but I don’t think I would have enjoyed one! This was great retreat—the best I have been to so far! I didn’t feel like an outcast-as we have felt like that at other retreats! Your staff was superb! You did a great job…I can’t find a thing to complain about! Loved everything! The relaxed attitude was very nice! Great job on your first retreat!! It was awesome, please do it again SOON! Loved that it was close to a scrap store and a Wal-Mart! Loved the free class, good chance to learn something new! Everything was yummy!! If there is such a thing as too welcoming, too loving, too caring, then you are guilty!!!!!! You are all over-achievers, show offs and smarty pants!! Heheheheheehe! Great Job! Congratulations!! You did awesome! This was my first 3 day retreat and I am sure none would be better! You did a fabulous job! The whole “top that!” staff was so nice and friendly! We loved Tim—man of the house. We (I) felt freedom, safe and just relaxed and happy! Thank you all soooooo much! Love you guys!! No detail un-attended to!! I loved where we sat, and who we sat with, hope to do so again next year! This was the best retreat I have EVER been to!! Sell t-shirts at next retreat! You had me in tears on the last day!! I totally enjoyed this event! It was perfect, we made lots of new friends! You all deserve a vacation! Snacks and drinks were over the Top! You were great!! What a great 1st retreat for both of us!! Truly Amazing!! I am so IMPRESSED!! Since this was the very first Top That! Scrapbook Retreat, my daughter and I had some reservations about attending! All hesitation was quickly put to rest when we arrived at the retreat. The room was beautifully decorated with plenty of scrapping space for everyone! When we needed scrapping supplies, we found the on-site store to be very well stocked and when we were hungry or thirsty, we had more options than our hometown grocery provides. My daughter has to carefully monitor her sugar intake and expected to have limited snack choices. Instead, some of the many snacks she could choose from were fruit, nuts, trail mix and wide variety of 100-calorie snacks and sugar-free chocolate. The meals were tasty and plentiful. For three days we wanted for nothing. The other things that stood out to us were the attention to detail and how well-organized the event was. At no time during the entire weekend did we feel any confusion or stress. Everything was well-planned and the plan was very well executed. The Top That! Staff was prepared, extremely helpful and fun to be around! All in all, we cannot imagine attending a better scrapbook retreat than this one! We cannot wait for the next one!
Thank you to all my wonderful scrappers for sharing your comments, good and bad! They will sure help us at our next retreat!! I really enjoyed reading through them all. You all made me and my staff feel so wonderful!! Thank you! Scrapbooks Forever-(Branson, Missouri)!! Provided our on-site store for our Death by Chocolate retreat We asked our scrappers what they liked best about Krista and her on-site crop room store. Here’s what they said: Great selection of Bazzill to coordinate with just about anything - It looked like an actual store set-up
Handy, friendly, affordable, good variety All good! The accessibility and ease of purchasing (running a tab), selection pretty good The selection Being able to purchase product as I needed I thought it was great, you were so helpful and I loved how you used your products and gave us a demo upon request New stuff I hadn’t seen Thanks for being there—would like to see more stuff Great supply Your willingness to take orders and get things from your retail store location and liked being able to run tab. If you didn’t have it here you had it brought over The variety, the discount, easy check-out, Krista very helpful Variety available and running tab The lady was so nice, her willingness to get what we wanted Availability and cardstock A lot of variety for the small space she had to work with Well organized Running a tab, her willingness to get product from her store Convenience and good prices Great essentials All the selections were great, the bringing of product from store You can't bring everything, thank goodness I would be broke! Easy access The willingness to accommodate everyone’s needs and wants It was here! It had everything and her husband was helpful at her retail location Loved it! Krista’s store is wonderful and loved that it was so close to the hotel!
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