WHISPERING
TO HOSTS

“When bookings collapsed after years of full calendars, I inverted everything I thought I knew about hosting.”

How It Began

Hosting isn’t what it used to be - and that might be a good thing.

In late 2022, I stood at the cliff edge of the bookings threshold and stared at something I hadn’t seen in years: empty dates.

After a long run of near-100% occupancy, the calendar was suddenly bare.
I knew the staycation boom had been an anomaly - an upward spike on the graph.
What we were facing now looked like the opposite: where supply and demand had traded places.

So I flipped the perspective.
If the old rules no longer worked, what would happen if I tore up my own playbook?

Where we once demanded seven-night stays, we tried single nights.
Where dogs had once been a complication, we opened the door.
Where changeovers were rigid, we made them fluid.

We said yes more often, expanded to new markets, improved our digital presence, and made the cabins more adaptable for the future.
In essence, we rewrote our own rulebook - moving from control to connection.

That shift - from rigidity to rhythm, from features to feeling - is where The Guest Whisperer began.

Single nights instead of rigid weeks.
Connection instead of control.

That experiment — the act of unlearning — became The Guest Whisperer: a way of hosting that goes deeper than logistics, into presence, rhythm, and memory.

Why TGW Exists for Hosts

Hosts are diverse — teachers, doctors, chefs, farmers — each bringing their own lived wisdom to the role. But the landscape has changed.

In a time when hospitality risks becoming efficient but empty, TGW helps hosts reconnect with meaning and make calm, confident decisions about their next chapter.

Because hospitality isn’t performance — it’s presence.

For Hosts Who Want to Go Deeper

TGW isn’t about SEO tricks or cleaning hacks. It’s about cadence, clarity, and creating moments guests remember - not because everything was perfect, but because it was profoundly felt.

When you’re tired, disheartened, or unsure if your effort still matters, you don’t need another checklist - you need a mirror.

“Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.””

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Every host reaches that moment — when bookings slow, energy dips, and you start to wonder: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Our Decision Fatigue Tool helps you pause before you pivot. Part workbook, part mirror, it’s designed to help you see your hosting life more clearly — where the joy still lives, where the drain begins, and where change might actually mean rest.

For those who’ve poured years of care into their places, the answer isn’t simple.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? was created for that moment — a reflective print tool for hosts at a crossroads, designed to bring clarity without rushing the process.

It’s printed, not digital, because this kind of thinking deserves to be slow.
Through a series of prompts and reflections, it helps you line up your Guest North Star (the unchanging truths of hospitality: to make people feel safe, seen, and satisfied) with your Host Razor (your own values and boundaries — how you offer care).

As the song goes, “If I go there will be trouble, if I stay it will be double.”
That tension — the fear of change, the weight of what’s been built, the whisper of something new — is what Should I Stay or Should I Go? helps you untangle.

Its three possible outcomes — Stay, Reflect, or Go — each lead somewhere purposeful: deepening your craft, rebalancing your energy, or shaping a graceful exit with gain imagined rather than loss.

Because the best decisions in hosting aren’t made from panic or fatigue — they’re made from truth-seeking.

“This indecision’s bugging me.”

The Clash, 1982

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

How TGW Helps Hosts

What TGW Is — and Isn’t

TGW isn’t a coaching programme or a quick-fix method.
It’s a collection of ideas, tools, and gatherings designed to restore your connection to why you began hosting in the first place.

  • A short reflective download to help you slow down and reset.

  • A beautifully designed, print-on-demand guide that brings clarity through slow thinking and honest reflection.

  • Two gathering events at Bowcombe Boathouse in South Devon for reflective hosts — part retreat, part workshop — featuring guest speakers, sensory learning, and the art of emotional hospitality.

Start here…