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Rhonni

@rhonni.bsky.social

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Renaissance Festival Expert and Empire Builder https://rhonni.com/link-in-bio/

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Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 8h

Every unwritten rule is a landmine for the next Renfaire leader.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 10h

Survival at a Renfaire is duct tape. Sustainability is foresight.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 12h

Delegation at the Renfaire isn’t weakness—it’s survival.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 15h

Pinball Placement Theory is how you stop guessing and start designing guest flow at the Renfaire.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 17h

Counting on duct tape and burlap to hold a booth together at the Renfaire will always cost more in vendors, sleep, and office legacy.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 1d

Never confuse opening day adrenaline with preparation for a Renfaire show.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 1d

At TRF, I ran 9 restaurants with 130 staff. One person can’t hold all those reins.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 1d

If guests keep missing a booth at the Renfaire, it’s not bad luck—it’s bad layout.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 1d

Crises at the Renfaire taught me some of the best lessons as a business owner—namely, build systems to prevent them.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 1d

The best faires feel like magic.
But they run like clockwork.
You don’t have to invent clockwork from scratch.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 2d

The wrong booth in the wrong Renfaire corner can kill guest flow.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 2d

Ticketing chaos at a Renfaire becomes refund chaos.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 2d

If your Renfaire booth feels like a dungeon, your vendor will act like a prisoner.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 2d

A Renfaire marketplace manager is part landlord, part peacekeeper, part therapist.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 2d

A crooked path may look quaint to guests. To Renfaire vendors, it’s a nightmare.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 3d

Community goodwill is PR a Renfaire can’t buy.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 3d

Period tents collapse at Renfaires without modern stakes. Balance is key.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 3d

Renfaire vendor conflicts rarely start at load-in. They start in contracts.

Rhonni @rhonni.bsky.social · 3d

Every cannon blast at a Renfaire is louder for management than for guests.