“My husband and I really enjoyed the show at Exeter today, it was very good. I have some comments if you don’t mind. We had not known anything about the show until last night when I was reading the Waitrose weekly newspaper which had a mention of it in the ”Whats on’ section. We live in East Devon and I would suggest advertising in the local ‘freebie’ papers, also because the show was new to Exeter people had not got used to looking out for it.

We liked the friendly relaxed atmosphere, especially with many areas where we could sit and take the weight off our feet! This also gave us a chance to read some of the leaflets we had been given and then return to a particular exhibitor to get more info. At most of other shows one goes home absolutely exhausted as there is nowhere to sit except outside on the steps - especially if you have your own ‘picnic’ which we like as my husband is diabetic and food at shows is not usually suitable.

We particularly enjoyed the Dawlish Dancers, they were so good, also the Abba singers. All dances and fashion shows were very good. The seminars were excellent, we attended five of them between us; it was unfortunate that the speakers - doctors etc. had to try to speak with competition from the sounds of Abba and other music and it made it difficult for people to hear- not sure what you can do about that! But it was really useful and thank you for the opportunity to hear these people speak and it was obvious that they answered many concerns that people have in later life. It surprised us that Diabetes UK was not an exhibitor as Diabetes is always in the news these days and so many people need advice about managing it. Oh and feet care too would be useful!

The Show enabled ‘providers’ and the public to talk together in an friendly and informal way to inform us of of their products. However well done for putting on a really good, informative and happy show. We will certainly look out for it again and recommend it to our friends. We came home and sat down with a ‘cuppa’ and to have an interesting read of these leaflets we were given. Thanks again for an enjoyable day.” Mrs Diana N. - East Devon

Exhibitor feedback:

“An excellent show which was really well organised and had a steady flow of visitors. Would definately exhibit again.” McCarthy & Stone

“This type of show works for us. Exeter opened up a new market which we hope will grow. We felt that the show more than met our expectations and we would be happy to rebook based on our experience.” Malcolm Peasnall, The Independent Traveller

“The first 50+ Show we have been involved with and we were very haopy with the way it was organised. Very profession people to deal with and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you.” Burfield Financial Planning Ltd