Part 3: Installation of camping-type guest facilities.

Castle Thornwood Presents:

Package I: A Little Bit of Yore

Package II: A Day of Yore

Package III: King Arthur and Guinevere’s Woodland Holiday

Castle Thornwood presents Days of Yore

Package II:

Castle Thornwood Presents: A Day of Yore

Groups of 4 to 8 people for a 6 hour block of time; garb for loan or purchase; includes one meal and assorted activities and entertainments.

Setup:

• Cooking/activity/bad weather pavilion

• Open space for activities
• Archery area
• Outhouse
• Shower
• Woodland trail
• Bocce ball area
• Tables, chairs, clothes storage
• Kitchen

We have:

• Wood cook stove
• Tables, chairs
• Archery equipment
• Woodland trail
• Clothing
• Place settings and utensils
• Cookware
• Plans for outhouse
• Shower water containers
• Towels, washcloths

We need:

• Fire retardant/rain proof pavilion designed/built to accommodate a smoke pipe (Tent Smiths Rectangular Marquee (http://www.tentsmiths.com/), 20'x30', $2655 plus shipping)
• Mosquito Magnet (near area mosquito population reducer, $1050 plus shipping plus propane for operation)
• Archery targets (canvas bags with cloth scrap stuffing for targets, $30 for material)
• Bocce ball set ()
• Clothes storage (wooden clothes racks with cloth dust cover (two sheets), $40 for materials)
• Outhouse materials ($60 wood, $10 concrete, $20 surface treatments, $20 pipes, $20 assorted hardware (hinges, clamps), $20 window, $60 finishing touches (nice toilet seats and covers, curtain for the window, candle holders, candles, fire extinguisher, hand washing stand, bowl and pitcher, towels, toilet paper)) ($210)
• Shower facility (ask Brett about borrowing/renting his round pavilion)

Total=$3985 approximate known cost

Marketing:

• Posters placed in every allowable public place, especially during Iditarod Days in Wasilla
• Posters: general, mother/daughter day, father/son day, dance day
• Newspaper write-up for Daily News (Eight), Frontiersman, and Miner
• Personal invitations to staff writers of the newspapers, radio and television personalities and news departments
• Invitations to scout troops
• Invitations to summer programs, vacation bible schools, churches
• Brochure for the Tourist Information Cabin in Anchorage, and the Visitors' Information place in Palmer and Wasilla
• Brochure, poster, and write-up for government agencies having to do with tourism

Business:

• Sole proprietor
• QuickBookPro bookkeeping ($160 at Costco)
• Website
• Business account at DenaliAlaskan Federal Credit Union
• Business license as Castle Thornwood
• Financing through ?
• $47.95/person (including tax, if there is one) x 8 people = $383.60, minus tax = approximately $320, 4 people = $160
• June 15 to Sept. 15 = 3 months: say 4 people 4 x / month 3 months = $1920; say 8 people 4 x / month 3 months = $3840; say 8 people 8 x / month 3 months = $7680
• Reservations only

Package III:

Castle Thornwood Presents: King Arthur and Guinevere's Woodland Holiday

Groups of 4 to 8 people per weekend: Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon; garb (for loan or purchase), meals, activities and entertainments provided.

Setup: all previous, plus:

• Sleeping pavilions

• Bonfire area with seating and fire safety equipment
• Looms, spinning wheel

We need:

• Sleeping pavilions: 4 Medieval Double Belled Wedge tents with awnings for their doors (Tent Smiths (http://www.tentsmiths.com/), 12'x20', fire retardant/rain proof, $590eax4=$2360, plus some for stripes, scallops, and finials), floors $100 ea. = $400 (total about $3000)
• Beds: 4 Queen size with Sealy Posturepedic or equivalent mattress sets, flocked single size air mattresses for additional persons (storage under the main bed), high thread count sheet sets, blankets and comforters and pillows ($2000/set = $8000)
• Toilets: wooden "thrones" with honey-bucket style composting toilet inserts (practically odor free, we already have proto-types that we've used for two years, to be cleaned daily by employees), built and trimmed for comfort and aesthetic pleasure. (or possibly commercially available ones) ($)
• Clothes storage units (simple hanging racks with shelves to start; armoires at some point in time) ($)
• Pitcher & bowl sets, towel sets, soaps, toiletries ($)
• Reading lights, wastebaskets, mirrors ($)
• Mosquito netting ($)
• Employees: cook ($1600/mo), 3 others ($1200/mo/ea), May through September = $26,000 in wages for the summer
• Employee garb = $1800
• Garb: about $150 per set, 3 sets per person, 8 people = $3600, x 3 different sizes = $10,800
• Stainless steel cookware ($)
• Sets of place settings and utensils ($)
• Table cloths, napkins, table candles and holders ($)
• Fire extinguishers ($)
• Archery sets ($)
• Viking loom: timber frame upright; drop spindles for spinning (maybe one spinning wheel) (materials available onsite)
• Horse and handler rental reservations: 4 horses for 3 hours every weekend ($)
• Falconer demonstration every weekend ($)
• Combat and armor demonstration several weekends ($)
• Dancers and dance instruction several weekends ($)
• Musicians every weekend ($)

(total about $50,000)

Marketing: all previous, plus:

• Write-ups to Alaskan magazines: Alaska Magazine, Alaskan Men
• Write-ups to travel magazines
• Write-ups to major outside newspapers
• Personal invitations to travel agency representatives
• Personal invitations to celebrities
• Talk, brochures and posters to B&B associations and reservation services about our facility

Business:

• Possibly incorporate
• Hire a bookkeeper
• Move business account to a bank
• $500/person/weekend, 8 people/weekend, 20 weekends = $80,000 (4 people/weekend = $40,000)
• Mon - Thurs nights: $100/night/couple, no activities beyond what is permanently set up during the day, garb rental $20/outfit
• "A Day of Yore" groups still available for weekdays and unbooked weekends, 10 to 20 people per group
• Reservations only