You’ve personally curated each piece of your unique rental collection. You design incomparable environments for life’s most important moments.
People don’t just want to rent from your warehouse; they want to live in it. Photos of your rare pieces will hang on your clients’ walls for generations. You intentionally create the setting for a lifetime of memories. You are transforming the world’s idea of what event rentals can be.
And we don’t want you to do that alone.
Lend & Gather is designed for boutique event rental professionals by boutique event rental professionals.
Lend & Gather is an opportunity to connect, learn, grow, and be inspired in your niche event rental business. We bring you valuable insights from the best speakers, opportunities to join with other rental professionals who understand your world, and honest answers to the event rental industry’s biggest challenges.
Whether you rent modern modular furniture or vintage flatware, you’ll find education geared specifically to your specialty event rental business. You’ll develop a community that will foster and champion your growth. You’ll discover resources to solve the unique difficulties you experience.
Hosted by RW Elephant, Lend & Gather promises to be an invaluable investment for your boutique event rental business.
“L&G is worth every penny to attend. Being busy with business & family, I want to attend conferences that provide value. I have tried other big name conferences that are lovely for networking, but aren’t necessarily providing insight from industry professionals that apply to rentals. L&G is a niche conference and a must for rental owners.”
Vivant Event Rentals
Perspective Events
“Before Lend and Gather, I felt very isolated as a rental owner/founder and only had a few other rental pros to reach out to for bouncing ideas and issues with. Making connections at Lend and Gather with other rental pros, plus the education I received from attending, not only changed the trajectory of Relics Rentals but it empowered me by gaining me more confidence as the owner to better implement policies and processes into my business in order to move it forward.”
Relics Rentals
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Speakers
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Liene Stevens
Think Splendid
Jamie Trull
Jill Livingston
Eclectic Hive
Dane Sanders
Meghan Ely
OFD Consulting
Chris Taylor
Allison Howell
RW Elephant
Shannel Aiken
Melinda Perry
M2 Exteriors
Shani Gailbreath
Jeff Ginter
Choura Events
Fiffer Raush
Treasured Events
Mike Griffin
Best Tents & Events
Christie Zangrilli
Party at the Moontower Rentals
Cyndi Shifrel
Orlando Marquee & Decor
“I’d recommend Lend and Gather to any boutique event rental professional as it offers industry-specific insights, valuable knowledge through expert-led sessions and great networking opportunity with other like-minded event rental professionals. Attendees truly gain practical tips on topics such as optimizing inventory management, enhancing customer experience, pricing and a variety of other tools to streamline operations.”
Nüage Designs
Founders
Lend & Gather is a one-of-a-kind Conference geared specifically for Boutique Event Rental Businesses. It was proudly co-founded by RW Elephant and Loot Rentals in 2016.
Allison of RW Elephant has always been interested in helping boutique event rental pros do what they love most– make more beauty. That’s why, in 2010, along with her husband Tim, she created a software tool to give rental pros the support they needed to keep track of their inventory and orders in a lovely way. When she had the chance to start a conference specifically for these specialty rental clients with the gals from Loot, she jumped at the chance. Elevating and empowering the niche event rental industry is what she’s all about.
Anna & Rhoda from Loot Rentals are still passionate about elevating the boutique event rental industry and will always be honored as the co-founders of the conference. They’re currently focusing on their own businesses and brands and while they are not active hosts any longer, they are forever champions of the Lend & Gather cause.
RW Elephant continues to host Lend & Gather because the world needs the beautiful events and environments you create. We want to enable you to create more of them!
“After attending Lend & Gather we would whole heartedly recommend event rental pros attending at any stage their current business might be in. There was proof that it can be a helpful and worthwhile tool for all by glancing around the room and seeing those just starting out to those we have admired in the industry. Being somewhere in the middle ourselves we can attest that we would have benefitted from going sooner and continuing on for many more as we grow and learn.”
One Hundred Chairs
Treasury Rentals
“Lend and Gather provided a unique experience to meet like-minded industry specific individuals that are all trying to be better at what we do, find easier or more efficient everyday practices. My favorite thing about L& G is… wow so many things… the people, the food, the fun.. the people!!”
Unearthed Rentals