Lola Retreat: All About Women + Money

by Melanie

In my last post, I mentioned how I was working on something that was BIG. Bigger than myself, bigger than Dear Debt, and majorly scary and exciting.

For the past few months, the brilliant and amazing Emma Pattee aka Emma Lincoln and I have been working on a women + money retreat. We launched last week!

What’s the name?

After many brainstorms and buying a few too many URLs, we settled on the Lola Retreat. Why? Because we wanted something fun, feminine, and unique. We had names that had the word β€œmoney” in it, but the thing is we want to attract all people β€” not just the personal finance choir.

So we got some feedback and we landed on Lola retreat.

I love it because when I think of the word β€œLola”, I think of someone ambitious, cool, fun, and confident. Also, I love the song from Damn Yankees with the lyric β€œWhatever Lola wants, Lola gets.” In my mind, the women we want at this event are women that want to go after everything they want in life. They know that money can help them get there, and getting their finances in formation will help them achieve their goals.

Where is it?

Funny thing. It’s in Portland, Oregon! Yes, where I used to live! Emma lives there and it is an affordable, fun location.

When is it?

Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20, 2017.

Who should come?

Any woman who wants to take control of their finances. Girlbosses looking for support and friendship. Women looking to talk candidly with other women about all things money.

Do you have speakers/an agenda?

We just launched and are working on getting speakers and an agenda ASAP. I can tell you the four core things we are working on are:

  • Love + money
  • Money mindset
  • Earning more
  • Investing

If you’d like to apply to be a speaker, fill out this form.

How much does it cost?

Our regular tickets are $399. Our VIP tickets are $499. If you buy now until April 14 and use LOLAWANTS as the code, you’ll get $100 off the ticket price. This includes all programming and we are covering most food and drink, so you don’t have to worry about that.

Now, let me tell you something. Pricing an event like this was so hard. Like, so freaking hard. We want to provide affordability and value, but yes, we want to make sure we can pay for our expenses and support the event.

We realized we had to walk the walk and talk the talk. We would never ask you to undersell yourselves or undercharge, so we knew we had to settle on a price that made sense with everything we’re offering. In my opinion, it’s still a killer deal.

The networking and learning opportunities alone will be worth an education of a lifetime. And being able to have the conversations about women and money you can’t have anywhere else? Priceless.

Why did you launch Lola?

Emma and I are feminists. There, we said it. We believe in the power of women and we believe women should be equal to men.

Not only that, but we believe that women should have equal access to opportunities as men. We want to fight the gender pay gap, prepare for uncertain times ahead (ahem), and empower women to get in control of their money so they can do whatever they damn please, whenever they damn want.

Money is all about freedom. Control. Access. Choices. Through the Lola retreat, we aim to empower and teach women about money. And there is no better time than now.

Will you join us? If you can’t make it, feel free to share and suggest ideas. We’re open to all kinds of support. xo

Melanie
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19 comments

Mrs. Picky Pincher February 21, 2017 - 2:33 pm

Congrats on the Lola Retreat launch!

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Melanie February 21, 2017 - 2:39 pm

Thank you! I’m so excited about it πŸ™‚

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Shannon @ Financially Blonde February 21, 2017 - 4:47 pm

I am SO proud of you for doing this and can’t wait to attend this amazing event with all of the amazing Lolas that plan to attend!! Congrats my friend!

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Melanie February 21, 2017 - 8:56 pm

Yay!! I can’t wait to have you there. It’s going to be so fun.

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Tonya@Budget and the Beach February 21, 2017 - 10:06 pm

Awesome!!! Can’t wait Melanie!

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Melanie February 21, 2017 - 11:59 pm

Me either. So glad you’ll be there!

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Rachel @ The Latte Budget February 22, 2017 - 7:04 am

What a great idea! Congrats on the launch!

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Melanie February 22, 2017 - 1:20 pm

Thank you for the support!

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Latoya | Life and a Budget February 22, 2017 - 9:39 am

Go Melanie, go Melanie! This is awesome news…congrats!

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Melanie February 22, 2017 - 1:20 pm

Thanks, friend! It’s scary and exciting. I appreciate your support!

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Lisa February 22, 2017 - 10:35 am

This sounds amazing! So excited for you!

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Melanie February 22, 2017 - 1:21 pm

It’s going to be AWESOME! I am excited, too πŸ™‚

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NZ Muse February 22, 2017 - 1:51 pm

Congrats guys! Wish I could be there – I know it will go off like a firecracker.

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Melanie February 23, 2017 - 10:09 am

Thanks for the support! xo

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Donna Freedman February 24, 2017 - 3:01 pm

Really want to go! I’ll be putting together a proposal. I’m excited about the chance to talk with other women about money and life.

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Melanie February 24, 2017 - 5:07 pm

We’d love to have you! Can’t wait to see your proposal πŸ™‚

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Fakefrenchgirl February 28, 2017 - 5:43 am

If I still lived in WA I’d for sure come to this. It sounds awesome. Hope you have a great turnout. I think the price sounds about right for an event like this.

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Melanie February 28, 2017 - 10:08 am

Thanks for the support! πŸ™‚

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ALTCP.org March 8, 2017 - 11:53 pm

Wow, this is very inspiring Melanie! This is a great avenue to expose women to pressing money issues and to help them prepare for these issues and resolve them.

This is great to highlight certain issues like gender pay gap and struggles of women to plan for retirement and their potential long term care and healthcare needs.

Statistics show that women need 3.7 years of care compared to 2.2 years that men need. A study by AARP even shows that there are more than 70% of women in nursing homes today.

The numbers show that they are the ones who will need extended care. Unfortunately, they can’t prepare for this due to variety of reasons like they assume the role of the family caregiver and most women end up leaving the workforce for caregiving duty and with less chance to build a retirement income.

I hope through this, more women will be more proactive when planning for retirement and making sure that they include their potential long term care needs.

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