Myself and Bec both found ourselves in Cardiff for different reasons. I came to Cardiff on a Tennis scholarship to University at 18 and Bec came to head up a performance tennis programme in Newport at 22.

During the next 10-15 years we both forged successful tennis coaching businesses with ourselves as the brand. Eventually in 2010 our paths met when we began working together in tennis.

Tennis and coaching has always been a huge passion for us both throughout our lives. Tennis coaching brings so many positives, helping individuals to for fill their potential and develop as people is a privilege.

Our years began to take a familiar path.... working 40 hours a week during un-sociable hours in a physically demanding job for the school term and then having a month off and going on an epic adventure.

One of our epic adventures was trekking in Patagonia in 2017. I remember there was a point during that trip where myself and Bec just thought that this kind of lifestyle just wasn’t sustainable. A change was needed….as after all we were not getting any younger.

We sat in a lovely coffee shop in Cardiff and planned our future…what would we do that would mean we could start to have more time enjoying the things we loved to do.

We decided that we would start investing in property and our strategy would be Buy To Let. After a couple of frustrating months we acquired our first property, did a cosmetic refurbishment….mostly ourselves and got tenants in. Quickly the second followed in much the same fashion.

Then we hit a stumbling block….no more money!!!! So we went on search of a strategy that could help with cashflow. On a relative whim we attended a property day early in 2019 that introduced Serviced Accommodation to us. 

We were very excited that this was a strategy that we could make work. So Switchback Stays was born. 

We are lucky that we can both still be involved in our passion of tennis while moving forward with our new passion….Switchback Stays.

2020 has thrown its challenges at us but we have worked hard to use the time wisely and grow our business. We are both looking forward to what the future brings and the world opening back up.