And you know, it just kinda turned into a couple of years, but the plan was always to move back to Europe at some point. And, um, the plan was never really to stay that long, but she had, she had a good, um, she had a good career going on and, um, I started a little business with her also, and that went pretty well. And I was, yeah, I was pretty keen on going there and spending some time there. And, um, when, when we met, she had just moved back to Kuala Lumpur after some time in the UK. Um, that's where my wife is originally from. So, um, I ended up in and lived there for about six years. I know that you, before you, you have been living in Asia and you had the business in Asia, so what's, uh, what's your can stances convinced you to move from Asia to a small Portuguese village. It's 30 minutes from the Lisbon airport and, and, yeah, I'm just curious how you ended up there. Peter: Uh, you are, you're based in a small coastal town in Portugal called Aerie. And yeah, again, just with the w without any clear information, it was just hard to, to make these crazy decisions. And, um, we did try to focus on like long or midterm rental, but, um, yeah, it was, it was hard to commit to it because obviously you're not making the same kind of revenue that you would do under like a normal operation. Then make some decisions, make some plans. Um, on the only one, he was a little bit clear that, you know, um, this was going to affect pretty much to the whole season, if not like the whole year. That was the most frustrating part we had to be, you know, just kind of passive relief for, I would say the first two or three weeks. And I mean, there was kind of no, um, indication of how long this was gonna take or, you know, so. We did have guests of course, at that at a period already in the lodge and in our apartments, that was kind of slowly fading out. Um, it was very clear that, um, things were going to be shut down.
Um, we were kind of, um, really struggling with the, with the lack of information on, you know, what was, um, what was still allowed. You haven't been trying to figure out like, uh, longterm rentals or. Peter: So, uh, the hospitality business, you basically put on halt and you, you haven't been doing anything like any changes besides of like closing the business. So these, these past, um, six weeks that's, uh, that's what we've been doing. So, um, that took like, um, I would say a solid solid two weeks and, um, So basically we kind of focused our efforts on that because that's the only thing that wasn't really restricted, you know? And, uh, yeah. Like a lot of clothing, soft goods, accessories, all kinds of stuff. But now with this situation, we decided to also then pretty much upload the whole range of products that we have at the shop. Um, we did have the structure there because we were already selling surfboards online and, um, fins and wetsuits. Um, the only thing that we were kind of able to do, uh, to quickly build an online shop for, um, for our surf shop. I mean, besides the obvious lack of revenue is maybe the uncertainty, you know, and like the lack of information to base your decisions on and to, to make any plans, you know, um, it's been a six weeks long kind of. So, um, I would say biggest, um, difficulty here. The shop, our little deli, the restaurant and our bed and breakfast.
Um, it's been about six weeks now since we closed the doors, um, off. Mario: Yeah, challenging times for sure. Mario: business, how was your business impacted by, And now the current hot topic is, uh, is COVID-19 and, and the, the crisis, uh, I think in Portugal where you are based, uh, It has been already like, uh, for last two months impacting, uh, everyday's life.
Peter: we already chatted a bit before, before this podcast a bit prepare for, for this episode. I'm excited to have a little chat with you.
One of the examples is how they collaborate with world's famous shapers and how they host them in Nettie, Sarah. Uh, we discussed with Mario about the impact of COVID-19 on their business, the story of magic fever, also how they do things differently. Each area in Portugal, they have a surf shop, serve logs, vacation rentals, coffee place restaurant, and probably some other things I don't know about. Petrina run a couple of businesses under the umbrella brand Magi Quiver, all of them in a small circle. Peter: This time I'm going to interview Mario from Magic Quiver. And you're listening to another episode of Surpreneurs podcast Transcription (automatic, sorry for typos)
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