Loving Cats WorldwideReviews of lcwwgroup.com

I was so thrilled when I first discovered the LCWW events…so to be burning this bridge is saying a lot for me. First up- the other vendors and cat owners/breeders are incredibly lovely people. This is a problem with the organisers not the exhibitors. Over the last year I tabled at 5 of their events, and 2 of those I barely made table costs back let alone hotel/travel/stock. They take vendors money, with no curation at all. Ali express resellers, AI apps, they don’t care, they just want the money. Judges for the cat competitions haven’t been paid, and it seems like they just start up in a new country every time people catch on to the scam. (They’re hitting Australia next year). As much as I love seeing all the cats, it’s just not worth it as a vendor, we small creative businesses need to be careful with our time and money! My first inkling of things going wrong was the Manchester June event. With two dates and venue changes it was a mess with very little footfall, and no one even on the door… The next chaos event was Stoneleigh in September with less than 100 tickets sold and a completely empty venue. Then there was the event booked for the NEC in Birmingham event that was moved 80 miles south to an empty agricultural barn in the middle of nowhere with no heating… The final straw was the London event. When booking it back in august, it was set for February 2025 at the London Olympia. Then I noticed that the Olympia part had been removed from their website in some places and that there still hadn’t been any advertising by late December… Most events like this will advertise well in advance (cat show live are already advertising for their September 2025 show!) When I contacted the main vendor contact in the UK, she told me she’d be surprised if the London event was even in London at all! So I requested a refund December 14th which they said would be issued by December 20th, on which date they informed me that operations had moved to Portugal (?!!) and to give them all my bank details etc and address. I immediately did but the refund still hasn’t been actioned…and what’s worse is that they’ve not responded to any emails since. The link to buy tickets for the London event led to an error page as of last weekend and vendors still don’t have an update for the venue. Wait - as of this morning there’s a new venue for London and new dates…it’s now on a Friday and Saturday valentines weekend, meaning hotels will be impossible to book. Oh and vendors still haven’t had an official email about the venue change. There’s only one official LCWW event planned in the UK this year, the others being advertised are now being run by smaller companies made of vendors and judges…something isn’t right. So basically- avoid. It’s a scam, exploiting small businesses and cat lovers.

We were looking forward to the Newbury event. Unfortunately it was held in a cold warehouses with no opportunities to buy a hot drink or a snack, although strangly you could buy a bottle of gin! Nice to see the loverly cats but it was mostly stalls selling stuff. Only worth seeing for a couple hours at most. Definitely no point buying a weekend ticket. Also confused because we were asked on entry if we had paid for parking. And as no mention of this when booking we obviously said no. It's normally free at Newbury showground

We were so disappointed with our visit to the Newbury show this weekend.. (once we finally found it!!) there was NO sign posting, we only managed to find it because a local happened to know where it was. First of all it was freezing, basically in a large cattle shed, the place had no atmosphere, it was mostly empty and had no entertainment. The competitors and their cats were lovely and let us see and pet their cats but other than that, just a lot of over priced cat toys and no clear structure to the day. My 2 young children we freezing not to mention the poor little kitties having to endure the cold temperatures all weekend! Not even anywhere to get a cup of tea!! Thank goodness I thought of bringing sandwiches for my kids. The catwalk was 40 mins late to start, which was probably the only enjoyable part of the show. After that we left and couldn't wait to warm up in the car!! Sorry we won't be back again and I wouldn't recommend it.

Brought tickets for the december birmingham show at nec ordered these in may 2024. I was emailed a few weeks ago to say the venue has changed...nowhere near birmingham but 80 miles away! I have requested a refund..quite a reasonable request... have contacted the company 5 times. I was promised a refund today..still nothing! Avoid.

I went to the Liverpool LCWW show and was really disappointed. I've been to locally run cat shows where they charge only £5 to get in, and so when I saw that this was £25 I was expecting a lot more. This event charges about as much as Crufts to get in! We were hugely disappointed because there was actually less going on than smaller cat shows. When we first entered the building, the hall was so sparse that I thought there was more than one room for the event. There were only a dozen or so vendors who were selling generic tat and 5 stations in the middle for judging. There were also only a dozen or so cats there, and only about 4 different breeds. Most of the people there with cats didn't really seem interested in speaking with people and kept to themselves. It was incredibly hard to hear the judges, and there was no programme so you had no idea what it was you were watching them judge. All in all I was hugely disappointed and really upset that I wasted so much money taking my family.

I have had the same experience. Purchased tickets for the event due to take place 16th June. When the date was changed to June 1st & 2nd I asked for a refund as we will be unable to attend. Have sent 4 emails which have not even been acknowledged. I am aware they have a non refundable ticket policy except in the event of a cancellation. They have, in effect, cancelled the event I purchased tickets for, and I would never have bought tickets had the dates had been advertised as 1/2 June at the outset. Update; I did, in the end, get a refund. Their email notifying me of this arrived the day after I had posted a letter to them at the address given in their advertisements. The following day my letter was returned to me by the company at that address, since the LCWW Group weren't at the address!

Avoid this company at all costs. Originally bought tickets in Jan for their Manchester show. Received an email few months later to say that they’ve changed the date, time and the venue which meant I could no longer attend. Sent an email to customer service requesting a refund but have been ignored. I’ve sent several emails now and all have been ignored, however I did receive another email to let me the know the date, time and venue have venue changed again! From reading reviews here and on Reddit it looks like the company is notorious for changing the date, time and venue several times and ignoring refund requests. Save your money.

Absolute scam. Paid for tickets which they didn't even check. Was so crowded and took us 90 mins to see everything, even with the crowds. Have emailed company to see if I can get a refund as paid about 60 pounds for 4 tickets and was not impressed. Couldn't see the cats being judged nor hear the judges, and there weren't that many cats either, lots of empty spaces where the cats would be. Facebook and their website is falsely advertising it as something 'extravagant' which it is not. Its not much better than that Willy Wonka immersive experience scandal in Scotland!