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Errands, personal/office assistance, concierge services... is this a marketable service for today`s commuter who spends 3 hours of the day travelling to and from work?  What kind of services do you think commuters would be willing to pay a concierge business to do?  I have picked out just a few to offer like: dry cleaning, runs to grocery stores, the mall, returns/exchanges, post office, dinner pickups. When the commuter finally return to the bus depot at night he/she picks up their dry cleaning, dinners, purchases and goes straight home without making any stops.

I am interested in feedback of  what  types of services would be valuable to commuters or non-commuters alike.  With 50% of the population living alone today, people are running errands either on work time, at lunch time or on the weekends plus doing  household chores.  Then there`s the single parents who have even less time for themselves.I have to give a presentation to the Bus Authority`s Board of Directors soon and I would appreciate feed back on what you think  should be included in this presentation.  Any services that you can think of that you would be willing to hire a concierge to do and how much you would be willing  to pay?  Also opinions on client retainer accounts for purchases and pre-paid blocks of concierge time that comes discounted? Is that something you would be interested in?  Appreciate all comments given,

thank you!

My dog recently passed away but while she was sick, I needed someone to watch her occasionally and I would have paid someone, had I found anyone. Letting a dog out occasionally or dog-sitting for a few hours would be a great additional service.