Monday, August 10, 2009
How Can a “Concierge” Help My Household?
You can trace the word “concierge” back to the 12th century in France. Most of us think of a concierge as that person that sits at the desk and helps hotel visitors make dinner reservations or organizes sightseeing tours. However, the concept of a concierge has evolved over time to become more like a personal assistant. Someone that allows you to “buy back” your precious time so that you can get back to enjoying what means most to you – whether that’s your career, business, family or even some leisure time.
Most dual-career couples, even the ones with great time management skills, don’t have enough time in the day to do what needs to be done – laundry, errands, grocery shopping, the list goes on and on... Concierge services and personal assistants can step in and do the some of these day-to-day tasks with professionalism and competence.
Instead of hiring different people for different tasks, a concierge service can save you the hassle of training and managing so many individuals. Once you’ve established a rapport with your concierge, they know you and your particular needs and desires. This not only saves you time, it saves you money.
Here’s a list of services that concierges usually offer:
- Travel arrangements
- Household management
- Buying gifts
- Car washes
- Administrative office work
- Dry cleaning
- Deliveries and errands
- Grocery shopping
- House sitting
You can come up with your own list by considering the tasks that you hate the most and that take up a lot of your time and energy. Let’s face it, there are only so many activities you can accomplish by yourself without feeling stressed out!
Simplify is unique in that we’re a “household” concierge – our services revolve around helping you care for all the details of running your household and caring for your home. Simplify provides household concierge services to clients on the Bay Area Peninsula and South Bay, including Palo Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Atherton, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, and San Jose.
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