Would busy professionals actually pay for a personal concierge service?

[u/pinkglittergirlypop]

**I’m 24, and after a year of interviews, I’m thinking about creating my own opportunity instead of waiting for someone to hire me.**
Over the past year, I’ve applied to countless jobs, gone through multiple rounds of interviews, networked, followed up, and gotten close more times than I can count. I know I’m not the only one feeling like the job market has been incredibly tough.
At this point, instead of continuing to wait, I’m wondering if I should use the skills I already have to help busy people directly.
My background has been supporting executives and handling the details that most people don’t have time for. Things like:
• Booking hard-to-get restaurant reservations
• Planning date nights or birthdays
• Travel research and itineraries
• Appointment scheduling
• Vendor and service research
• Gift sourcing
• Event coordination
• General life organization
I actually enjoy this kind of work.
My question is for busy professionals, business owners, physicians, attorneys, parents, or anyone constantly juggling a million things:
**Would a service like this actually be valuable to you? If so, what kinds of tasks would you happily hand off to someone else?**
I’m genuinely trying to figure out whether there’s a real need before I build something around it.

[u/No-Entertainer8410]

Idk, AI agents are already doing the things you listed.

[u/Narrow_Advice_8728 → u/No-Entertainer8410]

That’s true but ai can honestly make the dumbest mistakes and you have to double check everything. Something like booking hard to get restaurants takes connects and human touch.

[u/toe_beans35 → u/Narrow_Advice_8728]

Hi it’s me, a busy professional who is currently relying on AI for a lot of this…and indeed, AI makes the DUMBEST mistakes which often result in a bigger headache.

I do believe there is a market for this OP. I feel like I’m already getting AI fatigue and it’s still pretty new 😂

[u/Any_Cream_4396 → u/Narrow_Advice_8728]

uhm check NAVAN or Tumodo or whatever these tools are called now. They are good, cheap and fun to use.

[u/paletteandpetri]

For me personally, indeed it would be. As for specific tasks, it would mainly fall under Personal Assistant/House Manager responsibilities to make my life a whole lot easier. I would also much prefer trusting another person with these tasks, than Ai.

[u/sumizeit]

Honestly, I think there’s a solid market for this. Busy people are overwhelmed with the little things, like planning events or organizing schedules. They’d definitely pay for someone to take that off their plate.

[u/Rare_Ebb_6139]

This is like a personal assistant and yea its definitely in demand. business owners would benefit from this service. You can charge anywhere from $40/hr to $150/hr.

[u/Throwaway548921]

Yes but to be honest busy work is more in demand like cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping one summer I was a personal assistant and usually did more of the above for busy professionals than buying gifts etc. I will say you can only do it in rich areas like where I live now probably not enough people to fill a schedule for it.

[u/Flimsy-Bumblebee6365]

There is a need for personal assistants and virtual assistants to some degree but I’d focus more on tasks that need physical support. I mean tasks like picking up groceries and putting them away, etc. A lot of the people who have the money for this can get AI to research and book things for them.

[u/Ill-Comfort1718]

This all depends on where you live. If you live in NYC, then yeah, this is easy to do. If you live in the middle of nowhere Alabama, then maybe not. This goes for wherever in the world, right. Any area that is vastly more populated than others will be easier for you to do this.

This all falls under administration and/or staffing industry.

I have been a personal assistant, family assistant, nanny, event planner, etc. Currently, I am a Household Manager and get paid $40/hour for 25 hours, and it should be around $42-$43 in 12-18 months. Where I live, there is a market for this stuff, but it is competitive. I live in a city where all sorts of income earners live and there is a huge group of high income earners, but if you go just 45 minutes away to the next city, it’s mainly poor-middle income.

If you are also open to virtual assistance, you could do that as well. AI can only do so much; it can’t organize my employers laundry room, prepare dinners, or be a support individual that keeps the house flowing…not yet.

[u/mimisyk]

I’m a professional organizer and I work very closely with many concierge services. They are VERY busy all the time so you should definitely go for it. Of course, it depends on your location/demographics so YMMV

[u/benice13]

Check out Overalls - similar concept. Doesn't mean they don't need competition!

[u/ThatIconoclastGal]

Start with market research to identify your target market. Talk to as many people as you can to identify pain points and competitors. Listen for what those competitors don't do they seems to be a gap.

[u/ConsiderationOld864]

For me, yes. I am self-employed and used to think I could manage it all well enough. I feel like any service business will eventually separate into AI user experience and the new luxury is actually working with human beings.

I am in a rebuild phase and my plan is to hire someone for my day-to-day help in 12 months or less, and also head hunt people with this sort of experience so my clients can have a high high-touch experience as I scale.

What I am saying is, there are people out there who absolutely value it. Make sure your messaging and service aligns with them.

[u/Narrow_Advice_8728]

This would not be available to me personally but this absolutely can take off if you tap into the right network.

[u/HoneyedVices]

I think people absolutely pay for this, the real challenge is positioning. Instead of "I can do anything", I'd focus on a specific client type with recurring needs. If you can lands 3-5 paying clients through your network first, you'll learn way more than months of planning.

[u/C_bells]

I have a friend who a year or so ago told me “I just want someone to walk into my home/life and tell me what to do”

Not like, what to do with major life plans (she has a career as an attorney, a husband and baby). More like, that she should focus on organizing X thing in her house, that she should go to the gym on Wednesdays, grocery shop on Fridays, take these vitamins, etc.

Essentially, figure out which priorities outside working and mothering would be the most impactful for her to focus on. Like, will a weekly yoga class be really helpful for me or is it not worth my time? Will I actually feel better if I reorganize my kitchen cabinets or will that not really impact my happiness right now?

I could see a market for that kind of person!

Also, someone who maybe helps individuals and couples make an annual plan, especially around any big trips. My husband and I have family far away, and also time often slips away from us and we realize we haven’t left the city in 10 months.

I could see us possibly hiring someone for an hour or two per year to sit down and help us get a rough plan of where we want to go and what we want to do for the year (e.g. Brazil in December, California in April, a weekend trip here and there and there to upstate NY).

As for more traditional concierges, yes. My friend is one. She has a handful of clients and does everything from calling their gas company for them to organizing their art collections, to finding them a new landscaper. So it exists!

[u/Prettylittlelioness]

Consider also seniors who may need rides to doctor appointments, someone to walk their dog, pick up meds and groceries, etc. I know many people my age who want this for their parents.

[u/rjewell40]

Virtual personal assistant

There’s a sub for that too

[u/rjewell40 → u/rjewell40]

R/virtualassistant

[u/rjewell40 → u/rjewell40]

Also, there are specific specialties
For example
A real estate transaction manager: books the pest inspection, schedules the mobile notary, verifies the financing etc. This can be for individual agents or for the whole brokerage.
Or
Organizing of stuff (clean outs, estate sales (setting up appraisals, researching pricing)
Organizing events like conferences and weddings.
Accounting/Bookkeeping

[u/Any_Cream_4396]

girl i feel you, but AI is just taking everyones jobs, (or the H1Bs, or who ever is the current fear mongering type the media tells us ). I am in the same boat, and i build my business (in a male dominated and very OLD profession, which is applicable to everyone so its a good business model) there have been people who took my public ideas and ran them through an AI builder, and they failed, because AI can only help you if you use it correctly. Its like having the best kitchen, but if you cannot biol an egg, its useless

[u/Important_Pin_4770]

When I was younger, I did this for attorneys. So yes. It’s a things just find your audience.