Customer Reviews

Start Your Own Personal Concierge Service (Start Your Own Personal Concierge Business)

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I was very disappointed in the content of this book. I was expecting meat and only got a strip of bacon. I already knew all the fluff stated in the book. I was looking for How to set up vendor relationships?, How can I "hold" a suit for my client to 'try on' without having to make a purchase for a couple of days while my client makes a decision? Instead I read 20 of the same statements over and over again (I got the feeling they needed to meet a page quota). Bottom-line: If you are really "green" and don't expect executable information, this book is for you. If you already have your office established and have a couple of clients, but no idea how to set up vendor relationships and what/how to charge, then I suggest you learn by trial and error, then write your own book...I will. But please, put some meat in it.

Don't waste your money on this book. I found more useful information looking at concierge websites than I found in this book. Borrow it from your library or buy it at a used book sale.

...the Concierge profession, this book will be useful to you. It covers the fundamentals of starting your business, but at an 8th, possibly 7th grade level. Doesn't take you much higher than that, either.

Anyone with any life experience, and, especially, business experience and savy would know 90% of this stuff. Anyone who isn't already aware of it shouldn't be thinking about starting a business in the first place. The list of resources is of some value, so I didn't give it one star.

Book provided some good information but not enough. Left me seeking more information re: setting prices, establishing contacts. I shouldn't have expected so much in a paperback.

I would not give this book one or two stars as it may help some. But this is not a 5 star book that is for sure.

This book is part of the "start-up" series of books. Most "start-up books are around 200+ pages, this book only had 97 pages.
I guess they didn't have much to say on the Concierge business. I did get a couple good points and some good website links, but otherwise nothing much to it. So if your willing to gamble $14.95 and maybe get some good points then fine. One good point could get you more than your money back. Personally, I went to one of those bookstores that have chairs. I sat down a skimmed the whole book. It was well worth the skim and paying nothing :-)

I do highly recommend: "The Concierge Manual", Third Edition [Paperback] by Katharine C. Giovanni (Author)
Well worth $19.77 (Any Concierge/Errand service will benefit from this book)

This is a good book for an initial read on the subject, but much of what is detailed is common sense. If you are looking for an 'advanced' read then you might want to give this a miss, but it is a good one to come up to speed on the subject of concierge / personal service.

this was the first book i read about concierge which was quite informative but it lacks detailed information.

Concierge manual is a much better read.

This book is a must read for anyone considering opening a concierge business. Great advice!

Like most things from Entrepreneur, this book does not offer a lot of depth. It is a good primer for someone considering starting a concierge business or errand service. There are a few good ideas along with a lot of common sense that the average person will have figured out before buying the book. Several times the author claims "there is no hard data available" - I worked in B2B market research for 9 years, I know reliable data can be developed by anyone who makes the effort. This is the first book I've read on the topic, so I can't make other recommendations yet, but look for this at your library before paying money for it.