Handy Ande, Personal Concierge Services... A NETWORK of smart, kind women (and men) across North America providing errand, personal, home, pet, and business assistance as needed.

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Before you call your local Handy Ande concierge, make a To Do List of all the things you would like to have done for you and tell your service provider. Doing this will allow her/him to be prepared with the right tools, ample time, and the proper clothes for the tasks on your "wish list". This is also the first step required in obtaining an estimate of the fee.


Owner: Andrea Reynolds, B.Sc. Home Economics/Family and Consumer Studies
Headquarters: Washington DC area

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Personal Concierges on HandyAnde.com

What is a Concierge? Historically, a concierge is employed by an apartment building, a hotel or a hospital, trusted to serve clients, guests, residents, patients and medical staff. More recently, personal concierges are becoming more accessible to individuals, families and businesses whose busy lives require additional, occasional assistance to maintain life-work balance. Says Wikipedia: Today there are numerous independently owned and operated concierge companies. Many of these companies provide errand services, as well as informational services for their members. Services include informational requests, setting dinner reservations, making telephone calls, researching travel arrangements and more.

HandyAnde.com was created to help other individuals promote their own service businesses and keep all of the money they earn (except for taxes) as I have done. When you hire a personal concierge on HandyAnde.com you are hiring someone who is motivated to do a good job and earn extra income. Our personal concierges may be...

- Single moms who are sole/primary breadwinners,
- College and university students earning income for tuition and books,
- Separated/divorced dads who suddenly have two homes to pay for,
- Families who are working their way out of debt with extra work,
- Victims of crime who are paying off huge legal bills,
- Workers who have been laid off from employment,
- Retirees who want to earn extra income to supplement their small pensions,
- Retired military personnel who are having difficulty finding full-time employment,
- Disabled individuals who are able to function in many ways with a few limitations,
- Spouses of injured workers who need to pick up the slack created by lost income.
- Spouses putting their partners through school, etc.

Personal concierges are independent contractors (caregivers, home economists, personal shoppers, pet sitters, dog walkers, etc.) who promote their unique services through Handy Ande, residing in communities across Canada and the United States (and perhaps other places in the world).They don't work for us and we don't take any commissions from their services. Please contact them directly.

Each concierge has his/her own unique combinations of skills and experience. It's possible that no one personal concierge provides all the skills and performs all the services you require. "Some is better than none", and you may decide to "hire" several personal concierges at once.

Our endorsed Local Providers (ELPs) can call themselves that only if they have successfully passed the training we provide. If a personal concierge has earned that designation, it will be noted next to their name on their profile. All other concierges who are listed here are NOT endorsed by Handy Ande. It would be impossible to meet and observe every person who provides a service.

Personal concierges who are members of Handy Ande should be willing to honor the introductory coupon for first-time clients.

Canadian Personal Concierges

US Personal Concierges

Handy Ande Endorsed Local Providers

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