Get My Batsuit, Alfred!

Below, just a few of the things personal concierges have done in the name of customer service:

Planning something for a family to do during its "bonding time" (They couldn't come up with anything on their own?)

• Finding a plumber to fix a leaky washer on a weekend

• Getting tickets to a sold-out Elton John benefit concert

• Finding a new location for a full-scale wedding in two days after a hurricane put a damper on an outdoor tent idea

• Finding a way to transfer 10 tons of salt to Brazil

• Planning a trekking trip to Nepal

• Arranging a wedding ceremony in the Bahamas

• Searching out the best hot sauce in Texas

• Buying nutritious pet food for a tarantula
   

Contact Sources

Circles Inc., (617) 464-3535, http://www.circles.com

Concierge Atelier, (612 988-9439, http://www.conciergeatelier.com

Concierge Corporate Services, (505) 260-1839

Corporate Concierge Services, (612) 987-2456, http://www.mnconcierge.com

My Gal Friday Inc., (404) 892-6069

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This article was originally published in the March 2000 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Get My Batsuit, Alfred!.