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I've been brooding over this idea for quite some time. A while ago, I was considering getting into the domestic staffing business. At some point, it struck me how hotels have exactly all the resources to essentially be domestic staff providers themselves, especially the bigger ones. Their cleaners could be dispatched to nearby homes to do cleaning. If the hotel has a restaurant, they could also provide meal service or private chef service. Finally, some of those hotels are in prime business locations and would make for excellent day care locations (assuming the hotel can provide a room and hire qualified nannies). I understand that this is all pretty complex, and nowadays, the tendency is to outsource, which runs pretty much opposite to what I'm suggesting here. Also, I'm aware that this might require a major effort on the part of the hotel. But on the other hand, hospitality is very well known as a low margin business and there is a lot of competition. So, this would be intended as a new revenue source for hotels. What would I bring to the table? Providing both back-end software for hotels to manage these new tasks as well as a front-end for customers to book the services.

I agree the liability may be high unless you set up something like this - set up a separate entity to run the out-sourced services from in which you 1099 the "employees" and require them to hold their own insurance. Only down side here is your not able to direct the laborers as you would normally due to them not actually being employees. This is how a lot of vacation rental companies handle the constant demands set on them. Definitely not impossible. Cheers


Answered 10 years ago

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