The Clock is Ticking! Let Us Be Your Elves!

For those of you who just realized how much you have left to do in the next 72 hours or less, don’t fret!

We are available for last minute shopping, errands, gift wrapping and deliveries through Christmas Eve.
We also still have gift certificates available for the friends and family who have everything. Time is always the best gift to give!
Call if you need last minute help. 330-808-0995

Merry Christmas!

Holiday Stress? You Have Elves For That

The weather outside is frightful, and you would rather curl up in bed with a good movie than to even think about stepping out that door to go shopping for one more gift. Fight the angry crowds, yell at all of the other crazy drivers, because, after all, you are the only one on the road who knows how to drive? Oh no, not in the mood.

If only there was someone you could call to handle all of your holiday needs…..Oh wait….That would be Luxury Time.

Yup, we will gladly handle all of your holiday shopping, gift wrapping, decorating, food prep and cooking, and yes, we will even go over the river and through the woods to get your packages where they need to be this holiday season.

Give us a call to schedule your holiday to-do’s and then you can have a glass of egg nog, while we take care of it all. Your friends will ask how you do it all, yet look so refreshed this year. Shhh, we don’t have to tell them. You have elves.

Hurry! Christmas is coming fast and we are booking up just as fast! 330-808-0995.

Virtual Assistant Services Now Available – One More Way to Make Your Life Easier

Luxury Time is always looking for new ways to make your life easier and allow you the time in your life to do what you enjoy, rather than chore it through. Now we offer Virtual Assistant Services. Whether you are based in the United States or somewhere abroad, we are able to remotely handle your administrative needs.

Virtual Assistant services are a good option if you need help, but maybe aren’t ready, or have the space to hire someone in the office full time. Luxury Time offers a fully committed staff, dedicated to taking care of all of your administrative needs.

Packages vary and are each customized to your needs. We do offer the option of being set up on retainer, or working on a per project basis.

Services include:

• Personal Scheduling
• Travel arrangements
• Small scale community management
• Research
• Project Management
• Ordering and maintenance of office supplies
• Blogging/Ghostwriting
• WordPress Maintenance
• Digital marketing consulting, research, and strategy
• Full time community management
• Proofreading
• Client / lead follow-up calls and emails
• Email / fax replying and filtering
• Appointment scheduling
• Expense report processing
• Customer record update and maintenance
• Vendor research
• Event organization
• Document management including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Dictating / transcription

Packages start at 5 hours a week, or per project flat rate options are available.

Contact us today at 330-808-0995, and let us discuss a solution that fits your needs.

Give AND Receive This Holiday Season!

Whether the people on your list have been naughty or nice this year, we have the perfect gift for you and them. Now through December 24, when you buy a $50 gift card, you receive an hour of personal concierge services for free. There is no limit, and the possibilities are endless. Keep the free hour for yourself, or transfer it to another loved one.

Personal concierge services are perfect for corporate clients, busy family and friends, and your helpful neighbors. With Luxury Time offering personal assistant services, shopping, cooking, cleaning, courier services and so much more, this is the gift that allows everyone to have what they really want – the gift of time.

Find a list of complete services on our web page here.

This is a once a year deal! Cross off everyone on your list with the gift that keeps on giving!

Call 330-808-0995 to order your gift cards now.

And remember, Luxury Time doesn’t stop there! With our holiday party planning, gift shopping, holiday card mailings, and holiday decorating and clean up, we will take care of all of your holiday lists, so the busiest and most stressful time of the year, isn’t your worry. Sit back, enjoy the lights and the eggnog and enjoy the visions of sugar plums as they dance in your head. We have got it covered.

Grocery Shopping – Friend or Foe It Has To Be Done

You either love it, or you hate it. The grocery store. I know people who avoid that place at all costs, people who would rather go to the dentist for a root canal…Ok, that might be an exaggeration of sorts, but they truly hate the thought of grocery shopping that much.

I, personally love it, which is one more great thing about my job.

With the weather getting bad outside and the holidays just around the corner, for some people the thought of taking care of this chore is unbearable. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that Luxury Time PCS can handle this task for you. Give us your list and we can have your items delivered to your door in a jiffy.

The rates for grocery shopping and restaurant delivery are listed below. Please remember that if you have a unique need, and require a specialized package, we are more than willing to customize one for you.

• Standard Delivery –$20

– Up to 30 items total

– Shopping at up to 2 stores

– Add more items for $0.50 each

– Add more stores for $5 each (10 bonus items)

• Quick Stop Delivery – $12.50

– 15 items

– 1 store

– Add 2nd store for $10 (10 bonus items)

• Restaurant Delivery 

Lunch – $10

– 1 order, 1 restaurant

Dinner  – $15

– 1 order, 1 restaurant and/or 5 items from 1 store

Bring It On!!!! The Holiday Countdown Begins!

I know, I know. Don’t be mad at me. Halloween is still almost a week away and here I am talking Christmas. Apologies. Sincerely. But, listen friends, we tell ourselves every year that this is going to be the year that we don’t procrastinate and that we don’t let these dang holiday’s creep up on us. And you know what? Every year we let it happen.

But not this year! I won’t let it happen to you! Luxury Time is here to help. This year you are going to sit by the fire and enjoy a glass of eggnog, knowing that all of your holiday to-do’s are already done.

Now is the time to get your holiday pictures taken and get those cards ordered. If you need some help, or don’t know which photographer is best to use, we can set up a mini session with one of our preferred photogs. We will even update your address book, address and mail all of your cards, so that is one pesky detail you won’t have to remember. You’ll even get bonus points for remembering Aunt Trudy up in Nebraska this year, instead of having yet another card remain unsent in the box of holiday “I forgots”.

Hate holiday decorating, but want your house to look like something out of a Hollywood Christmas movie? Yup, we do that too. No worries about stringing the lights, or decking the halls. We’ve got you covered so you can focus on reading “The Night Before Christmas” to your kids with the pure joy of Christmas in you.

Expected to have the huge holiday bash, but between the shopping that needs to be done and all of your other normal household and work duties, you just don’t know how to do it all? Well, you know what? We can’t all be Martha. Sometimes we need help. And it’s lucky for you that you have Luxury Time Personal Concierge Service. We will do all that planning for you. We will sit down with you and create the guest list, send invitations, arrange catering, and decorating and everything in between.

Hate to be out in the world of crazy shoppers and icy roads? Give us your shopping list and we will pick up all of your packages for you. We can even provide gift wrapping. No need to call us Santa.

Need those cookies delivered to a special person across town, but the weather outside is frightful? Give us a call and we can get them there faster than Rudolph and his reindeer buddies.

Don’t know what to get the friend who has everything? How about time? Luxury Time has gift certificates available!

These are just some of the ways that we here at Luxury Time Personal Concierge Services can make your holiday’s a little brighter. If you can think of any other ways, give us a call and we will be happy to help. This is going to be the year that you can truly get ahead of the holiday rush and enjoy all of those memory making moments.

You can reach Jen and her team of elves at 330-808-0995, or email info@ltpcs.com. Hurry and schedule your services today, holiday schedules fill quickly!

Happy Holidays!

P.S!

Don’t forget about our Time With Friends Program that allows you to get FREE hours and your friends to get discounts! Share the love this holiday season and make it possible to get that Gingerbread Latte with your girl friends after all!

Retainers ~ Are They Worth It?

If you are still not clear on what a personal and corporate concierge is worth, you may be wondering why you should even consider putting one on retainer. Please read What is a Personal Concierge Anyway? before going any further with this article. It will clear up a lot of confusion and help you to understand how extremely necessary it may be to have the help of a personal concierge on your team from time to time.

Now on to the matter at hand. Are retainers worth it when it comes to a personal/corporate concierge? For the most part, yes. If you are going to actually use the services. Being on retainer means that you are essentially a VIP. Your needs will come before other clients who aren’t on retainer.

Like a down payment, a retainer guarantees that you will be provided with a set amount of hours or tasks, possibly at set times, and the company will turn down conflicting jobs in order to remain available to you.

Still not convinced a retainer is for you? Here are some more reasons why you should look into it:

• Comfort knowing that you have us when they want you and don’t have to worry about trying to get on your schedule.
• Being a higher priority than hourly clients.
• Knowing exactly how much it will cost each month and not having to worry about the potential of a big bill for anything within the retainer.
• Having your payment on an auto-pay so you don’t have to deal with invoices.
• Building stronger, longer-lasting, relationships with us, allowing us to better understand and serve you.

If you are interested in discussing the services that we can provide for you, as well as the possibility of setting up a retainer, please call us at 330-808-0995, or email us at info@ltpcs.com. We will be more than happy to work with you to create the perfect package based on your own personal needs.

Corporate Benefits ~ Create a Highly Productive Workplace with Happy Employees

Finding good employees can be very frustrating, keeping good employees can be even more so. Retaining happy employees can be damn near impossible; and every good employer knows that a happy employee is a productive employee, which results ultimately in higher revenues.

In this day and age, with benefits packages being a primary role in negotiating an employee contract, it is often the employer with the best, most enticing package that the quality employees will go with. Medical, dental, 401k, and vacation packages are the norm, but after awhile they all start to appear to be the same. Why not offer something different?

Concierge services are quickly becoming an attractive benefits package. The best part of corporate concierge services is that they make sense; employees can focus on the work project at hand, knowing that their qualified concierge is researching their request, allowing them to focus on their work projects during work hours, traditional or otherwise. Previously only offered to preferred credit card holders, hotel guests and other consumer based services, corporate concierge services are taking on a whole new light.

Corporate concierge services offer many services that go beyond traditional concierge services. Some examples are:

Dry Cleaning and Shoe Shine pickup/dropoff 

Travel Accommodations: Have an employee traveling, or an important client coming into town? Call us and we will make all of the arrangements at the best cost for your company.

Comparison Shopping: Don’t have time to figure out which company car, computer, or other merchandise is the best deal? We can do that.

House Sitting: Executive going to be out of town for a few days/weeks? Let us drop by and make sure the home is taken care of.

Event Planning: Our sister company Champagne Taste Event Planning was a winner in the Beacon’s Best 2011. Let us make all the arrangements from caterers to design and entertainment. We promise that your guests will be in awe.

Gifts: Send your wife flowers, pick up a bottle of wine for a client. Whatever it is you need, we have you covered.

Personal Shopping: You need to buy a dress for the cocktail party, but work has you rushed and you don’t know when to fit it in. Let us go get it for you.

Utility Services: Waiting on the cable guy can take all day, be completely frustrating and waste a productive work day. We don’t mind the wait.

The list goes on! 

Offering Concierge to employees doesn’t just benefit employees in crossing things off of their to-do list: companies that offer concierge services as an employer benefit aids in developing highly efficient teams; teams that are given the opportunity to manage their time effectively in order to maximize their work day and produce results for their company. Suffice it to say, it’s a win-win for the company –and for everyone who works there.

With concierge as an employer benefit, the illusive work/life balance becomes a little more obtainable.

Are you an employer in the Northeast Ohio area and looking for a way to keep your employees productive and happy? Give us a call to discuss our benefits packages and how we can become a part of your solution on your road to higher revenues.

330-808-0995

2108 Braewick Circle

Suite 202

Akron, Ohio 44313

Luxury Time Has a New Home!!!!!!

Luxury Time has moved!!!! We are now located at 2108 Braewick Circle, Suite 202. Akron, Ohio 44313.

 

 

What does this mean for you? You can now come in and visit us!!! Let’s have a cup of coffee together and we can explain how we can make your life easier for you.

 

Be on the lookout for invitations to VIP private events that will allow you to get to know us and our staff better while enriching your knowledge of our company as well as our services. We have many new services and programs that allow you to take back what is most precious to you, your time.

Many, many new ideas and happenings are coming your way now that we have moved into our new home.

 

We are looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you.

Spring Cleaning Made Easy

What is it about this time of year that inspires us to set aside a whole day or maybe two to get our whole house spotless and clean? Is it the weather? The sun is shining and we are feeling good, do we want that to reflect on our household? Maybe.

Did you know that spring cleaning started as a common tradition because years ago households needed to practically board up their homes to prepare for the winter and keep their homes warm? When the only heat source was from the fire in the hearth, by the time spring came around there would be a layer of soot on everything in the house. It was necessary to shake out all cloth materials and wipe the house clean from top to bottom and fly open the windows to air out the room.

Today, while many people still keep a tradition of thorough house cleaning during the spring, it isn’t really entirely necessary to give the house a complete run through. Especially since we don’t have to worry about layers of soot, and we are better able to keep the house clean with regular upkeep year round.

Keeping up with the spring chores year round is the ultimate time saver. By the time May comes around, you may have a big project or two that you want to get done, but smaller tasks will already be done and you will feel more accomplished.

If you still have your spring cleaning to do here are some tips to help you do so a little easier and will save you time in the future.

1. If you are storing away your winter clothes, consider using large plastic storage containers that feature snap-on lids. These can be found in the house wares department at most stores and are very inexpensive. Storage containers are very important to keeping your clothes dust and discoloration free, which may otherwise be a problem if they are left hanging in the closet from one season to the next.

2. When packing your clothes, roll them instead of folding. This not only eliminates creases and wrinkles, but also saves a lot of space. You will be able to pack a lot more clothes with this technique.

3. Label your clothing containers as “Spring”, “Fall” and “Winter”. This will help you to easily locate your wardrobe inside the closet.

If you have any clothing that you don’t plan to wear or simply have outgrown, consider donating them to a local goodwill or other nonprofit organization. Rather than tossing them out, your clothes can provide revenue for a worthy cause and help the less fortunate to be able to afford clothing that would otherwise be unattainable.

4. Break down your chore list so that the overall task will be easier.  For the bigger outside jobs like pressure washing driveways and decks etc. hire a company to make the over job of spring cleaning easy.  Then break down the inside room by room and break it down over time to make it easier.

Remember that Luxury Time Personal Concierge Service and other professional companies are skilled at organizing, cleaning, and many,  many other jobs that can help you with your spring cleaning. There is no project too big or too small and overall you get to enjoy a bit more of your time, rather than facing the job yourself, and you can relax knowing professionals are taking care of you and you can actually enjoy your spring.