dianaleon

I am looking for a travel assistant to provide me meet and greet service from curb to gate for departures, arrivals and connections. Are their companies out there that perform this type of service?

Efrem

Welcome to FT!

As you spend more time here, you'll see that FT is divided into forums for different topics. This forum, "Only Randy Petersen," is for issues that require the personal attention of our founder and guiding light. Travel questions have their own areas.

Travel assistance like this tends to be location-specific. The person you'd want to use in Rio wouldn't provide services in Rome or Mumbai.

So, I'd edit your post to say where you need assistance. Then, use the "alert a moderator to this post" button under your post (black exclamation point inside a red triangle) and ask that it be moved to the forum for that location. You can get a list of those from the pull-down menu further down this page.

Also, you could go to the forum for that location and see if the question has already been asked and answered. Perhaps it has.

rubesl

Try airportassistance.com (888-444-4919), or if flying AA call AA VIP Service 877-578-2702.

ssafro1

I know this thread is old, but I am interested in providing travel/flight assistance as a "personal travel assistant" of sorts including booking, managing and accompanying clients on personal or business travel, helping them manage airports or airline issues, etc.

Anyone have any guidance?

Thanks

acunningham

I think you'll find that the average FTer enjoys planning and booking travel nearly as much as the actual travel. I know I do. Not only that, but experienced travellers prefer to book their own travel so they get exactly the schedule that's most convenient for them, earns them the most miles, etc.

ssafro1

I agree. Perhaps I should gear more towards adults who wish to have someone travel with their child (who would otherwise be flying as an unaccompanied minor). Obviously paying a specific person over the airlines would give that child 1-1 personal attention, someone to talk with on the plane, help them make connections and navigate airports, allow you to have more direct contact should something happen, etc. Thoughts on if you think itd work?

acunningham

I think the number of customers you'd gain would not be sufficient to make a living. You'd also need extensive insurance (on par with doctors in the USA) to cover accidents, accusations of negligence, abuse, etc. You may feel that you'll always be reasonable, but that won't protect you from aggressive litigants being egged on by tort lawyers.

A more reliable and easier career would probably be assistant to a business executive, aide to a politician, or similar. I believe there are head hunters out there who specialise in this and who would be interested in seeing your CV. As with any career though, you'll either need prior experience, or you'll need to start at the bottom and work up (expect to spend more time fetching your employer's dry cleaning and less time travelling to Paris with them).

rjw242

I think parents would be more inclined to pay for someone who could, in the event of delays or cancellations, assist their child in an official capacity with the airline (i.e. an airline employee rather than an outsider). But then I'm not a parent.

obscure2k

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