Dream
working holidays?
I was recently sent a link to a website that really made me smile.
We often talk about creating niche products for which we can charge
a premium and this is a great example. It takes advantage of several
trends but particularly the fact that so many people would like
to change their lives yet are cautious about doing so.
Vocation
Vacations lets you try out another career for a day or so before
you make
that scary leap. They charge pretty heavily
for the privilege. If for example, you fancy a couple of days working
with my brother-in-law at his hotel in Chicago, it’ll cost
$800 and that doesn’t even include accommodation. One way
of recruiting keen staff I suppose!
www.vocationvacations.com/DreamJobHolidays/hotel-monaco.php
There are a few UK examples on the site but it could definitely
do with more. At present the UK hospitality industry seems to be
represented by a pub in West Sussex.
If
you’d like to make some money out of people’s fascination
with the “glamour” of the tourism industry (or maybe
just rid them of their delusion), this could be the way forward.
You can suggest your organisation via the site.
www.vocationvacations.com
Susan Briggs
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