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# The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Role of a Personal Assistant

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Wondering what all a personal assistant can help with or does? This blog post is meant to give a comprehensive (and realistic!) answer to questions like “what are personal assistant duties” or “what are a personal assistant’s responsibilities”. These are examples of duties Queen of To Do has done for clients, grouped together roughly by type. 

## Household

This is where the vast majority of our time is spent, typically. And please, no need to feel any shame or embarrassment about the amount of dirty clothes, toys, trash/recycling, clutter, or any other stuff in your household. We’ve seen it all, from a 1500 sq ft bachelor pad to a 5000 sq ft family estate. 

- Laundry
- Clothes
- Kitchen
- Tidying up
- Garage
- Garden/yard
- Bathroom
- Kids
- House sitting
- Miscellaneous
- Pet care

## Events

Some of our personal assistants come from event-heavy industries (such as the wedding industry) and would be absolutely delighted to be a part of your next event. Queen of To Do can help with the behind the scenes planning before the big day, staff your event, or assist with cleanup/teardown. 

 

- Any part of the planning process:
- Day of help
- Help after

## Small business/virtual support

We love small businesses, as we’re one ourselves! We also understand that working for (or especially running) your own business can be quite the headache. Figure out what can be delegated out, then send those tasks over to your virtual assistant.

- Calendar management
- Email management
- Researching a market and analyzing trends
- Paper/mail sorting and filing
- Social media support
- Scanning in documents 
- Scanning in (or mailing out) old film photos to digitize them 
- Scheduling bills for online payment
- Finding a tradesperson or specific vendor
- Booking any and all appointments: massage, doctor, nails, hair, etc.
- Travel support

## Errands

Having one of those days where you just don’t want to leave the house? No worries, we gotcha. We’ll (finally) drop off those donations that have been sitting by the front door for months, mail off all your Amazon returns, grab you lunch from your favorite tiny food truck, drop off your library books, and pick up more cat litter, all while you relax in the comfort of your home.

- Picking up food/drink from somewhere that’s not on food delivery apps
- Picking up a store pickup
- Packaging/mailing things
- Amazon or other returns
- Shopping in-store
- Dropping an item off at a friend’s house
- Driving somewhere to get an item
- Vehicle-related tasks
- Taking jewelry/items to be repaired
- Seeing if a store has an item back in stock
- Pet care
- Library book return
- Donation dropoff
- Consignment/pawning

## Holidays

No matter what holidays you celebrate, chances are they get stressful occasionally. Queen of To Do is here to help! We love decorating and planning, and will make sure you have everything you need for the special day(s).  

- Decor set up
- Shopping for gifts
- Wrapping gifts 
- Card help (any level of involvement) 
- Food/catering pickup
- Pulling decor out of storage
- Finding/booking exterior light setup
- Party/event help/planning
- Finding/buying costume
- Guest bedroom/bathroom set up 

 

While this list contains many tasks we have done, it is not definite by any means! We pride ourselves on being able to tackle a wide range of problems and to think outside the box, so please get in touch with any questions. Even if we cannot provide the service you need, we can act as your liaison to get your project completed.

 

 

For almost all your household needs, errands, event or holiday help, or small business support, Queen of To Do is here for you. Contact us today to get started!

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