Don't want to spend your summer working long hours? Why not be your own boss this summer, nothing is better than makig your own hours, doing something you like and making money. Take a look at a few options for your summer business.
1) Lawn Care/Landscaping
- People who care for their own yard the rest of the year may not want to keep up with it in the summer. Gardens need to be weeded and lawns need to be cut every week, and full-time professional yard maintenance services want to set up regular contacts. Offer a low price and don’t try to push ongoing contracts. Drive through neighborhoods looking for yards that need moving and weeding and leave a flyer.
2) Exterior House Cleaning
- Window washing, gutter cleaning, power washing exteriors – start your own business dong the home care chores that others hate to do. You could even offer services such as painting an old fence or touch ups on the house. Once you have established your business it, it should get you great carry-over potential and excellent word of mouth advertisement.
3) House/Pet Sitting
- Summer is family vacation time, and someone has to watch the pets and take the mail and newspaper in when everyone leaves for a week or two. If you can target your marketing to families, that will be most effective. The going rates on pet/house sitting ranges from $5 to $15 per visit depending on the number and type of pets, frequency of visit and expectations.
4) House Call Specialist
- If you’re technologically savvy, you have expertise that a lot of people still don’t. Start your own business making house calls troubleshooting computer problems and/or showing people how to do what they want to do with their computers. This is not only a good summer job, but can be carried on into the new school year as a part time job.
5) Rubbish Pickup
- There are lots of people with lots of junk that they would like to dispose of. Late spring/early summer is the season of the highest demand as people do their spring clean ups. If you have access to a truck, this could be a money making small business idea for you. Keep in mind you can get additional money from scrap metal, instead of just taking it to the dump.
6) Nanny/Babysitter
- For working parents of school-age kids, summer presents a real challenge. Summer camp may take care of a few weeks, a family trip another week or two, but then what about the rest of the summer? Find two or three families or one with several kids and take care of the kids during the day. You could make $8 - $12 an hour, depending on the number of kids you have. It’s less money than some other options, but it’s generally easier work.
7) Tutoring and teaching
- Opportunities abound for the entrepreneurially-minded person with the knowledge to share. Some kids need help catching up on one or two subjects, homeschoolers usually school year ‘round and many parents put their kids in summer classes on a fun topic like science, drama, or creative writing. You can tutor individual kids, or put together a group workshop or week-long class. You can make $10 - $20 an hour for one-on-one tutoring, depending on your qualifications. Classes vary widely in price, but even with a small turn out you should be able to make $50 - $100 per teaching hour.
8) Mobile car detailing
- People love convenience, and the idea of having your car cleaned while it’s already sitting there at their home of office sure beats taking it someplace and having to wait on it. Luxury car owners may be reluctant to use machine washes and especially owners of high-top vans and pick-up trucks may not even be able to. You can make between $20 - $30 per ca for basic wash and interior on up to $100 or so for complete detailing (engine cleaning, etc.)
9) Keep people cool
- There are plenty of public places that don’t have snack bars and the convenience store’s just not convenient enough. Bottled water, sports drinks, visors, cheap sunglasses, and battery-powered fans will sell anywhere there’s sun. Try parks, the beach, baseball practice field or busy street corners near popular destinations. **Permits may be required at beaches, parks, or other public areas.
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