School’s out. The kids are at home. Your annual leave is coming up. Everyone wants to know what you’re doing and where you’re going. You smile and say, ‘It’s a surprise,’ because you’ve been busy and haven’t got a clue. And holidays are stressful – so stressful that you’ve been avoiding making any plans at …
Lifestyle management is gaining popularity as a field with something valuable to offer modern consumers. This is no accident – people of the 21st century are busier today than ever before and work-life balance is the ultimate trend. While having gained mainstream usage in hotels – as ‘concierge’ services – lifestyle management is still being …
People will tell you that you need all sorts of things to throw a successful party. Don’t let them fool you. Party poopers are just trying to put you down so that their party is better than yours. The oft-told myth is that you need a guest list (with, of course, a complimentary selection of …
We recently had quite the giggle in the DDIY office. Usually, when a guest stays at one of the Airbnb properties that we manage, we are there to greet them with a welcome package and hand over the keys, and then collect the keys and see them out on their departure. On this particular occasion, …
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My first day on the job, I arrived armed with a brand-spanking new pencil case from Typo and my sable Moleskine diary. I quickly realised that this would not be enough to cut it in the Office Jungle. Over the next few weeks I gathered an assortment of can’t-work-withouts. Here is a list of the …
You wouldn’t think that your pet peeves might be useful, and you definitely wouldn’t guess that they might help you get a job. I didn’t think so either, until I noticed a trend in the DDIY office – my colleagues and I all seem to have the same pet peeves! What’s more, I realised that …
We know that moving is stressful (right up there with divorce and surprise visits from the in-laws), and that the thought of sorting through your maze of clutter and packing it into boxes gives you nightmares. We also know that you just don’t have the time to do it. That’s why, we at Don’t Do …
Don’t Do It Yourself has evolved over the past few years, moving from a general errand running service to a personalised lifestyle management company. As lifestyle managers, one of our primary services is that of accommodation management. We frequently work with Airbnb – one of the world’s leading platforms for private accommodation provision. If you’re …
The nature of this job is that there are sometimes some odd requests. Don’t Do It Yourself is a personalised lifestyle management company, and as such, we get jobs that range from grocery shopping to luxury property management. And in between that? Well, we’re here to do whatever you need done, and sometimes people have …
Finding the right car can be a difficult and stressful task at any point in time, but with the current rand/dollar exchange rate, it can feel downright impossible. That’s why we at Don’t Do it Yourself are here to help when you think you’re at the end of the road. We do the research and …
