Olympics

[Marie]

Has anyone any ideas on how i could cash in and make a few extra pounds during the forthcoming Olympics?

[boxtops]

Doing what? If you live near London, people will pay to come and live in your house during the event.

[joggerjayne]

Win a gold medal, and eBay it ?

[Marie]

Yes, I thought about doing a 'house swap' but have house pets and not a good idea, I could do a B&B but have no idea where i could advertise this?

[shoota]

Win the 100 metres and endorse loads of products!

[boxtops]

I don't know if there's a link on the Olympics website, where people can advertise?

[Marie]

BTW...I am no athlete!

[Maydup]

Where are you Marie? How many spare rooms do you have? What about garden, any outside space at all?

I'm thinking B&B, parking, camping etc.

I think people will assume all hotels are full and expensive so you might be popular with people coming from within UK who happy to stay with a family.

[Marie]

@MaidUp, yes I was thinking along those lines, i'm very close to railway which would take them 25mins to Stratford, is Gumtree a good place to advertise? Can;t see anything on the Olympics website apart from a Visitbritain site and i'm not sure I'd qualify, as you say, just a fancied doing B&B!

[DTCwordfan]

escort service - and before maidup jumps all over me, let me explain.

Assuming that you have a decent house that has been cleaned up, a pick-up service at the airport, bed,breakfast and possibly dinner, running them in and out to the stadium.....and eventually out. A personalised service for which they pay a substantial premium and you could price up to and just under a good hotel but the service element gives you the differentiation.

Targets perhaps the foreign journo/tv services but you would need to get writing to them pronto - I would title it to the Olympic Programme Director and take it from there.

[Maydup]

Go for it Marie, but have a good google round. I saw an article about B&B sites and camping in people's gardens.

Try searching for B&B london olympics see what you find.

[craft1948]

I wouldn't bother............by the time you've made sure the facilities are up to scratch, hired a cleaner, taken out extra insurance, and paid the income tax it won't be worth it.

[Marie]

Oh thats great!! but, again, where do I direct my services?

[Marie]

Wow, just found a site http://www.rentduring...2012-olympics/list/17
People are charging a small fortune per week for B&B, and it's free to advertise!!