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You can rent a professional platonic cuddler, male or female, to snuggle with you for just US$60-80 an hour. The Cuddist company boasts the oxytocin-inducing effects of touch therapy, from lowered stress and blood pressure, to a better mood.
Portuguese computer wiz Carlos Gil helped revive a centuries-old tradition by hiring himself out to go on pilgrimages for those unwell, too busy, or just too lazy to go themselves.
Those who wish to fulfill pledges they made can finance Gil's biannual pilgrimages to the shrine at Fatima, in central Portugal. He charges US$2,500 for the week's 100-mile walk from his home in Cascais to the shrine of the Virgin Mary at Fatima.
Gil doesn’t believe this is cheating, and he provides proof that he does the two-week walk on foot by giving customers a certificate after every journey with stamps from various places along the way.
Famous For A Day lets you hire your own personal paparazzi, including reporters and autograph hounds, who will follow you or anyone you want all day. You can taste fame, then leave it behind.
You get to decide if you want to sign autographs, hide your face as they chase after you, hold an impromptu press conference, or get a reservation at your favorite restaurant with a line of photographers behind you.
Jen Glantz was tired of always being a bridesmaid, but instead of becoming a bride, she created a company with all the knowledge she’d acquired about how to properly support one.
Her company, Bridesmaid For Hire, boasts services including wedding planning, walking down the aisle, giving life to the dance floor, and even giving the maid-of-honor speech! Here's a peek at some of her big-day essentials for the bride.
They also offer a day-of coordination service, a wedding crash course, a maid-of-honor speech writing package, and a maid-of-honor crash course.
At the end of a disturbing week, the child will indeed be attacked by Deville, who, wearing a freaky clown mask, will smash a cake into your child’s face, Metro reports.
There is a service actually called Rent A Friend that is available worldwide and can ensure you know a local everywhere you travel. Prices start at US$10 an hour, but many will negotiate or waive their fees depending on the activity you request.
You can also rent someone to bring to a wedding or social event with you, to go to a movie or restaurant with, or to just have some companionship. There are apparently over 620,000 friends available to rent right now.
Some of the friends available have unique skills they can teach you, and many people rent friends to do a job that would be a lot more expensive if you hired a professional, like taking photos of you in the city, or having someone come to the gym with you.
We all love dogs, but we love their poop less. DoodyCalls allows you to hire someone to come to your home and scoop up all the poop in your yard.
Though a bus is the last place you might want to go while hungover, the 45-foot rolling clinic provides first-class medical treatment including intravenous hydration and various treatments for inflammation and nausea.
It also features a front lounge area, a kitchenette, a private consultation room, four private bunks, and a private rear lounge equipped with a flat screen TV and a Bose Surround Sound Stereo System.
Being polite is very important in Japanese society, so it makes sense that there are various companies that will take care of those awkward apologies for you.
Make sure what you’ve done is really bad, however, as a telephone apology can go for nearly US$100 and an in-person apology can cost almost US$250.
If you're supposed to throw a party but don't really want to do anything except sit on the couch and game, Cineplex Entertainment offers their idle theaters for rent by gamers.
At US$135 for two hours, up to 12 people can have a theater to themselves with an Xbox 360 hooked up to the big screen for an intense e-sport tournament.
The Actroid DER2 Fembot is a realistic android that you can reportedly rent at a price of US$3,500 for five days.
The feminine robot features lifelike silicone skin and can deliver semi-natural expressions. She can even choreograph her motions and gestures with her voice.
Susan Baxter, founder of Hire a Boston Wingwoman, told Time magazine that for just over US$100 you can get two hours with someone who will help you break the ice with women, facilitate conversation, and generally make you look good.
No one likes trying a new place on a night out only to find out it’s a bust. The Crowdmug app was reportedly developed to help. Scouts receive paid requests from customers about a specific night spot, and any scout there will upload a photo or video so the customer can decide if they want to go.
For anyone who wanted to try the farm life but never wanted the commitment, Swiss farmer Albert Breitenmoser decided to rent out his cows for around US$100 a month, allowing customers to milk them.
Though now deactivated, From Bags To Riches allowed people to rent expensive designer bags, and they paired up with Nintendo to package a DS with select bags, calling it the "hot tech-cessory for fashion conscious women." Predictably, it didn’t stick.
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Life requires a lot from us these days. Not only do we have to work full-time jobs and secure our basic survival needs, but we also have to have healthy social lives, take care of others, travel, find romance, and keep up with the trends. That's why there have been a plethora of services popping up to help people fill in the gaps. There are normal things you can rent, like cars or apartments, and then there are various people you can rent for various jobs that you probably didn't know existed.
From hiring people to apologize for your mistakes, to renting a grandmother, click through to be truly amazed at this strange world we live in.
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Life requires a lot from us these days. Not only do we have to work full-time jobs and secure our basic survival needs, but we also have to have healthy social lives, take care of others, travel, find romance, and keep up with the trends. That's why there have been a plethora of services popping up to help people fill in the gaps. There are normal things you can rent, like cars or apartments, and then there are various people you can rent for various jobs that you probably didn't know existed.
From hiring people to apologize for your mistakes, to renting a grandmother, click through to be truly amazed at this strange world we live in.