To become a massage therapist

[TomTomBooBoo]

Hello, DH is likely to lose his job soon. In the past he qualified as a massage therapist. In our area, massage therapists charge £50 per hour. His current job doesn’t pay particularly well and has no flexibility. And two hours at £50 per hour would pay more than his daily take home pay now!

I know he’ll have to declare self employed income, and I know there is location to consider (he could work from home at least initially).

Can anyone help me think if I’m missing something, or doesn’t this sound like a great opportunity??

He will need insurance and a good marketing strategy, is it sports massage therapy he’s qualified in, or normal Swedish massage?
He needs to take care of his own wrists and back.
other than that, as long as he has a suitable space to work from, nothing to lose really!
Good luck!

It could work… my sister did this. It’s very sporadic. People want massages at weird and wonderful times, not necessarily when it’s convenient for you. Most people don’t have regular massages so he’d be constantly searching for clients - often there is a lot of competition around. A lot of women won’t want a male masseur, I know I wouldn’t. He’d either need a room / cabin at home to do it or transport all his equipment around so you’d have to factor in travelling time, petrol etc. for me I’d say the main issue is that people who have massages seem to be primarily female, and a lot of women wouldn’t book with a self-employed male masseur - I wouldn’t go to their house or want them in my house tbh.