Once again, we bump up against the reality of a worldwide project, with many 
different cultures, attempting to squeeze particular meaning into a single tag. 
 Look at Minh's "around here" clarification (true, I'm near him).  And once 
again, we find that English can distinctly lack in its ability to convey to all 
what is sometimes only adequate for some.

I agree with Graeme that craft=* is good for specific craft artists / 
professionals, but its overlap with what attempts to be tagged in this thread 
is poor.  It might work to clarify in some edge cases (I might imagine 
something like craft=tailor_on_call if you need such personal services), but in 
general it seems an unhelpful overlapping tag.

Phil is correct that personal services and care are not the same thing.

For the purpose that Georges asks about, I agree that amenity=personal_service 
is likely better "migrated" to something like office=personal_service, as 
amenity is a heavily-loaded, perhaps even over-loaded tag.  You could 
supplement office=personal_service with a craft=* tag, like craft=tailor or 
craft=gardening, though this does seem a bit odd to me, as these seem more 
"established for the longer term" rather than the "once for today only" that 
such a "personal_service" office might provide.  But what do I know?  In your 
culture, it may be that people only want a gardener or a tailor for a day, and 
then are done.  On the other hand, perhaps the office establishes long(er)-term 
professional relationships with craftspeople and their clients who need 
professional services (whether short-term or long-term), and that is the 
purpose of the personal service office.

I hope the replies in this thread are helpful, Georges.
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