My person comes once a month and I pay $75. Is $25 extra enough or should I give more?
TYIA
I always gave a full week pay to my cleaning person. Mine charged $90 and came twice a month. At Christmas, I gave her an extra $90.
She was fabulous!!
I give a month’s pay. Cleaning people are underpaid.
We do the same as @thumper1 - a full week’s pay as a bonus.
Ok. I will give her an extra $75. Thx everyone!
I have over 10 people in my building to tip. I really do hate the tipping culture.
$300 but she’s worked for us for 18 years and I don’t tip anyone else for the holidays except for my hair stylist.
That’s a lovely gesture @doschicos. Mine has only been with me a year, so I’ll stick to $75 for now.
I give my stylist $200 but she’s been doing my hair for about 10 years. She also gives me a gift. This year a bottle of hair oil I really like that she uses on my hair.
Yes, I certainly didn’t gift her that much for awhile. Only the past 3-4 years really, increasing it over time.
What do you give your hair stylist? I have given a gift, but I was never sure. We live in a small town. The cost of my cut and color is less with the tip than I paid in our last large city for just the service without a tip!
Guess I should have said, we give our house cleaner a week’s pay and a week off. Maybe I should up it.
The hair stylist is harder. I’ve tried gifts over the past few years but I may just go the generous chunk of $$ this year.
For my hair stylist, I give her the equivalent of one cut which is $50.
I give our cleaning lady $250 at Christmas and my hair stylist $150 (given that I tip her well every time I see her).
I do at least 2 weeks pay
Are there other considerations when it’s a cleaning service? I have a group of 2-3 ladies who come every other week.
I suppose I can give the owner of the company a week’s pay to spread to the ladies.
I was just asking my husband today what I should give to my pilates teacher and my manicurist. Any suggestions? I was thinking about giving the pilates teacher a gift certificate for a facial at a place I know she likes. Not sure about my manicurist. Money or something more personal? She’s amazing and not taking any new clients so I want to do the right thing.
Maybe I am just off base here, but why would I tip someone at year end when I have been tipping them generously for every service? I tip my building staff at year end because I don’t usually tip them through out the year (except when they do something out of ordinary, like fixing my closet door or bringing something very heavy up to my apartment). I tip my cleaning lady because I don’t tip her every time she cleans.
I hope my husband gives his cleaning lady a piece of jewelry I’ve had my eye on… 
I give my cleaning lady $100 at Christmas.
I don’t give anything extra to my (pricy) hair stylist, but do tip generously for each service throughout the year.
DH handles the gardeners. I think he gives the crew $20 each (3 or 4). I think he also tips the terribly unreliable paper delivery person about $20.
I struggle to do what is correct every year.
I give my cleaning person $100.
I’m getting my hair down tomorrow and I had totally forgot about a holiday gift. I’ve done gift card to a nearby restaurant. I think tomorrow I’ll give her a card with cash. I do hate trying to figure these things out. I will also give a cash gift to the woman who does my facials.
Gardeners are harder as my H gifts a cash gift to the owner of the company. I don’t know if he passes anything along to his guys. I usually give each guy $25 individually. There are usually three of them.
“Are there other considerations when it’s a cleaning service? I have a group of 2-3 ladies who come every other week.
I suppose I can give the owner of the company a week’s pay to spread to the ladies.”
Are they the same women each time or do different people come throughout the year? I’d worry that if you give it to the owner, it might not make it to the employees. You never know.
“Money or something more personal?”
I always think $$ is best as we don’t really know these people and what they truly want. It’s hard enough getting gifts right with family. 