I do a week’s pay and I always have. It’s appreciated and I think appropriate. This year since our normal cleaning day is Monday and Christmas is Tuesday she’ll also get a paid day off. She’s been with us a long time but we’re also a pretty easy client so I think both of us are happy with status quo.
Feeling lucky to use a ‘no tip’ salon 
I do have a home health person who has been working with Mom, I think I need to give her a nice gift, she’s been incredibly helpful.
The Sunday paper delivery person put a Christmas card in the last paper, I don’t know what I will do there.
I no longer have a cleaning person, but when I did, I gave her the equivalent of two weeks’ pay.
I did the same amount on her birthday each year she worked for me.
I use a cleaning service and I usually have the same team assigned but I don’t see them because I am at work when they are at my house. I call the cleaning office and double check with the owner and verify names, etc.
Then I give them each a card with $100.00 cash.
I haven’t been quite that generous with my cleaning lady re: the tip :(. I do tip the 3 people who help me a the hairdressers every time, so I give a gift to each at xmas.
My first laugh of the day. H cuts my hair, does this mean I have to give him an extra gift?
We just give her double what we ordinarily pay her.
@GRITS80 unless the company forbids it, i would give each cleaning person the tip directly…in a nice card with a tie. I would NOT count on the company owner to divide up the funds. This is between you and the service providers.
I agree with @oldfort I don’t give a holiday timto my hairdresser but I DO generously tip her every time I see her. I don’t tip my nail gal either.
I pay the two sisters who clean my house $250 weekly, so for Christmas, I’ll give each of them a card with $125 and some cookies. It think that’s more than sufficient. I give them extra furniture and other odds and ends frequently, and I continued to pay them their full rate for a few weeks while their mother was ill this fall, even though they could only give me only a few hours.
I give my hairdresser the same as my monthly cut and color - $235, along with a small gift.
I tip my manicurist a bit more - $200 plus a small gift, since she does a lot more for me than manicures - she even housesits when I’m away (I pay her generously).
My mail carrier puts a card with a self addressed envelope in my box soliciting tips, which really annoys me and should be against regulations. I’ve never really met this person (my mailbox is down a long driveway) and it seems to me that several people work my route, since have noticed different people in the truck. I think it’s obnoxious, and I don’t give them anything.
We have several CNAs who work for us and we tip them all based on their weekly wage - anywhere from several hundred to two hundred $, plus a small gift.
I tip my hairstylist 20%, whether it’s the $50 cut or the $120 cut and color.
I give her $50 at Xmas. Someone asked why? Although I’d rather not, it puts me in good graces with her. I can pop in anytime for a bang trim for free. She listens to my complaints (I call them suggestions), about my last haircut without getting insulted. I’m sure other hairdressers are like this without a tip, I think it just helps.
When I had a house cleaner, I would give her double as the xmas tip but she had been with me cleaning for me for years.
I’m struggling this year with what to leave the dog sitter. The agency we use charges a huge premium for the holidays so we’re already paying almost double to have her here. She screwed up the last time she dog sat for us so I’m even less inclined to leave a big tip (we usually leave cash in an envelope for her rather than adding the tip to the bill). We’ve only been here 6 months so it’s not a like a long term relationship either. Any thoughts?
"My mail carrier puts a card with a self addressed envelope in my box soliciting tips, which really annoys me and should be against regulations. "
https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22349/html/cover_025.htm
Sounds like your carrier is breaking the rules. That would annoy me,too.
@doschicos That is very interesting. Surprised it’s gone on for so long - they must not get any complaints.
You could change that. 
I tip my hairdresser 20% every 6 weeks and the shampoo person $5. He is the owner and his prices are in line with the other trendy places in our area. I don’t tip at Christmas. They set up a tree after Halloween with tags listing gifts for children, (one of the stylists family member works for a local social services dept.). I always buy a nice item that was listed on the tag. We were always very generous with my mom and aunt’s home health care aids.
Regarding post #30…decide - is this a tip or a holiday gift? If it’s a holiday gift it should come with the same regard you might do for family gifts. Do you gift a favorite niece or nephew differently than a not-so-favorite?
That’s my thought. But I come from a world that is SOOO far away from the gifts/tips I see posted here.
I just feel like a gift is a gift and isn’t based so much on performance??? Unless someone is really neglecting their duties…in which case…why do you use them?
Any suggestions for a cleaning company where a different team comes each month? There’s no real relationship there.
No real relationship, no real bonus. 
I’m torn about the hairdresser, because she’s wonderful. On various sites, I see if you tip generously during regular visits, less is expected at the holidays. What about a gift card for her 1 year old litle girl, from a fancy baby shop?
If that gift card buys a pair of socks at that fancy shop versus a month supply of diapers from Target… I would go with a GC to Target.