I just changed cleaning services. Previously I had a private person clean my home. With the old private person, all I ever did was pay the normal amount, and at Christmas time, I'd leave a Christmas card with a thank you note with cash pretty close to the amount of one cleaning.
Now I have one of those bonded / insured franchise cleaning services. It's one called Molly Maid. I just have them come once a month, they do a great job (very thorough), and they charge me $118 each time. I know the person cleaning my house doesn't own the franchise or anything, and the service may even have a different person come each time. I've had the service clean house twice, and all I did was leave the check for the payment amount that they told me before I started the service. I know there is a supervisor too that does an inspection of each cleaning.
Is it in this situation customary to leave a tip for the person doing the cleaning? And if so, what is typical? I didn't do this, as I indicated before. Hate to be short changing hard working people who do a good job just because I don't know proper etiquette. // I don't want to be overpaying either if tipping is not customary.
I could call the office and ask I suppose (I'll probably do that vs. just asking on this forum too). (I know to leave tips for a maid at a hotel $5 room, $10 suite, give tips for taxi, hair cut person, dog grooming person (10 to 15%), 10% at a buffet, 15 - 20 % at service restaurant), $2 for valet, $1 or #2 at those included self serve hotel breakfasts when staff clean the table, tip for tour guides and bus drivers on vacation, $1 for airport bus drivers as a thank you, etc. but I have no clue if tipping is also customary for a cleaning service. (A friend of mine mentioned that a different cleaning service that she just started had told her about tipping being customary, so that's the reason all of a sudden for my asking about this).
I'll also in case anyone is interested will leave a follow-up post after I call the franchise office for the cleaning service and let you know what they say.
Now I have one of those bonded / insured franchise cleaning services. It's one called Molly Maid. I just have them come once a month, they do a great job (very thorough), and they charge me $118 each time. I know the person cleaning my house doesn't own the franchise or anything, and the service may even have a different person come each time. I've had the service clean house twice, and all I did was leave the check for the payment amount that they told me before I started the service. I know there is a supervisor too that does an inspection of each cleaning.
Is it in this situation customary to leave a tip for the person doing the cleaning? And if so, what is typical? I didn't do this, as I indicated before. Hate to be short changing hard working people who do a good job just because I don't know proper etiquette. // I don't want to be overpaying either if tipping is not customary.
I could call the office and ask I suppose (I'll probably do that vs. just asking on this forum too). (I know to leave tips for a maid at a hotel $5 room, $10 suite, give tips for taxi, hair cut person, dog grooming person (10 to 15%), 10% at a buffet, 15 - 20 % at service restaurant), $2 for valet, $1 or #2 at those included self serve hotel breakfasts when staff clean the table, tip for tour guides and bus drivers on vacation, $1 for airport bus drivers as a thank you, etc. but I have no clue if tipping is also customary for a cleaning service. (A friend of mine mentioned that a different cleaning service that she just started had told her about tipping being customary, so that's the reason all of a sudden for my asking about this).
I'll also in case anyone is interested will leave a follow-up post after I call the franchise office for the cleaning service and let you know what they say.
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