Tipping at the Spa

[Lynderella]

What is the protocol for tipping at the spa? Leaving in one week for our first DC. Thank you to everyone for all the helpful hints and suggestions.

 

[jel0511]

I usually tip around 20% for a spa treatment.

 

[Stimpy]

Same here. They give you a slip to sign at the end of the treatment and you can add the tip on there. Then it gets charged to your stateroom. I'm not sure you can give cash?

 

[SandraLee]

Do they automatically include a 15% tip? So, if you wanted to put additional on you would add it as a line item. But, I would check to see if the 15% is already there.

 

[SeaSpray]

Do they automatically include a 15% tip? So, if you wanted to put additional on you would add it as a line item. But, I would check to see if the 15% is already there.

My DH and I had a few different spa treatments while on the Magic and none of them included the tip. We simply wrote in the tip amount on the slip, at the end of the treatment.

Stimpy: I'm sure you can give a cash tip. Just hand it to your spa technician at the end when she's handing you the charge slip. What I do if/when I ever tip in cash (at restaurants, for example), I'll draw a line in the area where the tip can be added in, then just carry the total down to the bottom "total" line.

 

[inkkognito]

I've never seen it included either. My standard is to add 20 percent, but less for a non-hands-on treatment like the surial/rasual.
Barb

 

[soccerdad-Chris]

I tip at least 20%, sometimes 25%, assuming the treatment was good. When you think about it, the base price of a good spa treatment is similar to a nice family dinner out, yet the spa therapist clearly has to do much more to earn that tip than a dinner server (they are focusing on you 100% for an hour, where a restaraunt server covers numerous tables).

Chris