What will you be tipping this holiday season?
As my colleague Tightwad Tod reported last week, Consumer Reports National Research Center recently published survey results that found, among other things, that 30 percent of Americans expect to give less to service providers like delivery people, hairdressers, manicurists and the like.
That still leaves some 70 percent who plan to give tips and gifts as usual—or perhaps more—to the folks who serve them regularly.
How much do people tip at the holidays? That same, savvy CR National Research Center recently asked some 1,900 people nationwide how much they offered in thanks last holiday season. Click here for our findings.
Regardless of your budget, check out CR's timely advice on tipping in these difficult times. —Tobie Stanger
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Posted by: KC | Nov 11, 2008 10:47:58 AM
The only person I tip is the guy who delivers my newspaper. He gives us good service eventhough we are frequently gone on weekends and have our service stopped for a few days every month or so. He certainly earns his tip and I'll give him the same amount I always tip him.
Who else is their to tip? I've never quite understood this practice of tipping non-waitpersons.
Posted by: Jessica | Nov 13, 2008 5:06:16 PM
I won't be tipping anything, because I won't be using tippable services, if I can help it. I can't afford tippable services right now! If I do have to use a service that requires a tip, though, I won't be tipping any differently than I normally do. Its hard to work for tips during the holiday season, because the people who work for tips are generally doing much more work during the holidays. More work doesn't mean they deserve less tips. If anything, they deserve more! But I can't afford that either.
I used to work for tips though, so maybe I'm biased.
A word to the wise, never undertip a pizza deliver person. They know where you live. I'm just saying.