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We have regular service and we gift in December by giving the normal fee as a bonus (so if we normally paid $100, we would pay the normal $100 plus $100 gift for a total of $200) at our last cleaning of the year.

We do the same as @danda:

We pay a little more than $100 for ours to come once a month. We tipped $100, a bottle of wine, and homemade banana bread.

I don't mean to hijack the thread but I'm curious to know how people have come up with the 1x cleaning tip amount, only because i don't know anyone in Canada who goes by that rule. When i brought it up with friends from different circles, they looked at me like i was crazy.

When we had a cleaning service, a once a month clean cost us a little over $200. The owner and her helpers would do the clean - so how would i distribute the tip? $400 would be quite a bit to swallow.

@Freckles: it's what my husband was doing when I met him - since he asks his mom for advice on everything, I assume she told him to do it. Most of my friends don't have a regular cleaner but a few have hired our regular cleaner 1-2x per year and they ask me for a recommendation about tipping - I just tell them what we do for our different situation and nobody has responded that it seems strange.

@MaryM: @danda: Thanks - i wonder if it's also because the tipping culture is much bigger in the US, or the people i know (whether they be from here or Europe) never grew up with a housekeeper/cleaning service?

I tip 2 cleanings worth plus a small gift and a food gift. Our lady is so sweet and thoughtful, she remembers our birthdays and brings us homemade cakes to celebrate. I also WAH when she's cleaning, so I've gotten to know her.

@Freckles: i've always heard a week's worth (although i didn't do that this year!) so depends on how often they come, i think.