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I’m about the same as you - teachers are getting $25 Starbucks gift cards. I’d usually tip the cleaners an extra cleaning but I had another thread about this - I have a new cleaner who’s only been twice and once was awful - so I’m not tipping her this year. We might leave some extra money for the pet sitter because we’ll need her Christmas/Boxing day but I’m not sure because they already charge double for holidays.

Nanny: TBD, she’s new, but probably a 2 weeks pay bonus
Cleaner: $75
Teachers: $25 each (plus group gift for one)
Mailman: $20
Garbage & Recycling: DD gift cards or $20

I think that’s everyone.....

I struggle with this too it seems like people give so much! Thankfully I contributed to class gifts for the big kids and we’ll probably make cookies. We have cleaners but it’s a service where different people come (and do varying quality jobs) so I’m thinking a $25 gc for each of the two people who happen to come that day. And I’ll be honest sometimes I try not to book hair near the holidays because my hairdresser is already expensive (though good) and I can only add on so much.

I have only tipped daycare providers when we used in home daycare. I think I gave her 75.00? I can't remember. At the preschool we used they organized buying lunch for the teachers, brining in breakfast stuff, etc.

I tip our cleaning person a little bit each week, but I will give her a full extra visit for end of year bonus. It only is 60.00 every time she comes (I give her 65- sometimes she stays a little late so this covers it, usually she doesn't so its a tip).

I hadn't thought about the people who pick up our garbage but I might try taping something to the lid of the can- a couple of times we haven't gotten the bins out (they are kept in sight of the road) and they've walked part way up my driveway to grab them, which is really kind. And in the summer they humor my garbage truck loving children by waving, saying hi, etc.

ETA: My daughter only goes to kindergarten part time, but I think I'm just going to write a nice note for the main teacher. My mom was a teacher and ended up with lots of random stuff from kids each year. We liked getting packaged treats as kids but I think my mom felt inundated with them. I like the idea of an amazon gift card because she often uses her own money to buy stuff for her classroom, and that would offset it. I might do that next year when we are full time kindergarten, but honestly i think a nice card is enough.
I'm a social worker and when I worked in residential treatment people liked to give me gifts- but the most meaningful were the cards from people thanking me, telling me how I had helped, etc. Oh, and I got a small plant once which I really liked but I guess if everyone gave me a plant it would be a lot!

I bonus our part time nanny and our cleaning lady. Our cleaning lady gets big tip at thanksgiving and a bonus at Christmas. Christmas is double her rate plus a bit

I bonus our nanny really well. Where I live (outside nyc) typical is a weeks salary, sometimes two. She’s only with us part time (8-15 hours), but I bonus her a full week. So it’s A. LOT. And she literally told me it was more than her full time families have bonused her in the past, but honestly, she’s worth it and she has said point blank she wants to love and care for our children until we don’t need her anymore. We want her around for the long haul. And want her to know how special she is

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We are doing a class gift card to target for her pre k teachers
I tip the manicurists aeouns 30% around the holidays.
I don’t tip the mail lady bc honestly sometimes she’s not there and I don’t want the lazy replacement to get $
And F the garbage men; I have to clean up garbage and dirty diapers every morning after they leave.

We were asked by the room mother to give $125 for daycare teachers, it will be split between the four main teachers, one who subs regularly, and the center director and AD.

Cleaning lady I think we will tip the amount of one cleaning ($80). I am glad I saw this, because I did not know that this was a thing (haven't had one before, never had one growing up...)

We have a retired woman who loves to cook who makes a few recipes for us each weekend. She's great, and I think charges a lot less than she could if she were trying to maximize profits. We pay her a labor fee plus the cost of the food. I was thinking about tipping the amount of the labor fee, but I don't want to be stingy. Maybe I'll double the amount we give her for the week before Christmas.

Our garbage goes in a dumpster and I'm working when the garbage people come, so don't think that would work. I haven't tipped delivery people, but if we know we are expecting a UPS guy around the holidays, we do prepare and offer them some holiday snacks.

Oh- I also try to leave out a basket with bottles of water and snacks for the delivery people. We get a ton of deliveries and our street is a bit out of the way and I appreciate when they actually put the packages on the porch instead of by the curb.

I'm only doing daycare and it's $10 Starbucks card for each. 2 teachers for my oldest and 3 teachers for my youngest.

@babypugs: Our garbage & recycling people pool all of their tips they receive and divide evenly, so they say.....

@babypugs: I'm with you. I used to be able to give more when I just had one kid but now with 2 and double the teachers plus DD1 has aftercare teacher, I had to dial down the amount so I got $10 giftcards and probably a small gift from Trader Joes added on for the main teachers.

We do mailman; garbage/recycle, I think one year I taped something to the bins but I haven't been consistent. Wouldn't be anymore than $10 GC either...

Daycare teachers - gift around $25 (may be a gift card or a combination of things from their fav things lists)
Coworkers I lead - I am just giving them cards with personalized notes.
Garbage, mailmen - I think these can vary every week and haven't thought about tipping.
I give $20 to my hair stylist and my boys barber.
I gave boxes of pears from Harry & David to the rehab facility that helped my Dad in November. I generally don't gift doctors we see routinely but after a hospitalization/rehab stay, I think doing something is nice for the people involved in his recovery.

I give my cleaning ladies either a week off and pay them, or pay them double if they decide they want to come.

I tip my UPS guy, mail man and newspaper delivery person.

I'm giving my son's in-school Speech Therapist a giftcard, either Starbucks or Amazon.

His teachers/school staff are covered under 1 contribution I make to the class parent, then they get everyone a large giftcard.

When we lived in a condo I tipped every doorman/desk person/maintenance staff.

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We tip around a week's pay for dog walker and housecleaner. Will likely total around that for daycare (though divided among 4 teachers and a director) and will tip DH's work driver $100-$200. We haven't done garbage/mail but I am reconsidering if we should!

Dog walker: $100 (my dog is my problem child and he's the only one who can deal with her)

Daycare: $500 for the two owners for two kids

Cleaning: $60

@hellobeeboston: First timer too...I plan to have my daughter draw him a picture and I'll have her hand it all to him!

Now that I have 7 daycare teachers, we're doing $15 Target gift cards and some small treats. This year it's socks, cocoa and cookies.

For our cleaning team we usually leave a small tip. We have different people come and it just feels weird to leave an especially generous gift to the people who happened to be there that week.

Secretary: $100
Cleaning lady: $100 and baileys (her favorite)
Four daycare teachers: $50/each

(All gift cards)
I’m now learning we may be low too!?!

@wrkbrk: the amounts have to differ wildly by region! I feel like I’m on the lowish side based on where we live, but our kids have like 9 teachers to gift to so it’s the best we can do.

Weekly cleaning ladies = 1 weeks pay
Weekly dog walker = 1 weeks pay
UPS, FedEx, and USPS (we have regulars) = $20 each

Our lawn company sends different people each week, so I don't do anything for them. Its also set up on auto-pay, so whoever does show up just provides the service and leaves.

I did not "tip" my chiropractor or her masseuse today. I see them 1/month, but its a medical office and I pay the receptionist, so that seemed weird.

I am getting a haircut tomorrow though, so I guess I will tip her the amount of 1 extra cut.

Our new school has a strict policy of teacher not accepting anything, and my teachers are big on following the rules so I'm not going to try. They take up a collection from the entire school and divide it evenly among all the staff, so that the janitorial crew, office staff, etc... are all included. The letter we received said the recommended amount is $100 per student.