One of my friends has given me a wonderful baby gift: she is paying for her cleaning woman to clean my house on Friday!

She is paying for it, but I'm not sure if I should tip her or not. I don't want to be rude, because I don't like to be rude, because I don't want to embarass my friend and because the cleaning woman lives in my subdivision.

And how much of a tip should I leave?

Somehow I knew that's what this thread was going to be about :lol:

Yes, I'd tip. Do you have any idea how much she charges? I'd base the tip on that. If no, maybe $10?? I have no clue. I wish someone would come clean my house!

I was going to say $10. If it's a all-day thing, then maybe $20.

I think you should tip her as well.

Okay, I'm really embarassed now. We had a cleaning service come and clean our house in September, and I didn't tip at all. :blush: It never even occurred to me to tip them! We were charged almost $200 for 4 ladies to do 2 hours of work. I wonder how much I should have tipped them? I'm totally embarassed now! :blush:

I wouldn't tip.

I wouldn't tip either.

Anne -- I assume you paid these people yourself? I wouldn't tip them either. Sheila's cleaning is a gift, that's the only reason I would tip.

i still wouldnt tip. it seems (correct me if i am wrong) that this lady works for herself & not as a part of a service. in that case, the money your friend pays goes to her...its not like she is only making a small % of the fee.
(maybe i am cheap? :blush: )

I was thinking the same thing as Karri. If she's independent, then I don't see a reason to tip.

Because it was a gift I wouldn't tip. And I definitely wouldn't tip if she self-employed and doesn't work for someone like Merry Maids.

I'd tip. I'd leave $10 for half day of cleaning, $20 for a full day. If I were paying her regularly? Only a tip if there were something outrageously gruesome to clean that week.

If I'm given a massage gift certificate, I still tip the massage therapist even when I know he/she is a self-employed person and got the full amount of the certificate.