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[redrhodie]

Are you supposed to tip? (seriously)

I always (I guess mean usually ) tip around 15%.

I'm curious to see what others say to this.

[OakLeaf]

I tip 20% if the therapist works for a salon or bodyworks studio.

If they own their own practice, then I don't tip.

Might be different outside the USA, though.

[crazycanuck]

It's only in the US kids...

BWAH AHAAAA i've never heard of such thing being done down this way...

Perhaps ONLY at a nice restaurant but otherwise no and they don't even think about it.

[JennK13]

I get confused on tipping when it comes to "services". When am I "supposed" to, how much? We went on a fly fishing expedition this summer, it was $150 each, and then we were supposed to tip??? What the?? When we went white water rafting, it was mentioned that we were supposed to tip our guide? I guess I don't get why we're "supposed" to tip people for those kinds of things, especially when we're already paying a couple hundred for the trip itself. Now I worry that I was supposed to tip my snowboard instructor last season, or my bike fitter. I think it all started with the fast food restaurants leaving tip jars on the counters...now everyone thinks they're entitled!

[Crankin]

Yes, you are supposed to tip guides on a trip. Especially the bike tour leaders. It's an incredible amount of work.
This year, the tour we took was with a small, Spanish based company, with owners who hail from the UK. They were fabulous. There were only 2 other Americans on the trip; the rest from Australia, Denmark, Canada. We did not tip the owner/leader, but we did tip the other leader, who was an employee. He was a poor, semi-pro cyclist who worked in the asparagus fields to make money. I know he appreciated it. If we hadn't brought it up, the others on the tour would not have tipped him. After we explained the rationale, they all were happy to do so.
The reason we tip in the US is that service people often get paid minimum wage (or less) and depend on tips to make a living wage, as opposed to EU countries, where waiters, etc make a salary.

[malkin]

I tip 20% if the therapist works for a salon or bodyworks studio.

If they own their own practice, then I don't tip.

Might be different outside the USA, though.

Same for me, I'll tip in a salon or spa, but if it is a private practice marketed as a kind of health care, I don't. This came up when I was seeing someone who charged the same hourly as I do for speech-language therapy. I don't expect tips, and I don't tip health care providers.

[jelee1311]

You should tip massage therapist, anyone working in a salon (hair, face, nails)
And especially a fly fishing guide they typically put up with a lot more than all the others combined(my friend is one the stories are pretty bad) and any other guide. I tip based on15 to 20% but also how good the service was truly was. I've been a waitress and work retail and I will reward good service. I don't usually tip instructors

[crazycanuck]

SQUEEEEEEEEE SQUEEEEEEE Last paper of semester done Who knew that comparing Detroit- Glasgow & Beruit- Sarajevo could be so interesting! I was talking about creating equity in post industrial/fordist and post conflict cities. Man i hope it makes sense....

Now to study for two exams in the next two weeks..second one's going to be

Weeeeeee...

[OakLeaf]

Yay on the paper! Good luck on the exams, I know you'll do great.

[snapdragen]

cc - I'm sure you've said before, but what are you studying?