Nail salon - should I still plan to tip in cash?

[Anonymous]

Clearly I haven’t been to one in a really, really long time. Do you still have to tip in cash? Or can you add it to the credit card bill?

[Anonymous]

I always plan to tip in cash. Depends where you go, some places don’t take cards at all. Not nails but my waxing place offers Venmo for tips instead of cash.

[Anonymous]

Cash is king for everything especially tips.

[Anonymous]

I tip on my credit card, I don't carry cash. Fewer and fewer people carry cash these days, and nail salons know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tip on my credit card, I don't carry cash. Fewer and fewer people carry cash these days, and nail salons know this.

While true, I keep a cash stash on hand to ensure that the person who provides the service receives the gratuity. Seems like the minimum I can do.

[Anonymous]

I always tip in cash and usually pay in cash at the nail salon, since it’s a bit cheaper to do so. It’s the one place I consistently use cash. They have an ATM there, so no biggie.

[Anonymous]

Every nail salon I go to gives me a hard time about using a card.

[Anonymous]

Always use cash

[Anonymous]

Venmo for tips. They all use it and appreciate it. Nails, hair places do it.

[Anonymous]

I wish I could venmo or put tip on credit card but everywhere I go they still almost always insist on cash. So ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

My nail salon has pictures of all the technicians Venmo QR codes taped on the front desk. I still carry cash but if I am running low, Venmo makes it easy.
Suggest that to the owners?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nail salon has pictures of all the technicians Venmo QR codes taped on the front desk. I still carry cash but if I am running low, Venmo makes it easy.
Suggest that to the owners?

I wonder if with the newly enforced tax to Venmo such accounts this will go out of favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could venmo or put tip on credit card but everywhere I go they still almost always insist on cash. So ridiculous.

It’s so they don’t have to report it on taxes.

[Anonymous]

OP here - thanks I went earlier today. They had an ATM on premises and grumbled something about Venmo. I took my chances on the shady looking ATM in the back. I didn’t have a chance to fit a normal bank ATM before I got there but next time definitely will.

[Anonymous]

My favorite nail salon in Vienna prefers cards + tip included on card. Typically the owner will announce the tip to the technician…

Love that I don’t have to have cash, make change and calculate a tip.