Gift card amount for private music teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is in 8th and this is our first year with private music lessons. How much is a reasonable amount for a gift card? to what store? Lessons are about $80 a week and I’m leaning toward Amazon. Teacher is a young man if that matters.

Nothing. Giving gifts to every person in you child's life is absolutely stupid. We would you think it necessary to tip a music teacher?!

[Anonymous]

Rule of thumb I've always heard for service providers = one weeks' pay or one service's worth. In this case, I'd round up to $100.

[Anonymous]

I'm another who doesn't do holiday gifts for my kids' private music teachers. Their teachers are both business owners and get paid a very fair hourly rate. I imagine that when my teen graduates high school and stops working with his teacher, we will give that teacher a gift (and will try to make it something meaningful), and will do something similar when my younger child finishes with piano lessons.

[Anonymous]

I normally do year-end gifts rather than holiday gifts now. I give $100. Otherwise, I'd split it: $50 and 50. That's the max we can afford.

[Anonymous]

It's a profession just like being a lawyer. You don't tip!

[Anonymous]

Most people see it as a gesture of appreciation, not a tip.

[Anonymous]

Not for music teachers who already charge a fortune

[Anonymous]

Nothing. The lessons are expensive enough and they’re professionals. If they expected more then they’d raise their rates and everyone could choose whether or not to pay that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm another who doesn't do holiday gifts for my kids' private music teachers. Their teachers are both business owners and get paid a very fair hourly rate. I imagine that when my teen graduates high school and stops working with his teacher, we will give that teacher a gift (and will try to make it something meaningful), and will do something similar when my younger child finishes with piano lessons.

Many music teachers are not business owners. My kids take music lessons with excellent teachers at a large music school, and they most definitely are not earning all of what we pay the music school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The amount of one class

This is what we do. A card a a Visa cash card for about the same as one lesson.

Our kitchen junk drawer has 6 Visa gift cards in it — all received as gifts at various times. I don’t think we know how to use them. Have you ever seen anyone use them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The amount of one class

This is what we do. A card a a Visa cash card for about the same as one lesson.

Our kitchen junk drawer has 6 Visa gift cards in it — all received as gifts at various times. I don’t think we know how to use them. Have you ever seen anyone use them?

Agree. Most gift cards go unused. Especially if you are receiving several.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The amount of one class

This is what we do. A card a a Visa cash card for about the same as one lesson.

Our kitchen junk drawer has 6 Visa gift cards in it — all received as gifts at various times. I don’t think we know how to use them. Have you ever seen anyone use them?

Don't know how to use them, what? You use them to purchase something. It's basically a debit card that can be combined with a different credit card if your purchase total exceeds the gift amount.