I'm curious what you tip for expensive color, cuts or keratin. I just went in for a $425 hair appointment that lasted two hours - am I supposed to tip 15% on that?? |
It's 20%. But yes. |
20% |
Yes, just like you'd pay 10% food tax on a $400 food bill. It's not based on your sticker shock. |
No. You are already paying for their skill, time, and product. I would not tip an extra $60 plus for 2 hrs of service. I would leave a $20-30 tip. Servers are making $3/hr, food service in a restaurant is not comparable |
Wrong! They could have had 4 customers in those 2 hours and would have made way more than $20-$30 in tips! I would not keep you as a client if you used my time and tipped that way. |
I always tip at least 20% and tip the shampoo attendant, no matter the price point. If it's too much for you to tip 20% on that amount, you should find a salon that charges less. |
What the hell, what were you doing in a salon like that?! |
This is an honest question... why don’t you just charge what you think your time is worth? Your clients may tip 0-20%. Some tip extra at Christmas. Some don’t. Just charge $450 for a haircut and accept a tip as an extra is you get one? |
NP - because most salons set the prices, not by individual stylist. |
I do not get high end haircuts because the few times I did, the tipping was stressful. I saw people tip the "greeter". I saw people tip the shampoo ladies and of course the stylist themselves. Can't be 20% to each? Went back to a small shop where one person does the whole thing. |
My stylist frequently works on other clients while my hair is "processing". He also makes a shit load of money as a high-end stylist. I tip 15%. The only person I tip 20%+ are wait staff or someone who is older and might be depending on the money to feed their family. As it is, many of the restaurant/shop owners that I know are pretty loaded so they shouldn't expect me to subsidize their employees income while they take impressive vacations. All of you who routinely tip 20%+ are either super wealthy or just showing off.... |
Is that still true? My salon says they can only have one client per stylist in the salon at a time. So if I have downtime while processing, she has downtime. I know capacity rules are relaxing now so maybe that's changing. |
Who tips the greeter? I've had them connect tips in envelopes for the stylists. 20%+ for the stylist. $5 to $10 for the shampooer depending on the place. |
I tip 20% but honestly I've never been that happy with it. My stylist is a really highly trained professional--I think she's paid pretty well paid to start with so giving her an additional $60 for 90 minutes work (when she's seeing other customers while I process) seems like a lot. Based on her clothes, her vacations and the house she bought, I don't think she's particularly hurting for money. OTOH, I get that she doesn't genearally get paid during closures (like the pandemic) and also probably doesn't get a pension or even 401k.
I'm never really sure what the tip the shampoo person. What do people think about that? |