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[quote=Anonymous]As a massage therapist and business owner, here's what I say: A) Before I went back to school for massage therapy, I would tip $20 for a 1 hour massage. Accordingly, a 90 min would be $30. B) For those in the comments making snotty comments about not tipping at all because it's their job, I say this: first, don't go get a massage if you can't tip. Most therapists MAYBE see 20% of that price you are paying the spa. Massage Therapy isn't just touching your body. A real MT went to school with classes that included physiology, anatomy, kinesiology, pathology and other classes. I once studied with a 1st year med student and was learning much of the same things. So, this isn't just some "fluff" profession. So the money you think MTs are making at your spa is going to the spa, not the therapist. Let's also not forget that whatever a therapist makes from a spa as an hourly wage, you can cut by about 50%, because MTs can NOT physically work a 40 hour work week. It is WAY too hard on the body. So, if they make $25 an hour at your spa and you don't tip them, it's like making $12 an hour, which, frankly, sucks. C) If you have a therapist that works out of their home or is their own boss, if they are charging you about $60 an hour, that is fair and you don't need to tip. In fact, I don't accept tips from clients. I tell them if that makes them uncomfortable, their tip can be referring their friends to me.[/quote]
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