Minimum Tipping suggestion

[Staggerhuff]

I'm a total newbie here. I know tipping varies and depends on how satisfied you are with the service. What would be a minimum tipping for a massage if you have a good session. Do you tip based on a% or a flat amount? Let's say of the massage costs $60 per hour, what would be the Minimum tipping ..no sex just a happy ending. I had read that tip cam be the same as the cost of the massage..$60 for the massage $60 for the tip. Is that normal?

[LaffingBear]

Heres a tip: prepare yourself for no useful consensus of recommendations.

[Staggerhuff]

Let's call it a survey then.....

[LaffingBear]

Situational.

 

I dont tip a percentage. Of course, I dont tip if disappointed. I have paid a nuisance fee to get rid of someone as we meet/start, or if I'm leaving immediately.

 

I dont tip if its just OK. Growing up, I was taught not to tip the business-owner. Escorts are that, so if the experience is just OK, or simply meets expectations, I dont tip.

 

If its exceeds expectations, Im likely to just reach for a couple of bills... a $20, or two, or whatever. Never singles... not even along with bigger bills.

 

Ive tipped much more generously when its been a great experience. A fantastic time, running over the hour considerably. Ive added $50 or $100 if he rocked my world.

 

Ill also ask about incidental expenses. Do they need cabfare? did they park for my hotel? Do they have singles for the bellman, if we're checking out?

 

My last weekend hire, I paid the guy by cashier's check at his request (his plans: earmarked for rent, he endorsed the check over to his landlord)... but I wanted him to have cash, so I tipped him a couple hundred bucks.

[fratphysicals]

For guys who work on their own (not in a spa) and charge $100+ for 60min massage and up, a tip is not necessary. Masseurs in spas make about $40-$50/hr if that. Those establishments take a large cut of the proceed, thus a tip is strongly encouraged to reward the masseur.

 

I've never understood why people tip guys on M4M, Masseurfinder, etc. who are already getting 100% of what they charge which is well above the industry standard for massage.

[Guest]

as an escort I don't expect a tip, lets be real most escorts rate are high enough lol

but its always nice when I get home count the money I earned from the day and see I got a little extra

they don't have to but its nice if they did.

[Guest InthePines]

as an escort I don't expect a tip, lets be real most escorts rate are high enough lol

but its always nice when I get home count the money I earned from the day and see I got a little extra

they don't have to but its nice if they did.

Well said. I like to tip based on a job well done. Punctual, professional, prepared and someone working to deliver an experience rather than just going through the motion is how I determine gratuity.

[+ EVdude]

For a good technical spa massage that has sensual elements and HE, I tip 50%. If there's some unexpected extra, I usually add an extra $20. Another caveat... upselling an HE during a session is a major buzz kill for me, I usually say no and reduce the tip by the level of obnoxiousness.

 

For private masseurs (I always go to them), I typically don't tip if it's $120 or above. Under $120, the tip varies widely depending how low the rate and how good the experience. Also, I only pay in $20s and never ask for change.

[Jose Anmo]

I was at a spa recently and the guy demanded more tips. 80 massage 40 tip I think is pretty generous. Puzzling.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Hmm, what I am ready to pay at a massage parlour :

if the massage price is $60

Very Good massage: $70

Massage with HE and touching his chest and abs : $90

Massage with HE and some kissing Or HE while i suck him: $100

If he top me: $140

If he were to let me top him (never happened so far): $160

 

But sometimes, I am still in the happy mood at the moment of paying, and I go overboard on tips for no reason.

[Guest InthePines]

My comments refer to tipping at a spa. I agree that because independent masseurs keep everything no tip is required.

Agreed, but then again, I think it somewhat depends on your situation. I like my massage in the privacy of my home and live about 20 minutes via interstate outside of town. I'm also interested only in hiring the very best masseurs/professionals available and accept that I'm not likely to have that list of criteria ringing my doorbell promptly at 9 o'clock on a Saturday evening if I'm only willing to pay their advertised rate.

 

I think that what separates the Crème of the Crop from all the rest isn’t simply their looks and skills, (which of course is important), but rather the level of service and attention to detail they deliver to their best clients.

[instudiocity]

Minimum is Zer0... always has been, always will be...

[fratphysicals]

Minimum is Zer0... always has been, always will be...

Agreed. Again what some of you are missing is that a masseur in private practice has absolutely no money taken out of their hourly rate. Some (probably most on websites like MF and M4M) even go as far as to not claim any income and avoid paying any taxes. A lot of these guys bring in six figures annually. A massage in a spa for $60 is a completely different story.

 

I've never understood why people feel a tip is necessary for a $150+ 60min massage, regardless of what it includes.

[+ Travis69]

Do we think masseurs in spas report all of their tips to the IRS??????????????????????????????????????

[+ Travis69]

If I go to a private masseur who charges $150.00 and get what I would classify as a escort session I pay what I would have paid an escort, $200 to $250.

[fratphysicals]

Do we think masseurs in spas report all of their tips to the IRS??????????????????????????????????????

No, theres a difference in reporting any income ($150 per session) as opposed to a tip per session ($20-$30).

[+ Travis69]

No, theres a difference in reporting any income ($150 per session) as opposed to a tip per session ($20-$30).

Not to the IRS.

[+ Travis69]

If a spa masseur gets 5 $30.00 tips per day, works 5 days a week, 52 weeks that's $39,000.00.

[fratphysicals]

Not to the IRS.

Correct, but my point is these guys making $100k/year by charging $150 per session not reporting anything and making a killing, white the guys working in spas not reporting their tips are most definitely not.

[mr.brief]

Does anyone have any factual information what a massage therapist at Encore or Wynn in Las Vegas would earn by the hour---- just what the hotel pays him by the hour?

[+ Travis69]

You have to factor in expenses the independent masseur has. Hopefully private apartment with no roommates, hopefully separate massage room, cost of linens, oils, advertising, etc.

[instudiocity]

Agreed. Again what some of you are missing is that a masseur in private practice has absolutely no money taken out of their hourly rate. Some (probably most on websites like MF and M4M) even go as far as to not claim any income and avoid paying any taxes. A lot of these guys bring in six figures annually. A massage in a spa for $60 is a completely different story.

 

I've never understood why people feel a tip is necessary for a $150+ 60min massage, regardless of what it includes.

You mean like tipping:

Your lawyer who charges over $300/hour?

Your doctor who charges over $300/hour?

Your accountant who charges over $300/hour?

Your psychologist who charges over $300/55 minutes?

 

Either Escorting is a profession, or it's not. I cannot imagine giving a 20% gratuity for good service to the guy who just collected 100% of his hourly fee for that service, whether he does or does not report his income and expenses on his tax return. His taxes are none of my business, either!

[instudiocity]

Do we think masseurs in spas report all of their tips to the IRS??????????????????????????????????????[/Quote]Do you think wait staff reports ALL of their tips? How about the cooks and the table bussers? Wait staff should be tipping out to them, so does the wait staff report the income and deduct the expense of tipping out to the cooks and the table bussers?

 

There is a reason the IRS has an 8% rule in restaurants. If the wait staff doesn't report income, the restaurant is required to impute to wait staff 8% of their total check as tips and report that figure to the IRS.

[instudiocity]

You have to factor in expenses the independent masseur has. Hopefully private apartment with no roommates, hopefully separate massage room, cost of linens, oils, advertising, etc.

I have a professional masseur who does exactly that - he reports his income on a Schedule C, deducts his expenses on the Schedule C and he pays self-employment taxes on his net income. I have no problems paying him $150 for a 90 minute massage and I don't tip him. Sometimes he goes over the 90 minutes and I either compensate him immediately or at our next appointment, because he's a professional and he charges for his time.

[Dmitri]

Heres a tip: prepare yourself for no useful consensus of recommendations.

 

Bingo @LaffingBear .....No useful consensus of recommendations