It’s that wonderfully stressful time of the year again! The bells are tolling, the children are singing, and you can’t stop thinking about how much you should tip your doorman, super, dog walker, cleaning lady, milkman, elevator boy (um… you’ll see what we mean) or whoever. Of course your friends are utterly useless — they’re just as clueless on holiday tipping as you.
Not to worry: despite our years of living in NYC, we still haven’t figured it out, either.
So we did what any savvy New York apartment dweller would do. We dug through a little research, quizzed our most organized friends, crunched a few numbers, and then threw back a few drinks to restore our sanity after taking on this task for yet another year. Then we called up our friend Teri at NYC real estate survival website BrickUnderground to thank her for her wonderful “2011 Holiday Tipping Guide.”
And what became of our efforts, you ask? We present the Rentenna “Tips on Holiday Tipping” Infographic. Use it as your tipping cheat-sheet this holiday season (and share it with friends / neighbors to make sure you don’t get out-tipped — collusion style).
We hope these Tips on Holiday Tipping bring you some peace of mind and holiday cheer. And if things are a bit tight this year, don’t forget: the only real rule of holiday tipping is to give what you can afford (but not so little that your super “accidentally” gifts you a ravenous colony of bed bugs next spring).
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Thank you! Perfect timing. A client just asked me the exact same question!
Great article! My only suggestion would be if you could you add a link to share w/linked in?
Hey great site nag great info for new New Yorkers like us. We are are agonizing as to what to do here seeing as we moved into our building on 11/1. We’ve only been here two months and
D it’s been a bit of a revolving door with respect to the staff. Any advice would be appreciated.
Very helpful! Have linked on my site!
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