Tipping removal men

frankie

I am moving home soon, Removers will pack, load deliver to my new home 380 miles away. Process scheduled to take 3-4 days.

What's the going rate for tipping the crews?

ThePants999

What? That's not a thing, is it? Tell me that's not a thing.

HappyMJ

frankie wrote: »

I am moving home soon, Removers will pack, load deliver to my new home 380 miles away. Process scheduled to take 3-4 days.

What's the going rate for tipping the crews?

Enough for a drink and a snack each day...or you could provide drinks and snacks. They like tea and coffee and some of them like cola or fizzy drink for the sugar levels giving them energy.

You're paying for a service at the going rate. It's not like restaurant service where waiters get paid nothing and rely on tips to make their wage up to National Minimum Wage. Restaurants like that in the UK are very rare though with the food/drink priced high enough so the staff can get paid NMW.

Pixie5740

When I moved last summer I tipped the removal men £20 each. They humpfed my furniture up 2 floors on one of the hottest days of the year and they did a good job.

G_M

Recently used a white van man (well, 2 men) for a £195 removal. They refused tea and biscuits & just got on wih the job. On time, fast, careful & friendly. Gave them £200.

If they'd been late, slow, clumsy or unfriendly I wouldn't have.

Hoploz

Last time I used removal men there were several of them over two days, not all on site at once, couldn't keep track tbh (plus same firm happened to be moving the people out of the house we were buying - confusing?!)

I nipped out to the village shop and got them a couple of crates of beers. That way they could share them out as they saw fit and it only cost about £20 for the lot

j_yorks

I am not buying anyone responsible for packing, loading and driving my belongings around the place alcohol!

I have never tipped removal companies. They're expensive enough as it is. A man with a van I would. We're paying over £1500 to move - that's more than enough!!

PasturesNew

I think, if you're a "normal person" (not a mansion dweller with precious antiques), then £20 between them's a stock answer. More/less depending on who you get, how many you get and how pleasant they made the day and if they went to any extra special efforts to shift something that's huge/cumbersome/tricky/awkward and heavy.

Don't spoil them ..... or they'll start to get used to more.

Generally, they do all right. They get paid well, the work's easy to do. Not got a boss down their necks most of the day. Several times a week they'll be offered all sorts of leftovers to take/keep/sell for themselves.

lifecanbetough4

This is the UK not America!

Hoploz

j_yorks wrote: »

I am not buying anyone responsible for packing, loading and driving my belongings around the place alcohol!!!

Haha, but it was last thing on a Friday, AFTER they'd finished, and they didn't hang around in the driveway drinking it straightaway!!

Just a little gesture showing gratitude for their friendly and trouble-free manner

littlegreenfrog_2

HappyMJ wrote: »

Enough for a drink and a snack each day...or you could provide drinks and snacks. They like tea and coffee and some of them like cola or fizzy drink for the sugar levels giving them energy.

You're paying for a service at the going rate. It's not like restaurant service where waiters get paid nothing and rely on tips to make their wage up to National Minimum Wage. Restaurants like that in the UK are very rare though with the food/drink priced high enough so the staff can get paid NMW.

Actually this practice is illegal.