Christmas present for cleaning lady

My daughter has stopped contact with me since June. Hence I no longer see my13 year old grandson. Will he remember me , I am heartbroken only child and only grandchild.

LovelyLady- 'we who have cleaners'- no you're wrong- i have a cleaner out of neccessity due to osteoarthritis- but i'm certainly NOT in a 'most fortunate position' - i can barely afford 2hrs a fortnight- and £15 is not 'above average'- its a good price-particularly in south - mines £17.50 per hr & thats in the north where prices generally are lower for things.I certainly could not afford to pay double as a chrìstmas box- i'm not mean- just hard up. I will probably give a nice tin of biscuits or chocolates & maybe add a fiver extra on but its all i can manage- i am not in a 'fortunate financial position' but i do need my cleaners.(xmas week they will get nearly double anyway kind of as they will only have been the week before)

Many people have been saying for some time that not all pensioners are strapped for cash. That’s why the WFA was means-tested. It should probably have kicked in before people reached pension credit level, but I agree that age and income are not necessarily related.

I give extra money and a small packet of chocolates.

My you must all be rich, able to give Double the pay to cleaners, or big tips to hairdresser etc... maybe Reeves is right, and that a lot of oap's DONT need extra cash for winter fuel after all.I think it should be means tested then- clearly a lot of you grans on here are quite affluent or you'd not be tipping so much, christnas or not.I know some are on low state pensions only, so yes they need fuel payment, but seemingly a lot arent that strapped for cash.

Ps I give double usual rate.
I also tip hairstylist despite paying dearly. She gets a wage from the salon, not what I'm charged. I used be broke as a sahm mother and am better off now as hubby retrained and works pt in retirement.
My mother was a cleaner, babysitter, home help etc and I remember how much that extra money meant

A 'One4all' gift card. You can spend them in loads of places. Restaurants, clothes shops etc.

I agree with others I’d give the gift of money.

Don't have a cleaner but tip hairdresser all year round and buy a nice candle. We tip our Evri man who works very hard £10

LovelyLady so many people have trained for years to do their jobs but never get tipped. Nurses, Doctors,physios etc.
Does this devalue the hard work put in by retail assistants, cleaners, binmen etc who don't undertake lengthy training.
Sorry, rant over.

Ours has been coming for ages. An extra day's pay and a small box of chocs.
If she is relatively new, extra hour's pay maybe.

I don’t have a cleaning lady but I’d give her £20

I usually give her a nice box of biscuits and a card with money in which doubles up her pay

A Merry Christmas to you all.
My cleaning lady works hard because she needs the money. £15 per hour is above average in our SE., area but you get what you pay for. I was ‘fed up’ being short changed (leaving early and jobs not done) by cleaners who couldn’t do a good job. or understand what was being requested. eg., using glass cleaner to polish furniture or being on the phone whilst working, doing an online course when working. Or saying a deep clean was needed when it was anything other than polishing. It’s not easy finding a sensible, honest and reliable cleaner. With this in mind, my cleaner will get double wages for Christmas.
We who have cleaners are in a most fortunate financial position.
So sad to hear some don’t tip their hairdressers, who have trained many years to give their clients a decent coiffure. Be kind folk!

I always buy gifts for my ladies. Much more personal than money. I think money assumes the ladies are poor. That’s not the case with my ladies certainly.

£20/30 gift voucher Boots, M&S etc?

I give our cleaner double wages and a small gift. Our lovely posties and window cleaner have a bottle of wine each. Never tip our dustmen as they leave our bins in the middle of our drive and I have to get out of our car to move them....Grr!

sweetcakes our cleaner charges £16 ph. It may be more than others get but in London it's barely a living wage. She has to get from one job to another, pay rent and bills in a shared house.
The days of the poor 'char lady or man' are alive and well except perhaps those who are 2nd earners

Ferry23 how about a voucher for M&S or similar she can treat herself then. I would say £25 would be appreciated and as you say she does a great job.

We give our two fabulous ladies £50 each, a bottle of wine and some chocolates. They are worth every penny to us. I dread the day when they decide to stop.
I leave a tip for our paper delivery teen and our wonderful postie.

Our cleaning lady loves scarves.

So, I always give her a winter weight scarf in her fave colors.

She is amazing and I also give a small token to take home of a Pannettoni which she and her husband enjoy or a bottle of Sparkling Rosé Wine such as Prosecco by Frexinet ..

She is a gem and most trustworthy and has been with us for 15 years and comes every Friday.

I do a bit of cleaning and one of my clients asked if I’d like a gift or money. I told her that she really didn’t need to give me anything but I’d prefer the money as I am saving for something special.

I don't tip. Most cleaners I know are paid an hourly rate of £15 and upwards more than a lot of people get, gone are the days of the poor char lady. As for Hairdressers the only ones that should get tips is the apprentice.

Bloody hell £10!

We have our cleaner £30, she’s off home to Brazil until the middle of January 😱. She’s very sweet and reliable. Our hairdresser comes to our house so I don’t tip her but give her a Space NK voucher for £50 at Christmas as she has children and cash would probably just be absorbed. She’s looked after us really well for about 20 years.