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We moved our boxes and furniture from Alexandria VA to Wake Forest NC, which is about 400 miles. The cost was about $4000.00 using a national moving company. The day of the move was 95 degrees.
I tipped them $100 but was told by friends that if the movers did a good job (they did) I should have tipped 10% of the cost. (Or $400). Was I cheap only tipping $100? What would you tip on an out of state move?
Wow we are really cheap then! On the move out I didn’t tip the movers. They did an average job, scratched the hell out of our walls. I did buy them lunch.
Moving in we had awesome movers. I gave each guy $50. Our move was $11,000– so apparently I’m cheap.
That said, paying thousands for a move, why tip? That has always been foreign to me.
Can’t speak from experience, but was it $100 per mover or $100 total? When we’ve had movers (though we’ve done it with movers at each end, and we drive a u-haul), we would make sure each mover gets handed their own tip. I think for our most recent move we did $20 per mover? So $60 total for moving out of our old place (3 movers for 3 hours, I think?) and $40 total for moving in to our new place (2 movers for 2 hours).
I’ve read anywhere from tipping 5-20% of the total cost, or instead of a percentage for long distance, give $40/mover per day. So depending how many movers you had, you may have tipped less than ideal. Especially if it was super hot! Maybe if you feel you tipped lower than ideal, write really good reviews on social media, Yelp, etc, if they did a great job. I’ve undertipped before (Like at restaurants) and always try to do reviews if I can especially if positive to help them get more business.
Wow, I've never heard of doing a %-age of the total cost, but we generally tip $40-50 per mover and provide them with drinks (water/Gatorade). But other than one move, all of our moves have been long-distance company-paid relocations.
We have never tipped based upon a percentage of the cost. I can't say this is exact, but generally we tip according to how many hours ... on both ends. I think we usually averaged out at $10/hour/guy (never had a female).
I didn't tip the guy who brought my newly-purchased vintage car across the country one red cent after I saw the two dents that got put in the top somewhere along the way. I'd have tipped him generously had he brought it to me undamaged.
We've had two long distance moves over the past 5 years. Each time we gave each man $100 on both ends. Never heard of percentage either.
When we loaded up in STL in September 2015 it was almost 100 degrees. These guys hauled butt. We provided cold drinks and tipped each guy. Two of them drove the load to SLC, and they subbed two more guys to unload. Tipped those guys $100 each also.
Same on the move back in February - drinks and tips for the loaders, and for the unloaders. We have a house full of furniture, about 50 boxes of books, and 3 cats to corral and work around. Every single guy earned a tip on top of whatever he was paid.
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