Tipping removal men

[pebbles]

Please can anyone help me with how much we should tip our removal men. They're doing all the packing and moving and will be with us for 4 days (2 people 1st day, 4 people 2nd day, 6 people moving day, 4 people day after). I have no idea where to start?

Thanks so much

[EmilyPie]

Bumping this post because we are (hopefully!) moving soon and it hadn't even occurred to me that people did this. What's the etiquette? Any ideas?

[snowboarder]

Hmm we possibly gave them ?20 each? I can't remember but we def did hand over some cash to the guys in addition to payment.

[Mellors]

We did the same - ?20 cash each and a crate of beers at the end....

[pebbles]

Thanks so much for advice

What if they are working over 4 days and different men come each day!!!

Should we do ?20 per person per day and then let the manager split it up at the end? cos surely someone who has worked all 4 days should get more than someone who has only done 1. sorry for the silly questions i just want to get it right as they're working so hard and it's so hot!!!

[StraferJack]

4 days? How big is the house???

But let's assume VERY big - if it's a 4 day job then the move cost itself is likely to be far in excess of the average house move, so perhaps the ?20 a head is less relevant?

That ?20 a head in my case was ?25 a head but they did a fantastic job and moved a 3 bed house from London to Sussex in half a day

If it was over 4 days I probably would pay that sum per day? Or at least a tenner per day per person

(thats' what I would do anyway - not telling you what to do)

[snowboarder]

Our guys packed for us so I think it took 2 (poss 3 - I decamped to my parents place with the kids!) days - I think we just did it on the last day when they had finished, with some beers!

[StraferJack]

that post-move drink - nothing tastes better

we packed about 70% of the stuff ourselves and they did the rest on the day of the move - arrived at 8:30am, packed, dissembled, loaded, droved, unloaded, assembled and done by 3pm that afternoon

[pebbles]

Thanks everyone. I think we're going to do ?10 per person per day and a crate of beers.

[snowboarder]

Where're you off to pebbles? Good luck, I hated moving...

[pebbles]

We're off down to Kent, near Cranbrook