how much should I tip for a real massage (no-sex)? The massage cost 250 baht. But how much should I tip?
how much should I tip for a real massage (no-sex)? The massage cost 250 baht. But how much should I tip?
50 baht is fair though not generous for indoors.
On some beaches where supply greatly outstrips demand, it appears that the price is fixed and the massager, masseuse or maseur (sp) is happy to get the business even if no tip.
You don't say where or for how long it is. I know many find this a vexed question. In some places the masseurs are on staff, in other places they get a proportion of the amount you pay at the desk. I usally go for the two-hour job at one of the traditional places in Bangkok (330 baht), and find they're exceedingly well please if I give them 150 baht tip; I've seen Thai customers give 100 baht, and I've only ever once, in having massages a couple of times a week for the past 15 years, ever been asked for or even seen a masseur hovering as if they expect a tip. 50 baht is, I'd say, barely acceptable for a two-hour job, but probably acceptable for one-hour (which is what 250 baht sounds like). At least you're not asking the usual stand-by - "How much tip for a boy" - and in most cases the masseur is working a damn sight harder and longer (although slightly less intimately)
Satisfactory - 100 Baht
Good - 150 Baht
Very good - 200 Baht
Outstanding - 250 Baht
Not much really for a good massage is it. If it was for two hours I'd add about 50 Baht.
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You all almost sound gleeful to be able to pay more money than the service costs. Go ahead and pay it. Us more frugal will have clearer heads when its time to settle up.
put it this way, a proper Thai massage (1 hour) in New Zealand will cost me 1,550 - 1850 Baht. Paying less than 1/3 of the cost of that for one in Thailand is clearly a bargain, and one that Farang should be able to easily (and gladly) afford.
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just as a point of comparison, male sex-workers in New Zealand (prostitution/homosexuality is legal in New Zealand) arranged through an escort agency will charge around 4130 Baht an hour. A tip on top of that would be appreciated.
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Some will work for just a few treats.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJWIc5cxJEU&search=thai%20massage
I usually have a foot massage at supermarket like Big C, Tesco Lotus and Carrfure, etc. The massage costs 100 baht per hour. I tip 20 baht ( that's 20% !!! ). The masseurs are very pleased.
I have a traditional Thai physical massage in Bangkok twice a week.Originally Posted by Scott123
The massage lasts 2 hours and cost 250Baht, I always tip 150Baht which seems to be the acceptable norm in most reputable genuine massage establishments.
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