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09-15-2008, 04:45 PM | #16 |
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PS - We get a gratuity maybe once every 10 jobs. Not all that common in the midwest. If we get asked to do extra's, our contract has a per hour, or any part thereof, price.
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09-15-2008, 05:58 PM | #18 |
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Nice set-up Marsha! Yes, I include gratuity, tip, service charge in the balance (not going there with the semantics). I still have a headache on this topic from another forum I used to participate.
Your area dictates if you should add it or not! If you do not add it, you will not get it most of the time. If you add it, you will get it most of the time. YMMV
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09-15-2008, 06:58 PM | #19 | |
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I am going to change our contract. We now ask for the final check the evening before or morning of the event. I think I will follow your lead and ask for it the week before.
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09-15-2008, 07:00 PM | #20 |
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Thank you. The decorating is my favorite part of the day. It's hard sometimes when you are not 100% sure how they will have everything decorated if you are not involved in that end of things. I am learning to ask a lot more questions in advance.
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09-15-2008, 07:17 PM | #22 | |
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Same here it's kind of hard to ask for a tip before you even do the job. I get half up front and full payment ten days prior.
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09-15-2008, 07:37 PM | #23 |
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We get 1/2 up front and half on arrival.
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09-15-2008, 09:11 PM | #24 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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$300 booking charge; balance a week before the event.
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09-16-2008, 01:16 PM | #25 |
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I don't currently do catering, but am keeping an eye on these discussions because I am getting more and more people asking me about cooking for them.
I guess I understand the miscellaneous service charge to cover for various tasks that pop up and aren't spelled out in the contract like Mista mentioned, but wouldn't you simply price your job at a rate that makes you some decent money and any gratuity would just be icing on the cake? I wouldn't think a "tip" would be spelled out in any way on the contract with the client.
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09-16-2008, 06:58 PM | #26 | |
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