Tipping: one week camp

[alleycat]

How much would you tip counselors and helpers for a one week camp program? Between two DDs, there are 8 counselors and 11 helpers.


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[SnuggleBuggles]

?? None?? Is that a thing?? Oops.

I think if I did anything it would be to write to the director about your good experience and any noteworthy performance notes about the staff.

[Globetrotter]

My kids have been both camp participants and counselors, And we’ve never actually tipped, though they have given and received small gift cards as a thank you.
Definitely Write a note to the camp director. Those are always cherished by the counselors- I can vouch for that :-)

[mmsmom]

For a day camp I would not tip. We have tipped just the cabin counselors at overnight camp (there were 2). I think we did it one year or 2 then I noticed in the parent handbook it said no tipping so we have not done it again. I would ask around to see if it is the norm or expected... maybe it is at a for profit camp. My kids go to Y camps.

[KpbS]

None--they are compensated per their contract with the camp. A hand written note of thanks is always good though!

[gymnbomb]

My first answer as a parent of a child starting to go to day camps: None!!! Wouldn’t even have occurred to me.

My second thought: When I was in college 20 years ago I spent part of 2 summers working as a coach and counselor at an overnight camp. I was essentially “on the clock” 24 hours a day. I got paid somewhere between $200-250 per week. I never got a tip, but a $20 would have meant the world to me.


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[cuca_]

I think this is regional. OP Im not sure where you are but tipping was a thing when my kids went to day camp in NY. We are now in the midwest and all of the camps my kids have attended have a no tip policy. Same with sleep away camps. I have no advice re: specific tips, as we have not dealt with this in years.

[AnnieW625]

I have never tipped a camp counselor and I have been paying for camp in high col area for 9 years.


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[essnce629]

?? None?? Is that a thing?? Oops.

This! I've never heard of such a thing and I've been sending my kids to day camps for the past 10 years.

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[trales]

I was a camp counselor for 6 years, I can count on one hand the number of times a parent handed my a 10 or a 20 and said have a nice time on your day off. This was 2-4 week sleep away camp.