I don't understand all the fuss about VAS "price lists". There are no VAS "price lists". Every bg has her own criteria on price. And different customers are willing to pay different prices depending on what they want/get.
I pay $400-500 tips for three sessions, depending on the bg and the service. Tips are paid at the counter on the way out. I don't pay in the room, although most bgs might prefer I did so in order to save the 10% skim by management on her tips (e.g., if I pay $500, management takes $50 and the bg gets $450). But I don't want to hide money in something to take into the room, so the bg gets her tip from me at the front desk. Since I am a regular customer to most of my bgs, they are fine with this.
However, I know some customers who do things differently. One (who posts here somewhat often) takes $500 into the room to put some immediate incentive on the table, as he doesn't have much patience to build relationships with the bgs first. If the bg takes up his incentive (which isn't always the case), she gets the $500 in the room and then another $200 at the front desk. So she gets $700 for her troubles (actually $680 after management takes $20 from her $200).
Then I know another customer who maintains an account for himself and his company staff at the front desk. At the end of the each 2-3 hour session, staff will pay a $500 tip, and then he will MATCH each $500 tip with another $500 when the monthly bill is tabbed! So the bg gets a $1000 tip for her troubles (actually only $900 after management takes its slice)! Understandably, the bgs chase these customers rather aggressively . . . (Oh, if only I had a boss like this!!)
So the point here is that different customers are paying different prices for the same thing; thus it's up to you and the bg to come to mutually agreeable terms.
Keep in mind that what most bgs are looking for are REGULAR customers that they can depend on for REGULAR income. If you can meet this criteria, you may find your flight tax to be quite reasonable!
Happy hunting!
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本帖最後由 observer2012 於 2012-4-4 10:13 編輯 ]