I know there have been a million questions about building holiday tipping floating around but haven’t seen this addressed: are checks ok instead of cash? I give several hundred in total and all that cash makes me kind of nervous especially because I don’t see everyone to hand them out individually.

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I give checks in larger amounts (over $100) to my super & full time doormen and cash in smaller amounts to porters and part time doormen. Most of these folks are on payroll through the managing agent so they have capacity to cash checks/do direct deposit.

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Depends but please try giving cash. You don’t need to make these folks jump hoops. If you are giving to 5-6 people, write a nice thank you card and look for them and hand it in person. Most in NYC do it this way.

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There nothing wrong with writing individual checks I do that a lot when I don’t have enough cash on me and put the check in a card.

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Do you mean writing individual checks? Or one single large check to super to distribute?
In general I’d stick with cash. It’s easiest and most appreciated

Individual. I have about 14 people in my building and they work various shifts, like weekends only, over night, etc.

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