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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by jayzee9
I would calculate how much time and effort he dedicated to me and decide based on an hourly rate or per instance rate. I think 20 - 50 Euro per day would be appropriate.

What hotel are you staying at?
In Europe we know a quite useful instrument called "salary".

I stay frequently at the same property where I have my personal butler and I have a certain feeling that this chap would even be embarassed if I gave him a bill.
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