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Working tirelessly, car washers and barbers make a lot of money on the eve of Tet

TH (according to VTC News) January 25, 2025 21:10

On the days leading up to Lunar New Year 2025, many services are making a fortune by doubling or even tripling their prices compared to normal days, but customers are still flocking in.

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Car wash service is popular during Tet holiday

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuyen (Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi) said that his car wash facility has 6 employees working from morning to late night and still has no end of work during the days before Tet.

Because the number of customers coming to wash their cars during Tet is so large, Mr. Tuyen has to hang a sign doubling or even tripling the service price and clearly list the price each day so that customers know and consider carefully before driving in, but there are still many customers coming in and out.

Specifically, Mr. Tuyen's facility will change the price by day, the closer to Tet, the higher the car wash price. Accordingly, on December 26 - 28, the price for washing a 4-5 seat car is 100,000 VND/time (normal price is 50,000 VND), washing a 7 seat car, pickup truck is 150,000 VND/time (normal price is 60,000 VND).

At its peak, the car wash price on December 29 (New Year's Eve) will increase 5-6 times compared to normal days, with 4-5 seater cars costing 250,000 VND/time, and 7 seater cars and pickup trucks costing 300,000 VND/time.

"My facility washes about 100 cars a day, and we take turns eating and resting. Although it's hard, everyone tries to encourage each other to work, and my facility can earn tens of millions of dong a day," said Mr. Tuyen.

When asked why the price has increased sharply, while the process is still the same as usual, Mr. Tuyen explained that on days before Tet, to keep workers to stay and help, he has to pay double or even triple. Therefore, if he does not increase the service price, he cannot make a profit. In addition, according to him, car wash workers have to work very hard during Tet because there are many customers and everyone is in a hurry, requiring employees to work urgently and at full capacity. Therefore, it is understandable that the service fee is higher.

Besides car wash services, beauty salons also have the opportunity to make money during Tet holiday when they are always full of customers all day. Many hair salons in the 2 weeks before Tet are always overloaded, operating at full capacity from early morning to late night but still cannot serve all customers.

Due to the large number of customers, the price of haircuts has also been increased by tens to hundreds of thousands of dong. To save time, many places do not even offer hair washing but only serve customers with haircuts and beauty treatments.

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Barber shops are always overloaded during the days before Tet.

Mr. Nguyen Thien, owner of a barber shop on Luong Dinh Cua Street (Dong Da District, Hanoi) said: "On normal days, my shop operates from 9am to 7pm, but on days before Tet, I have to increase the hours, from 7am to 12am, and on New Year's Eve, I close a little earlier, around 10pm. Due to the large number of customers, I only dare to accept appointments from customers who have made reservations in advance and do not dare to accept more."

As Tet approaches, women's demand for beauty increases more dramatically than ever. In addition to shopping for fashion and hair, women also pay great attention to accessories such as nails and false eyelashes, so nail and eyelash extension spas are always overloaded. Service prices increase by 10% compared to normal days due to the number of service staff working day and night. However, most women still accept to spend money and wait to beautify themselves before resting and celebrating Tet.

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Customers line up to get their nails and eyelashes done before going out for Tet.

Also working hard delivering goods from morning to late at night, Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan (a delivery man in Nam Tu Liem area) said that the demand for shopping in the days leading up to Tet has increased sharply, causing delivery people to have more work. The sudden increase in the number of orders to be delivered during the day has also helped delivery people earn a "huge" amount of income.

According to Mr. Tuan, the number of orders to be delivered on the day before Lunar New Year is three times higher than usual. Therefore, Mr. Tuan often has to start work from early morning until late at night to be able to deliver all orders for the day to customers.

"For each order I receive 3,000 VND in wages. On normal days I deliver about 150 orders for an income of about 450,000 VND. However, during Tet holidays, the number of orders to be delivered per day is always at 400-500 orders, my income also increases from 1-1.5 million VND per day," said Mr. Tuan.

Meanwhile, those who earn money from chicken slaughtering services during the days before Tet also said that at the peak of the Kitchen Gods' Day, on New Year's Eve, they can earn up to several million VND per day. Many people bring their own chickens to the shop to have them butchered and accept a fee of up to 50,000 VND per chicken.

TH (according to VTC News)
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