If you don’t use housekeeping do you still tip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I don’t tip for housekeeping. It’s not routine, customary, or necessary when staying in a hotel.

Tips are reserved for people who I have personally interacted with. The bellhop who asked about my day and delivered my bags to the room…. The valet who delivered my car at checkout and opened the doors for my kids.

Tips are for people who can mess with your stuff. That includes housekeeping.

That's silly. A tip won't keep a shifty employee from stealing, screwing around with your food or cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush. The vast majority of service workers are honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I don’t tip for housekeeping. It’s not routine, customary, or necessary when staying in a hotel.

Tips are reserved for people who I have personally interacted with. The bellhop who asked about my day and delivered my bags to the room…. The valet who delivered my car at checkout and opened the doors for my kids.

Tips are for people who can mess with your stuff. That includes housekeeping.

That's silly. A tip won't keep a shifty employee from stealing, screwing around with your food or cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush. The vast majority of service workers are honest.

DP. It might. But do not disturb sign is even better

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who leave cash in the room daily for housekeepers, do they always take it?

It seems like housekeeping would be trained not to touch cash that’s lying around in the room. Unless they know for sure it’s for them - like it’s in a marked envelope - I would imagine cash goes untouched?

I always leave a note with the cash.

I write “Gracias” on the little notepads and leave the cash on top.

Isn’t it a microagression to presume all housekeepers are Spanish speakers and can’t read English? Only half kidding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who leave cash in the room daily for housekeepers, do they always take it?

It seems like housekeeping would be trained not to touch cash that’s lying around in the room. Unless they know for sure it’s for them - like it’s in a marked envelope - I would imagine cash goes untouched?

I always leave a note with the cash.

I write “Gracias” on the little notepads and leave the cash on top.

Isn’t it a microagression to presume all housekeepers are Spanish speakers and can’t read English? Only half kidding

It definitely is. This OP should stop doing that. Wow.

[Anonymous]

I don't think I've ever left tips in hotels. Are we supposed to? Almost all my hotel stays are outside the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes cuz they still have to clean up after you. But it’s a one-time tip and not a daily tip.

No. A clean room is part of the hotel rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I don’t tip for housekeeping. It’s not routine, customary, or necessary when staying in a hotel.

Tips are reserved for people who I have personally interacted with. The bellhop who asked about my day and delivered my bags to the room…. The valet who delivered my car at checkout and opened the doors for my kids.

Tips are for people who can mess with your stuff. That includes housekeeping.

That's silly. A tip won't keep a shifty employee from stealing, screwing around with your food or cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush. The vast majority of service workers are honest.

DP. It might. But do not disturb sign is even better

You're paranoid. Daily housekeeping is one of the pleasures of staying at a hotel.

[Anonymous]

I don’t tip housekeeping ever. For what? I don’t require anything above the basic cleaning they are getting paid to do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes cuz they still have to clean up after you. But it’s a one-time tip and not a daily tip.

No. A clean room is part of the hotel rate.

Right? I truly don’t get this. Unless you trashed the room, or threw a party of something...

But otherwise, they are paid a wage to do the routine daily cleaning and room over. That is their job and they are paid a wage for exactly this. Your hotel rate includes housekeeping

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who leave cash in the room daily for housekeepers, do they always take it?

It seems like housekeeping would be trained not to touch cash that’s lying around in the room. Unless they know for sure it’s for them - like it’s in a marked envelope - I would imagine cash goes untouched?

It's always gone.

Where do you put it? Do you leave a note?

Either in the bedside table or on the desk/table. No note. They understand and take it.

Sometimes they won't if it is not clear the money is for them. Leave a note.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fewer than 30% of hotel guests in the United States leave any tip for housekeepers, and that was a NYT survey taken *before* most hotels stopped daily housekeeping.

So I’d guess the figure is about 15% now.

Really? What a shame.

+1. Restaurant workers share tips. Why should some hotel workers like bellhops and valets (mostly male) get generous tips and housekeepers (mostly female) get nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fewer than 30% of hotel guests in the United States leave any tip for housekeepers, and that was a NYT survey taken *before* most hotels stopped daily housekeeping.

So I’d guess the figure is about 15% now.

Really? What a shame.

+1. Restaurant workers share tips. Why should some hotel workers like bellhops and valets (mostly male) get generous tips and housekeepers (mostly female) get nothing?

I get so annoyed when I'm paying the cab fare and the bellhop gets to the bags before I do. I 100% do not need him to carry my bags 25 feet but then I have to tip him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fewer than 30% of hotel guests in the United States leave any tip for housekeepers, and that was a NYT survey taken *before* most hotels stopped daily housekeeping.

So I’d guess the figure is about 15% now.

Really? What a shame.

+1. Restaurant workers share tips. Why should some hotel workers like bellhops and valets (mostly male) get generous tips and housekeepers (mostly female) get nothing?

I get so annoyed when I'm paying the cab fare and the bellhop gets to the bags before I do. I 100% do not need him to carry my bags 25 feet but then I have to tip him

I make a point to say no thanks and get my own bags when they reach for them. I’m not wasting money on tips. We also don’t tip for housekeeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I don’t tip for housekeeping. It’s not routine, customary, or necessary when staying in a hotel.

Tips are reserved for people who I have personally interacted with. The bellhop who asked about my day and delivered my bags to the room…. The valet who delivered my car at checkout and opened the doors for my kids.

Tips are for people who can mess with your stuff. That includes housekeeping.

That's silly. A tip won't keep a shifty employee from stealing, screwing around with your food or cleaning the toilet with your toothbrush. The vast majority of service workers are honest.

DP. It might. But do not disturb sign is even better

You're paranoid. Daily housekeeping is one of the pleasures of staying at a hotel.

Where are you staying that currently offers daily housekeeping?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I always tip.