Do you guys tip your mousekeepers?

[Lilbratt17]

Mechanics & hygienists are paid well. Better than $12/hr. The clerks I see for maybe 5 minutes so that's not really relevant. Cleaning a hotel room by yourself takes quite a while. If they do 2 an hour and one family tips, that's only adding $5 to their hourly wage. The housekeepers have other jobs (ie prep work) that won't earn a tip.

Sorry, but this just hit a sour note with me because my DH is a mechanic. They are not paid well.... My DH started being a mechanic over 15 years ago and started at $8/hr. Now he is a shop forman for his dealership and is making close to $18/hr. He goes to work at 7am every morning and usually gets off at 7pm. He gets very little time to spend with our DD (4) and me. And the $18 is not per hour it is per flag hour. So, if there is no work then there is no pay check. He has to pay for all of his own tools and boxes. Please don't take this the wrong way... I don't think he needs to be tipped. He LOVES working on cars.

With that being said. I plan on tipping our Mousekeeper. I am in the transportation industry and I travel often. I do tip. I believe in rewarding people for a good job. JMHO

 

[pta-mom]

Why do these threads always turn into an "us" against "them" sort of thing?

Tipping hotel/motel house-keepers has been around for quite some time now as has tipping waiters...it's pretty normal. Tipping bank employees, hygienists, & hospital workers is not, regardless of the amount of education you have or how much money you currently make. It's insulting to say that someone SHOULD NOT tip what is normally a TIPPED POSITION because "they" now make more money than "us"...the better educated, less paid group of people! If you don't feel you are paid enough in your collage educated position, find a different line of work.

We tip our mouse-keepers $1 a day per person, more if making special requests.

 

[shellybaxter]

If wait staff in California is clearly defined as an untipped position, no I wouldnt leave a tip. Unless someone goes above and beyond, the only time I feel the need to tip is when the person providing the service is paid below minimum wage.

We don't have "tipped" positions in California like they do in Florida. It is my understanding that the "tipped" positions in Florida are those positions that earn a sub-minimum wage (around $3.00 per hour???). We don't have a sub-minimum wage here. Everyone earns at least the minimum wage of $8.00 per hour.

All that being said; it is still socially acceptable and perhaps even expected that servers receive a tip. I've actually never been out of eat with anyone who didn't leave a tip of some kind.

So my question is, for those who don't tip mousekeepers because they are not tipped position, would you tip your server in a restaurant in California? I'm really just curious

 

[teentoddlermom]

I've been a tipper in the past, but a few weeks ago at BC, I just didn't. The room was not clean enough for me, and they were stingy with the towels, tissues, and soap. I was paying rack peak rate and just felt that this time I was not in the mood. I am not a slob. I feel a bit guilty though, and I probably will tip again in the future.

 

[Babka]

It's just DH and I. We tip the Mousekeepers $5 a day.

 

[disneydad123]

I always leave a tip for mouse keeping. My kids always have towel animals when we return at night, the room is alway cleanier when we return at night as well. Myself I leave $2.00-10.00 depending on what the service level is.
Just booked for Sept. 08

 

[Native NYer]

Why do these threads always turn into an "us" against "them" sort of thing?

Tipping hotel/motel house-keepers has been around for quite some time now as has tipping waiters...it's pretty normal. Tipping bank employees, hygienists, & hospital workers is not, regardless of the amount of education you have or how much money you currently make. It's insulting to say that someone SHOULD NOT tip what is normally a TIPPED POSITION because "they" now make more money than "us"...the better educated, less paid group of people! If you don't feel you are paid enough in your collage educated position, find a different line of work.

We tip our mouse-keepers $1 a day per person, more if making special requests.

I agree. I'm not sure why threads on tipping become contentious. If you want to tip, fine. If you don't, then don't tip. I don't get why anyone cares what other people choose to do with their hard earned money. I tip housekeeping, not just in WDW, everywhere. That's my choice. My choice shouldn't bother anyone else. If someone chooses not to tip, I don't feel the need to debate. Didn't the OP just want to know how much people generally tip housekeeping?

 

[Gillian]

Sorry, but this just hit a sour note with me because my DH is a mechanic. They are not paid well.... My DH started being a mechanic over 15 years ago and started at $8/hr. Now he is a shop forman for his dealership and is making close to $18/hr.

Good to know! It could also be regional.

 

[iheartdisney]

Why do these threads always turn into an "us" against "them" sort of thing?

So...you are a "them" rather than an "us", eh?
My mother worked in the hotel business for upwards of 10 years(in Texas, not the upper east Coast),and she doesn't tip hosekeeping and never has, so its obviously not something that is "standard"
I do not tip housekeeping for the same reason I don't tip the guy at Starbucks. I pay their company, and they pay their employee.
I tip Waitsstaff, hairsylists, and baggers at the commissary (who actually DO work for tips)

 

[bicker]

Whether mousekeeping is a "tipped position" or not, they still deserve one if they did a good job.

We all deserve more money than we're paid, I'm sure.

Housekeepers get paid about the same (to start) as the janitors who clean up poo in the hot and sticky bathrooms inside the theme parks.

Why do these threads always turn into an "us" against "them" sort of thing?

Because some folks want to make others feel obligated to do something that they really have no obligation, nor reason, to do.

Tipping hotel/motel house-keepers has been around for quite some time now as has tipping waiters...it's pretty normal.

It isn't as universal as you're trying to make it sound. See my earlier message. Shocking but true.

Folks: If you want to leave a tip, that's cool. If you don't, that's cool too. No one should feel compelled to do anything other than their own personal instinct, in this case. There is no right answer.

 

[iheartdisney]

If you can't afford to tip, then you shouldn't be on vacation at WDW.
Just my two cents.

This kind of statement is EXACTLY why it always turns into an "us" versus "them." Becasue you feel like flitting your money away doesn't mean that I should be made to feel obligated to do the same.

 

[Native NYer]

Folks: If you want to leave a tip, that's cool. If you don't, that's cool too. No one should feel compelled to do anything other than their own personal instinct, in this case. There is no right answer.

I completely agree. It's just personal choice.

 

[G8r4evr]

Why do these threads always turn into an "us" against "them" sort of thing?

Tipping hotel/motel house-keepers has been around for quite some time now as has tipping waiters...it's pretty normal. Tipping bank employees, hygienists, & hospital workers is not, regardless of the amount of education you have or how much money you currently make. It's insulting to say that someone SHOULD NOT tip what is normally a TIPPED POSITION because "they" now make more money than "us"...the better educated, less paid group of people! If you don't feel you are paid enough in your collage educated position, find a different line of work.

We tip our mouse-keepers $1 a day per person, more if making special requests.

That's just it, if it is "pretty normal" and acceptable by Disney standards, then Disney should openly acknowledge that Mousekeeping is a tipped position. Last time I checked, they had not. When they do, I will start tipping.

 

[HonnyDipp]

I tip, there is nothing wrong with leaving a few dollars for the mousekeepers, especially if you are staying for 5-7 days

 

[safetymom]

My son is a highly trained mechanic. He is looking for another job because the work just isn't there. People aren't taking their cars in for work.

I think this thread has just about run out of helpful posts. If you care to answer the OP's original please do so. This is not the place to debate tipping at hotels. Thank you.

 

[G8r4evr]

I tip, there is nothing wrong with leaving a few dollars for the mousekeepers, especially if you are staying for 5-7 days

I totally agree...there is absolutely nothing wrong with leaving a tip. Just like there is absolutely nothing wrong with choosing not to tip Mousekeeping.

 

[wilde_oscar]

We all deserve more money than we're paid, I'm sure.

Housekeepers get paid about the same (to start) as the janitors who clean up poo in the hot and sticky bathrooms inside the theme parks.

Because some folks want to make others feel obligated to do something that they really have no obligation, nor reason, to do.

It isn't as universal as you're trying to make it sound. See my earlier message. Shocking but true.

Folks: If you want to leave a tip, that's cool. If you don't, that's cool too. No one should feel compelled to do anything other than their own personal instinct, in this case. There is no right answer.

tipping is a personal experience between you and those that serve in your kingdom. at no point will using bold fonts change that.

 

[KathleenlovesMickey]

Until reading the boards It never occured to me to tip the houskeeping staff. But my last trip I made the envelopes had money in each one before we left home even and.......I left one out each day for the first 4 or 5 days they were never taken so I stopped and let the kids get something extra. I left them with mousekeeping in big black ltters in diffrent places each day. Oh well maybe we left the room so nice they they didnt think they should take it tee hee.

 

[miss missy]

I have special envelopes I made. I fill it with 5.00 and some candy. I have them all filled and sealed before I leave and bring them in my carry on and keep them in the safe. I get a clean room and towel animals I think the deserve it

 

[LindsayDunn228]

tipping is a personal experience between you and those that serve in your kingdom. at no point will using bold fonts change that.

Thank you.

We do tip the mousekeepers. It's just my husband and I and I usually leave $3 a day.