Do you leave a tip for housekeeping\?

[Cyrano]

As a waiter in a past life I always leave a tip where the service warrants it.

For housekeeping we have left a few euros each day since it could be a different person and I would not like to think that the person at the end of the stay got all the money

Think I will struggle in WDW as I don't believe in leaving a tip where it is not deserving. But that is a topic for another time/board

 

[DCLMan]

I've never left a tip as I don't think they have ever done anything to warrant one. Sometimes it's difficult to know if they've been.

 

[wideeyes]

I don't leave a tip for house keeping - it is not expected, even at WDW housekeeping is not a tipped position. I will tip waiting and bar staff though.

 

[Roon]

We don't leave a tip every day but at the end of the stay on the last day we would leave a tip. I know this could end up being left for a completely different chambermaid, but they also do the same job so in a way I don't suppose it matters who gets it. Just a small gesture of thanks.

 

[ScotScroogeMcDuck]

I know this is probably a selfish question but if you leave housekeeping a tip every day do you think you get a better service?

ps - we always leave housekeeping a couple of dollars/euros - butjust curious what others think!

 

[HolidayLover]

Tips are expected for housekeeping in the US, the system works very different to here and france. I will be leaving a tip daily for housekeeping I think someone who cleans up after you, changes your bedding leaves towels etc deserves a little extra even if it doesnt seem exceptional.

 

[wideeyes]

Tips are expected for housekeeping in the US, the system works very different to here and france. I will be leaving a tip daily for housekeeping I think someone who cleans up after you, changes your bedding leaves towels etc deserves a little extra even if it doesnt seem exceptional.

Mouse keeping at WDW told me different and I have also read on here the same and that wages reflect that they do not receive tip unlike waiting staff who are taxed on their wages.

I have never tipped at WDW or DLRP for housekeeping and I have always received good service.

 

[scottwb]

Interesting post. We always tip the waiter/waitress in the restaurants, usually 10% of the bill and I have only ever tipped housekeeping in the US - we tipped housekeeping at the end of the stay and I always used to worry that the wrong chambermaid would get the tip, now I realise I should have tipped a little a day, doh!

In DLRP I did tip the NPBC concierge who booked us our breakfast in the park late at night and then brought up the vouchers - I gave him 5E.

With regards to the DLRP housekeeping staff, well we didn't have a great time with the limited contact we had with them so I'm not sure they warranted it.

Perhaps next time we go I'll tip a few euros to the housekeeping staff each day and see if the service improves.

 

[poppie123]

Another one who has never tipped housekeeping at DLP

Tipped $3 everyday in WDW (3 of us in the room) i was told this was the norm.

 

[ukstitch]

I only ever tip when I feel I've had good service. If I feel that somebody has "just done their job" then I tend to leave either no or minimal tip, as I believe that this is what the wages should be for. If, however, I feel I've had good service where they've gone that extra mile, I generally round up to a full note (e.g. €50 for a €42 bill etc), or leave an additional tip if I'm very close to the full note.

I've not had a problem doing this in Europe - staff always seem grateful for whatever they receive (unlike other places I've been where it is expected and they ask you for it, linger in your room or don't allow you to leave their restaurant without paying one - yes all of these have happened to me at one time or another )

 

[dlpSteve]

Never even thought about tipping housekeeping until these threads started popping up about a year ago! I must admit I've never received anything but standard service, not sure what I'm looking for to see evidence of that 'extra mile'? Having read that people do tip housekeeping I probably will when we go in May, if they've done their job Never heard of this practice before I read these threads on here - certainly wasn't something that happened in the hotel I worked in during university.

We do tip for good service in restaurants which is probably a hypoctical practice considering most waiters and waitresses do less for us personally than a housekeeping employee! I guess good service in a restaurant is something more visual and good housekeeping we just expect!

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I have never left a tip and never will.

 

[ukstitch]

not sure what I'm looking for to see evidence of that 'extra mile'?

I think for me, if all they need to do is make the bed then that's just "normal service" and not really warranting a tip.

However (as an example), if I had a child and he/she threw up over the floor one night, then I would definitely consider this to be that "extra mile" and worth tipping for as it's not a pleasent task to say the very least.