Do you tip the mousekeepers?

[Trixie15]

I'm new to this - do you tip the mousekeepers? How do you do it (where do you leave the money?) How much? Do you tip every day or at the end of the week? Do you have your room cleaned every day or every other day?

I'm trying to budget so I need to know if I should include mousekeeping money!

Thanks!

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

We usually have our room cleaned every other day. We tip on those days because it may not be the same people cleaning each day so it wouldn't be fair to tip at just one time. We usually will leave $1.00 per person each day we have the room cleaned. We leave the money in envelopes that the kids have decorated right on the table.

 

[WickedWench]

Last time I went, I left a few dollars every day on the table in the room. Much to my dismay, they didn't take it! This time, I'll either bring envelopes or write a thank you note with it, so they know it is intended for them. I usually tip $2-3 per day. (2 of us in the room)

 

[MissyDVC]

We leave an envelope, which we have decorated and labeled for Mousekeeping, with $5 in it every day since you may not have the same person every day. Have a magical trip

 

[wvjovifan]

We tip everyday, usually $3 - $5 and I make the Mousekeeping envelopes at home thanking them for taking care of us. We leave the envelope on one of the pillows every morning on our way out!

 

[karen l]

We also leave a tip in an envelope each day. $1 per person each day. I print the envelopes and put the money in them before we leave - one less thing to worry about once we're there.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

We tip everyday, usually $3 - $5 and I make the Mousekeeping envelopes at home thanking them for taking care of us. We leave the envelope on one of the pillows every morning on our way out!

We also tip 3-5 a day....great idea about making the envelopes at home!!! Thanks

 

[hollyb]

This has been so much fun for my 6 year old DD. She is decorating each envelope with stickers and markers. We will leave $4 in singles each day, I am not sure how many people clean the room at one time. I figure singles would be easy to split.

Nothing like leaving in the morning and coming back to a clean room. Of course we leave it very clean in the first place. But made up beds and fresh towels. Heaven

 

[daMomma]

We tip every day. I know we had at least 3 different mousekeepers on our last vacation. We put the money on our used towels. The towels and the money were gone every day. Hopefully the mousekeeper got the money and it didn't get put in the washer

 

[poohluvr]

Last time we went I left $5.00 per day. Great ideas about the singles and making envelopes at home. Thanks.

 

[Momelie]

$5 a day, left on the table with a note.

 

[bbangel]

If you leave it on your pillow they know it is for them!

 

[lasmickey]

We made these cute little Mousekeeping envelopes that we found here: www.themouseforless.com/downloads/trip/mousekeeping.shtml

Before we left home, we made one for each day and included $5 in each of them (we are a family of 2 adults and 2 children). We usually left them on our pillow each morning or on the sink so they were easily seen. We had wonderful service each day, and I was glad we thought to prepare these ahead of time. We just kept them in our safe, and put one out each morning when we were leaving the room for the day.

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

We also tipped mousekeeping last year. I recommend using envelopes with Mousekeeping on the front, that way there is NO confusion about whether they should take the $$ or not.

Enjoy your trip!!

 

[DisneyGirlie]

We don't tip at all.

we just thought that sort of thing was for cruise ships.
perhaps we should start.

 

[bgdiznee]

We made up bilingual mousekeeping envelopes. Just so there was no confusion. I've always had great mousekeeping and always very timely!

 

[disneyfan61]

We also tip $5.00 per day. I print the envelopes from home.

 

[iluvladybugs]

We tip $2 per day per person staying in the room. We put it in an envelope labeled "Mousekeeping", and leave it against the miror by the sink in the bathroom. Sometimes they leave us nice towel animals and such, sometimes they just take the money and run. It's always nice to come "home" to the fun towel animals in the windows!!!

 

[chrissyc]

Thanks for posting the site with the preprinted envelopes. I just printed ours out for May! Whoo Hoo! Now I will fill them and have one less thing to do.

 

[mommykds]

Yes, we leave $5 each day. (There are 5 of us).