Hotel tipping

[Madsofa]

heading to WDW for first time in March '07, staying at POR - just wondering about tipping for the cleaning service for your hotel room? Is that the norm and the answer to having great in room cleaning service? If so what would be expected as a tip, also do you tip daily or just one sum either at the beginning or end of your stay?

 

[fws]

I read the boards here before we went and the norm seemed to be about 3-5 dollars a day. We did that and also talked to the maid when we saw her. We got towel snakes, rabbit, cat etc and certainly had no complaints about the cleanliness of the rooms.

 

[Soarin' Rocks]

We usually tip $1 per person per day. We tip every day in case the staff is different on different days. Before our trip, I make up Mousekeeping envelopes to put the tips in and then leave out one envelope on the beds or dresser when we head out for the day.

 

[VAgal76]

I tip each day because you may have a different mousekeeper (yeah, they Disneyfied the housekeeping services). A few bucks per head is typical. I tried those cute mousekeeping envelopes and they wouldn't take it 1/2 the time so I quit using them and just left the money on the pillow. Our past trip to AKL we had cool towel animals on the light fixtures on vanity upon arrival. DS and I just learned how to make a few of these on our cruise so we made 2 swans (the easiest of towel animals) and put the tip in it instead of on the pillow. When we got back we had yet another towel animal on the bed! Not expected at all. But very cool to see some different halloween creatures. So you can be creative in your tip leaving without the envelopes. I think it's pretty standard for people to tip mousekeeping services.

 

[safetymom]

I would suggest doing a search for mousekeeping or tipping. This gets discussed quite often on the resorts board.