how much do you leave Mousekeeping?

[undertheradar]

I'd be willing to bet that the actual percentage of guests who tip mousekeeping is much lower than what is presented here. If tips were as great as some are posting, there would never be a shortage of available people to fill the position.

 

[Lisa71]

We are a family of 4 and I tip 5 a day..we have kids so I figure they are a bit messier. If at a hotel with just DH 2 per day.

 

[JanaDee]

I tip $5.00 per person per day. I leave an envelope at the end of my stay. My daughter is a housekeeper at WDW and they are allowed to accept the tips. She cleans every room the same and leaves towel animals when possible , regardless of if the occupants tip or not. She enjoys the job but really appreciates it when someone acknowledges her hard work by leaving a tip.

Since your DD is a housekeeper, you should know to leave a tip every day if you choose to do so. One housekeeper is getting the reward of other people's work on previous days.

 

[wendow]

Since your DD is a housekeeper, you should know to leave a tip every day if you choose to do so. One housekeeper is getting the reward of other people's work on previous days.

Yep. I have noticed it's different people each day.

 

[Juliet25]

We do $1 per person, per day. So, $5.

 

[BAMLuvMickey]

Am I the only one that leaves the "Do not disturb" sign up the entire trip?

I've never understood housekeeping to be honest. I don't have anyone cleaning my house every day so I don't need anyone cleaning my room.

We do this too. If I need extra towels/pillows another blanket, I'll call housekeeping and ask them to bring it up and then tip but usually, we are all set and I tip a few bucks on our last day(family of 5, room is super messy)

 

[m3retired]

Must be the military in me--we NEVER leave a room messy. My kids all knew that the last morning of the trip is clean up time, and this upcoming trip, with them grown with their own kids, will be no different. All dishes are done and put away, all towels in one pile, easily scooped up, sinks washed out and counters cleaned. It's just disrespectful to leave the place trashed. We're not frat boys!

 

[momof1princess]

There are 3 of us, and I tip $5 per day, just because it's easier. We're not messy people-everything is put away in our suitcases (I leave NOTHING of ours laying out) and used towels & washcloths in the bathroom floor. Our room usually just needs beds made and vacuum run over the carpet, but I realize housekeeping is minimum wage and not fun work at all, so I like to leave a little extra. Our room is always spotless when we return, so it's worth it.

 

[Pkltm]

I don't always tip MK at Disney but when I do I always get lots of extra toiletries.

First off my concern with this is that increase in supplies cause for increase in room rates. This is the way it works in all business.

Second I agree in tipping for extra service like someone being sick or spills, of if they bring you the extra towels and pillows you request in a timely manner. (Once waited 4 hours at ASSP, and they knocked on the door at 2 am to deliver), however here is a question....

DO you tip the caretaker at your child's school? They do not get paid huge wages and I guarantee they clean more toilets, more vomit and other bodily fluids?

 

[hollypoast]

$2-$5 per day depending on how messy we are and honestly, how many dollar bills I have available at the given moment.

 

[tinkerone]

First off my concern with this is that increase in supplies cause for increase in room rates. This is the way it works in all business.

Second I agree in tipping for extra service like someone being sick or spills, of if they bring you the extra towels and pillows you request in a timely manner. (Once waited 4 hours at ASSP, and they knocked on the door at 2 am to deliver), however here is a question....

DO you tip the caretaker at your child's school? They do not get paid huge wages and I guarantee they clean more toilets, more vomit and other bodily fluids?

my husband did this for a while and they do get good wages and as to tipping, the kids would always be giving him things sent by the parents. not money, food items, but it is a form of tipping imo.

i would never question why people don't tip and i don't think its right to question why people do either. not saying your questioning it but it is in question on this thread. its a nice thing to do so i, for one, will continue to do it.

each to their own.

 

[wendow]

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my husband did this for a while and they do get good wages and as to tipping, the kids would always be giving him things sent by the parents. not money, food items, but it is a form of tipping imo.

i would never question why people don't tip and i don't think its right to question why people do either. not saying your questioning it but it is in question on this thread. its a nice thing to do so i, for one, will continue to do it.

each to their own.

I do not question if other people tip. I could care less, really.

But just wanted to say I did work in day care and we made minimum wage. Definitely cleaned up a lot of bodily fluids. No tips for me and I don't really ever remember receiving a gift. I had a few sweet parents express thanks in words which I loved.

I also worked in a child psych unit. More than minimum wage but only by maybe a $1 per hour. I was hit, scratched, had poop thrown on me, bitten, etc. Rough job. Also never received a tip nor a gift from any parent. Again, I did have some kind parents express their thanks with nice words.

The child psych unit job was very hard and there were MANY days I would have given anything to be cleaning hotel rooms at WDW. Sorry, I just don't think that is that awful of a job.

 

[dpswift]

I was taught to always tip housekeeping and have done so for years ( I am 45).

So of course I tip at Disney - usually $5 a day.

That is what I do as well. I tip more if the kids are extremely messy or we have 2 rooms. I am about 3 years older than you and my parents always tipped when we stayed at hotels.

 

[dpswift]

Since your DD is a housekeeper, you should know to leave a tip every day if you choose to do so. One housekeeper is getting the reward of other people's work on previous days.

No she is getting the reward on the work that she is doing that day. That is why If there is extra work I leave more that day. If I forget one day I do not leave extra the next day.

I was brought up to tip at hotels and leave a good tip at restaurants, however I am turned off by tip jars.

 

[hollypoast]

Interesting article on the topic for those interested from CNN-
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/06/24/hotel.housekeeping.tipping/

 

[marmalade]

I do not question if other people tip. I could care less, really.

But just wanted to say I did work in day care and we made minimum wage. Definitely cleaned up a lot of bodily fluids. No tips for me and I don't really ever remember receiving a gift. I had a few sweet parents express thanks in words which I loved.

I also worked in a child psych unit. More than minimum wage but only by maybe a $1 per hour. I was hit, scratched, had poop thrown on me, bitten, etc. Rough job. Also never received a tip nor a gift from any parent. Again, I did have some kind parents express their thanks with nice words.

The child psych unit job was very hard and there were MANY days I would have given anything to be cleaning hotel rooms at WDW. Sorry, I just don't think that is that awful of a job.

I agree with you 100%. I think this entire tipping for everything has gotten out of hand. People expect to be tipped to perform their jobs, and then there are soooo many jobs out there (like the ones you described) that deserve more money and they get nothing.

My kids love putting money in the fundraiser jars (cancer research, juvenile diabetes etc...) at the grocery store. Last night we were at Subway and my daughter was asking for a dollar to put in the jar, I was getting ready to hand it to her when I realized it was a tip jar. I immediately put it back in my wallet, no way are you getting a tip for doing what you are being paid to do.

 

[Oodalally13]

I work at Starbucks and that's technically a non tipping position. We have a tip jar but aren't allowed to ask for tips, the tips we do get are pooled and we aren't even supposed to write "tips" on the jar. I would say 25-50% of people tip depending on the day. I am friendly and do as good a job as I can no matter what, but I appreciate a tip in response to someone thinking I'm doing a good job and I'll go above and beyond for our regulars who mostly tip (although I tryouts do it just cause too).

I would say it's similar to MK. I've always tipped at any hotel I stay at but that's because I thought everyone did and it was expected. I was afraid they would think I'm a jerk and not do a good job if I don't haha, I didn't realize most people don't tip! I probably will continue to do it, the extra $20 I got in tips a week (we have to pool our tips with the overnight staff so we don't get a lot) was always such a nice little bonus for a minimum wage job that barely pays the bills. I would imagine it would be nice to be appreciated for literally cleaning your **** up

You should complain to corporate that if the Starbucks app CAN ask for tips then YOU can too. We have the reloadable card app on our phones. Recently there was an update and now after they scan your phone to pay a pop-up comes on that says, "Would you like to add a tip?". That IS asking. If technology is allowed to, then a person should be allowed to.

 

[JanaDee]

No she is getting the reward on the work that she is doing that day. That is why If there is extra work I leave more that day. If I forget one day I do not leave extra the next day.

I was brought up to tip at hotels and leave a good tip at restaurants, however I am turned off by tip jars.

If you're leaving all the cash at the end of the stay (like the person I quoted) then you are tipping one person for what may be other people's work. Rarely does the same person clean your room for an entire week, they change all the time.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Am I the only one that leaves the "Do not disturb" sign up the entire trip?

I've never understood housekeeping to be honest. I don't have anyone cleaning my house every day so I don't need anyone cleaning my room.

No. You aren't the only one.

We hang the, "Do Not Disturb" sign too.

We aren't that messy.

If I see the housekeepers before we leave, I tell them to take our room off the list. I put the towels we used in the towel bin on their cart and they give me fresh ones. One less room for them to do. They're happy. I'm happy.

 

[bbak3030]

I'm in the minority but I don't tip Mousekeeping. I understand that they provide a service, but so does everyone who works. We went to Branson last summer and felt completely tipped out. Everyone wanted us to tip them on top of paying for the service/tour/ride.
And honestly, I've never heard of tipping housekeeping prior to these boards.
But that's just me