Mouse keeping tipping

[ArwenMarie]

Is the five dollars a day the standard amount if you rent a DVC villa too? Or does that just cover regular hotel rooms?

If you are renting from Disney direct for cash (not renting points through an owner) you should get daily housekeeping. In that case personally I would leave a daily tip as well. For a two bedroom villa, I leave $15 a day. Less for a smaller villa. This is if daily housekeeping shows up, often it doesn't so then I tidy up myself, run a load of towels and tip myself

 

[stitchfan75]

We left a tip on the day they "turn over" the resort. For AKL it was Wednesday. The resort was crazy all day with cleaning, animal care (they did enrichment activities), and deliveries. It started at 7am and mouse keeping was everywhere!
Edit: and on checkout since they have to turn that over when you leave.

 

[RD169]

I too have grown up always tipping housekeepers (not just at Disney hotels, for we just started staying at Disney a few years ago!) But I agree it's definitely a cultural thing.
We just really appreciate the work that they do in our behalf, just as much as others in the service industry.

OP- I just think it's really sweet and cute of you to be so concerned about not wanting to offend when on your holiday! (Obviously you'll be just fine with whatever you choose to do since you seem like a very "aware" sort of person!)

Thank you x

 

[jtowntoflorida]

We just got back and tried to leave a daily tip. I say tried because it was never taken. We stayed in a one bedroom villa in a cash reservation so had daily housekeeping. I left the tip on the TV stand the first day (along with a note) and the tip was left (and the note not acknowledged) so I figured the housekeeper didn't go into the living area. The second day, I left the tip on the kitchen counter...it, too was left. The third and subesequent days I left the tip on the bedside table...it wasn't taken, either. So when we checked out we left all the tips from the week on the counter with a note that said "Thanks!"

It was a very strange experience. We've never had a tip not taken before.