Tip the Mousekeepers?

[WDWFERN]

We also tip on trash and towel day (about $5) and on check out ($10-20) depending on size of unit.

 

[Nikisha421]

I tip because it just don't add a burden to my lifestyle....it's never much....but I do it becuase I know too many people who work these positions...and would apprecitate a tip every now and then...

 

[bobbiwoz]

I leave a tip on T&T day and at checkout. DH took my cue and when he travels he now leaves a tip every day for the housekeeper. It's our way of saying "Thank you."

Bobbi

 

[TinklednPants]

Yes I ALWAYS tip. Wouldn't consider otherwise.

 

[alldiz]

I'll usually leave like 10 dollars. Also....I usually have unopened food leftover so I leave a note saying to keep it if she/he wants.

BTW are they allowed to keep it if i leave a note..ie, cookies, unopened juice, etc...pasta....
BTW....I always give a few bucks whenever I call for something to my room....ie extra blankets, toilet paper....I usually just call when i get to room for extras.
Kerri

In other (non-DVC) hotel rooms, I have often tipped the housekeepers upon checkout because we had daily cleanings and I wanted to show how much we appreciated coming back every day to a clean room.

Our DVC stays are usually no longer than 7 days, so we never have a full clean during our vacation. Just the trash and towel.

I'm curious as to how many of you tip the mousekeepers upon checkout if you had nothing more than a trash and towel change during your stay.

No judgements here on whether you tip or not. Just curious.

 

[LouisianaDisneyFan]

With DVC stays, we tip or do not tip based on the service we have received. On our last trip, we arrived to find a dirty room and a broken bed, and it took almost three days of daily reporting the problems to the front desk, concierge and anyone else who would listen to get the bed replaced. Turns out, the bed, springs and frame were all broken in several places... probably from kids jumping on it in the party before us. We arrived back from the parks to find the room in total disarray after the bed was replaced, with linens and our belongings strewn all over the place. Needless to say, nobody got a tip on that trip!

On trips with good service, we do tip at the END of the stay, for the service we have received. We don't leave money out for T&T day because at that point, we have not received service. To us, that would be like tipping the waitress after the appetizer. We wait until check-out day and tip based on the service (or lack thereof) that we have received for the entirety of the stay. We look at tips as a thank you for a job well done rather than as a bribe for folks to perform their jobs better.

 

[maman_et_fille]

This was a very helpful thread for me. We are doing our first full-week DVC stay with my SIL and her family - they are DVC members and we are not. I asked about what they usually do for a tip and there was no response, so I assume they do not tip. We are $1pp/day people unless service is really terrible (umm, Contemporary, I'm looking at you). Obviously that doesn't translate very well to DVC (I just can't bring myself to leave a $20 T&T tip!). So thanks so much for the ideas on tipping w/ DVC stays!

 

[whencanwegoback]

Seems to me that it's a personal decision. If you want to tip then do so. If you don't think they are worth a few dollars, then don't. I like sharing the "Magic".

 

[Muushka]

You need a choice It Depends

If the room is nice and clean. If the CM doesn't hound us to leave early, yes.

If the room is not properly prepared, no.

And like this last time, when the CM knocked on my door at 8:30 and then proceeded to USE HER KEY to let herself in (not allowing me time to get to the door (a 1BR)), no, that CM does not deserve a tip.
I wrote to member services. Interested to see what their response will be.

 

[MomofStitchandLewis]

If I stayed an entire 7 days, I would definitely tip. However, we live close enough to WDW that we normally stay 2-3 days. (We get a lot of "stay-cations" this way ) I only tip on these stays if we have left a mess above & beyond a typical cleaning.

 

[lovin'fl]

I didn't read all the posts, but we tip at hotels and on cruises. We tip at DVC resorts, but a tad less than at a hotel because they will not clean every day at DVC. So, we leave about $1.50/day when we check out (@ $10 for a week). A hotel, we leave about $2.50/day (@ $5 for a 2 night stay). A cruise, we do the automatic tips and add another $2 or so per day.

 

[sweetdana]

I openly admit I never thought to tip... until I read about it here on The Dis Boards!

Now we tip all (well, most of) the time, even when we are not at DVC.

Next time post it on DIS, leave it by a pool, find a person staying to take it.

Mousekeeping is required to dispose of it.

I have given away 2 bottle of champagne, 1/2 doz pool noodles, jar of peanut butter, ALWAYS out Mickey balloons if not too deflated, bags of chips, left over water bottles, or pops ect.

A Dis party or a random stranger always find a home and is thankful.

 

[2binak]

We always tip - Disney or non-Disney hotel. We tip $5 on T&T day and $10 on departure day. We look at it as saying "thank you" for having the room clean & prepared for our stay, not necessarily for picking up after us.

We've left notes with the money that have said, "For Housekeeping - thank you!" and received notes back from very appreciative housekeepers.

Oh and we always tip bell services or housekeeping when they deliver something to our room.

 

[patsal]

My question remains: Where did you get the information that mousekeeping is not a tipped position?

It is stated in Resort literature. I have my papers from check in at each of the resorts. There is a blurb on the materials that states that housekeeping is not considered a tipped position.

 

[jekjones1558]

It is stated in Resort literature. I have my papers from check in at each of the resorts. There is a blurb on the materials that states that housekeeping is not considered a tipped position.

I guess I am going blind. When we were there in October I really looked at everything in the Welcome Packet. I didn't see anything about mousekeeping being a non-tipped position. This topic comes up repeatedly here on the DIS, so that is why I looked. Of course it is possible that our packet was missing some handout. I will be looking again when we go in January. And I did email Member Satisfaction 4 or 5 months ago to make sure that mousekeepers are allowed to keep tips and I was told that they are.
Any chance that you could post a scanned copy of the resort literature so I know where to look?

 

[BeccaG]

As others have stated, I started tipping because it seems like a nice things to do for someone who is cleaning up my mess, albeit a small one. (I strip the beds, gather the trash and leave all my towels in one pile.) I also tip every mousekeeper etc who brings me a missing item from the kitchen etc. They must love me ! I would assume many folks in those positions could not afford DVC, I can, and so I like to share from the abundance of my blessings!

 

[disneynutz]

It is stated in Resort literature. I have my papers from check in at each of the resorts. There is a blurb on the materials that states that housekeeping is not considered a tipped position.

Tipped position or not, there will always be people who feel that they want to tip.

Why certain positions have become the target of tippers and others have not is beyond me. We tip the person who takes out the trash once during our stay but not the person who cleans the toilets in the parks everyday all day long?

My issues against tipping is that employers consider the tips as part of the employees salary so they pass the burden of payroll on to the consumer while they report huge profits and pay bonuses to their executive team.

Human nature will cause the employees to spend more time taking care of the tipper and possibly providing less then stellar services to people who don't tip or tip less than others.

We do tip for service over and beyond the call of duty but not when they do their normal job or when they act like a tip is expected and that is all that they are there for.

Bill