Tipping at hotels

[Dopey's twin Dippy]

i say , tip if you want to , or do not tip if you dont want to. i would like to say personally i am SICK and tired of all the TIP JARS in stores that i go into. and yes esp. DUNKIN.............. I HATE TIP jars...i think they are ridiculous.can you tell i hate tip jars......sorry, off topic. I think the housekeepers do a great job, we have always had great luck. but i also feel just because someone, what ever job you have, that only makes a certain wage should not expect everyone else to tip them so that they can get by in life. i do not say this in meanness,but i just feel like it is all getting out of control.

 

[disneyfan4u]

i say , tip if you want to , or do not tip if you dont want to. i would like to say personally i am SICK and tired of all the TIP JARS in stores that i go into. and yes esp. DUNKIN.............. I HATE TIP jars...i think they are ridiculous.can you tell i hate tip jars......sorry, off topic. I think the housekeepers do a great job, we have always had great luck. but i also feel just because someone, what ever job you have, that only makes a certain wage should not expect everyone else to tip them so that they can get by in life. i do not say this in meanness,but i just feel like it is all getting out of control.

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[goofypooh]

i say , tip if you want to , or do not tip if you dont want to. i would like to say personally i am SICK and tired of all the TIP JARS in stores that i go into. and yes esp. DUNKIN.............. I HATE TIP jars...i think they are ridiculous.can you tell i hate tip jars......sorry, off topic. I think the housekeepers do a great job, we have always had great luck. but i also feel just because someone, what ever job you have, that only makes a certain wage should not expect everyone else to tip them so that they can get by in life. i do not say this in meanness,but i just feel like it is all getting out of control.

My thoughts exactly!!

 

[tigger21475]

Let's say the mousekeeper cleans 100 rooms. If on average each room left $3 that would be an extra $300 a day. If they make $7 or more an hour they are not a tipped position. That is for people who make less. Like waiters, who are paid $3 an hour. Those are the people I tip.

 

[sjaakie]

Yes we're from the UK and do try to respect customs - we would always tip at restaurants but I long to see a reduction in the tipping culture not an increase, which is the way it seems to be going so if a position is a non-tipped position i.e. no tip required then I will not normally tip. That doesn't mean to say that I will not express my thanks in a non-monetary way and I will certainly not make that person's job any harder than it need be.

The cost of Disney for anything other than a 2+2 UK family is very expensive - particularly in our high season which is the only time we can go.
There will be 10 of us (5 children, 3 guests) so airfares, park tickets, hotels mount up. If we followed the suggested amount for tipping housekeeping it wouldn't be 'a few bucks' it would be nearly $250 (plus around $600 budgeted for restaurant tips) There are only so many extras that we can manage and I'm afraid that something has to go.

I personal would be terrified traveling thousands miles from home on such a tight budget en no offense ore flaming at you.

10 people is quit a large group and what if you need a doctor ore have to go to a hospital?


You will be asked to pay before you get treatment as your from out of the US.
I had to pay 2000 $ for a minor injury. Taxi, hospital,x ray, bandage and medicine.

 

[ICF]

Let's say the mousekeeper cleans 100 rooms. If on average each room left $3 that would be an extra $300 a day. If they make $7 or more an hour they are not a tipped position. That is for people who make less. Like waiters, who are paid $3 an hour. Those are the people I tip.

100 rooms seems like a lot, but your point is very valid.

Even @ 50 rooms a day x 5 days a week x 50 weeks a year (assuming some vacation) that would be $37,500 in tips assuming $3 average per room, so in addition to their regular salary they would be over $55K.

 

[sjaakie]

100 rooms seems like a lot, but your point is very valid.

Even @ 50 rooms a day x 5 days a week x 50 weeks a year (assuming some vacation) that would be $37,500 in tips assuming $3 average per room, so in addition to their regular salary they would be over $55K.

So all the Hummerdrivers and people owning a house with a big pool in the Orlando area are Mousekeepers???

 

[ICF]

So all the Hummerdrivers and people owning a house with a big pool in the Orlando area are Mousekeepers???

What?

I'm sure you thought that your comment was somehow relevant to the discussion, but I'm not seeing it. What do hummers, pools and big houses have to do with tips?

If you somehow are saying that $55K isn't really that much money, lots of people would disagree with you.

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

Okay, folks....here's my 2 cents...
I am in what is considered a non-tipping position, that being said I have a clear box permanently attached to my counter that is designated for tips. I am not allowed by regulation to ask for, or in any way, solicit a tip, but most people know what the box is for and some tip and some don't. Same goes for housekeeping, "most" know that you tip them, some do some don't. If you put a tip in my box I say thank you, if you don't I still treat you the same when I see you again. Housekeeping is the same, they clean up your "crap" whether you tip them or not...am I going to tip? What do you think? I rely on my tips to a certain extent, and no I don't make anywhere near minimum wage, I make much more...but yes I still rely on them to a certain extent. If I made $7/hr, I would be worried right now how I was going to pay for my kids back to school clothes and supplies, then how do I afford Christmas...yes we can "live" off of $7/hr, but what kind of life? I consider it my "responsibilty" to spread the wealth and take care of people like me who work hard but don't get the monetary compensation that they likely deserve...
Sorry for the soap box, folks but after reading everyone's posts I just had to climb on...
Leaving in 33 days for my first trip to Disney EVER!! BTW, all my tips for the next month will be converted into Disney tips, like I said spreading the "wealth"...

 

[archcrb]

I agree in principal, but putting a jar on a counter is a little insulting to me. For example (and I don't know your occupation, so I'll just give an example we ran into recently):

At a fast food type restaurant (rhymes exactly with, Moe's), where 2 or 3 people prepare your food then 1 guy hands you an empty cup then another rings up your order there was a 'TIP' jar next to the register. There was also a note on it that read, "Tips for gas, thank you".
Could you be begging a little bit more. I felt like I should be able to take money out since I spent gas money to go out to eat so these kids could even have a job.
It would have been less insulting if they actually did something extra for this, like maybe wiped down my table for me, or bussed my table, heck maybe they even filled my cup with a beverage, but all they did was prepare my food which I paid for. Does that really deserve a tip?

I guess I just don't get it.

 

[Disney1976]

100 rooms seems like a lot, but your point is very valid.

Even @ 50 rooms a day x 5 days a week x 50 weeks a year (assuming some vacation) that would be $37,500 in tips assuming $3 average per room, so in addition to their regular salary they would be over $55K.

There was someone on another one of these threads a few weeks back who used to be a housekeeper, and mentioned the amount of rooms they cleaned per day. I want to say it was, on average, a low number, maybe less than 15 rooms per day per person?

Nobody is getting rich off housekeeping tips. If they were, they wouldn't keep doing it.

 

[Wild4Walt]

We tend to 5.00 a day. Being in the service industry myself, I know this comes in handy.

 

[Fintastic]

We left $5 a day on our last trip for our family of three. I tipped them for a couple of reasons: 1) Because they're cleaning up after us so we don't have to and 2) I hoped that it would encourage more Disney "magic" so to speak, rather than just cleaning and leaving. DD loves the towel animals and was so excited to get back to the room each night to see how her toys had been arranged.

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

I agree in principal, but putting a jar on a counter is a little insulting to me. For example (and I don't know your occupation, so I'll just give an example we ran into recently):

At a fast food type restaurant (rhymes exactly with, Moe's), where 2 or 3 people prepare your food then 1 guy hands you an empty cup then another rings up your order there was a 'TIP' jar next to the register. There was also a note on it that read, "Tips for gas, thank you".
Could you be begging a little bit more. I felt like I should be able to take money out since I spent gas money to go out to eat so these kids could even have a job.
It would have been less insulting if they actually did something extra for this, like maybe wiped down my table for me, or bussed my table, heck maybe they even filled my cup with a beverage, but all they did was prepare my food which I paid for. Does that really deserve a tip?

I guess I just don't get it.

Well, as I said, I am not allowed to solicit a tip...the box is in plain sight but off to one side and is used to keep tips from being taken, either by myself or a customer. I am not comfortable stating specifically where I work, but I am a cashier and I handle a large volume of cash...more than a bank teller and I am in the travel and tourism industry...so I guess I have a different outlook on this situation. No I don't really think you get it, but that's okay...some people just won't understand what some of us are saying about tips in general because they either don't receive tips in their industry or don't believe in gratuities as a policy. And that's okay too, I'm just trying to offer another way to look at the whole situation...bottom line people will either tip or they won't...box or no box...exceptional service or acceptable service...I tip, I appreciate tips and I appreciate the work people do to make my trip and my hotel room as comfortable as possible...
Thanx for listening guys and have a fantastic trip, I know I can't wait!!!!!!

 

[goofypooh]

We left $5 a day on our last trip for our family of three. I tipped them for a couple of reasons: 1) Because they're cleaning up after us so we don't have to and 2) I hoped that it would encourage more Disney "magic" so to speak, rather than just cleaning and leaving. DD loves the towel animals and was so excited to get back to the room each night to see how her toys had been arranged.

From my experience, the towel animals just depend on whether or not the housekeepers know how to make them or maybe have the extra time to make them (just my guess), rather than the tip you leave. On one trip at SSR, we left a tip everyday and never got a towel animal. Last trip at AKV, I forgot to leave a tip one day (b/c we were using DVC points and I was confused about which day they were coming), and we still got a cute little towel animal. (And no....I wasn't leaving a tip just to get a towel animal).

 

[mhconley]

Let's say the mousekeeper cleans 100 rooms. If on average each room left $3 that would be an extra $300 a day. If they make $7 or more an hour they are not a tipped position. That is for people who make less. Like waiters, who are paid $3 an hour. Those are the people I tip.

100 rooms seems like a lot, but your point is very valid.

Even @ 50 rooms a day x 5 days a week x 50 weeks a year (assuming some vacation) that would be $37,500 in tips assuming $3 average per room, so in addition to their regular salary they would be over $55K.

Whoa... 100 rooms a day!?! 50 rooms a day!?! These must be superbeings working in hyperspace mode.

Try 15-20 rooms max. That and the fact that probably fewer than 50% of all guests actually tip and you'll get a better idea of what they're really taking home in tips.

And by the way - the link someone posted earlier that stated housekeepers were making $9 an hour - that INCLUDED tips!

Martin

 

[Goofy22]

I personally don't think it matters what they are making I am on vacation and they are cleaning up after me and that doesn't happen at home so therefore they deserve a tip in my eyes! They are doing it and I don't have to! So yes! I will tip $5 per day in case there is a switch of maids so each gets there share and it is just a nice jesture to tip and show you appreciate them taking good care of your room .

 

[Disney Debbie]

I love to tip - really - it makes me feel good. I especially love to leave an extra $20 on top of the normal tip when I get a college student waiter/waitress at a restaurant. I leave imagining how surprised they were when they saw it. My DD is a waitress while in school so I know she appreciates it!

So I will tip and tip well on our vacation. I'm on VACATION and that makes me happy! So why not spread a little joy? I don't care if the mousekeeper makes $100,000 - I'm with the people who don't make their bed, do like clean towels, empty trash cans and fresh sheets - that's part of my VACATION and if they're doing that plus leaving me a few extra towels upon request - I'm happy to spread a little happiness!

 

[archcrb]

I don't think you understood my take, or me understanding yours, and that's OK, I was just a bit insulted that at a counter service restaurant there was a tip jar. I understand as best I can about wait staff and there tipping, and I consider myself and above average tipper (at least 18% usually 20%+), but it does depend on service quality for me and and a cash register situation, where I am handed my food, seat myself, and throw away my oun trash I find it insulting from a management point of view that my employees would have this or it's cheap management who translates to his/her employees, 'I'm not going to pay you more, but go ahead ask for tips'. I hope you understand my point.

 

[goofypooh]

I have learned so much from this thread! I am a teacher & I just decided to put a tip cup out in my classroom during open house and at teacher-parent conferences this year. After all, it is public school, and parents don't pay for their children to attend. Some of these parents never even say thank you for all that I do. I work hard & I think I should get some tips.

OK, before I get flamed....I AM ONLY KIDDING! But if you think about it, we all work hard & wouldn't it be nice if we could all have someone thank us and show some appreciation. But this thread was about tipping housekeeping, which I do. I also tip waiters/waitresses, my hairdresser, someone who gives me a massage, etc. Because these people are doing something for me! But, I will not tip at Moe's or someplace like that where I walk through the line to order my food, carry my own tray, get my own drink, find my own table, and throw my trash away!!!