Tipping etiquette

[nblake05]

Personally, I tip $2-5 per day for housekeeping depending on the # of people in the room. I will leave it daily since the same person may not be in charge of your room each day.
A few bucks if someone actually shows you to your room, and at least $1 per bag for the Bell Staff.
I usually tip 20% for meals (but 15% is perfectly acceptable for good service).
If you take any tours, I suggest a tip for the tour guide (amount would depend on kind of tour, cost, etc).
Hope that helps.

I have a question about tipping a tour guide... Are you referring to An outside tour company or a Disney tour. I know when we did the wild africa trek at WDW the guides could not accept tips, so I assumed that when we do the Walk In Walts Footsteps tour tipping would be a nonissue as well??? Did I assume wrongly??? That makes me think of another question... We are doing the Fantasmic Dessert Package.... So you all tip them, too???

 

[Malcon10t]

I have a question about tipping a tour guide... Are you referring to An outside tour company or a Disney tour. I know when we did the wild africa trek at WDW the guides could not accept tips, so I assumed that when we do the Walk In Walts Footsteps tour tipping would be a nonissue as well??? Did I assume wrongly??? That makes me think of another question... We are doing the Fantasmic Dessert Package.... So you all tip them, too???

I don't usually tip them unless they do something above and beyond. I don't think I'd tip the WIWF guides, but I do tip the VIP Tourguides.

 

[sonnyjane]

That's funny, you think a bartender would be happy to not just pour a beer for once. I love making these drinks, blending margarita's at parties, etc.

Mojito's are easy, poor liquor, mint, spoon suger, muddle, top off with soda and lime (and a dash of bitters) and garnish.

I tip bartenders based on the quality of the drink. Well garnished, good taste and put together nicely = better tip. Proper beer pour with the right amount of head = better tip. Lazy pour, little to no tip. Service is the same.

Personally I think hotels should allow the housekeepers to leave labeled envelopes after they clean the room and can get tipped appropriately. I tip $5 a day now, doesn't seem to make a difference to when I didn't tip (at least visibly, who knows what nasties get cleaned up better when I tip).

It's just a time thing. The time difference between pouring a beer (or even better popping the top off a bottle!) and making a drink which requires that you tear off some sprigs of mint, muddling them, blending the rest of the drink, garnishing with sugar cane, etc... it's just a hassle. Same with blended drinks. Pour of vodka with soda is a lot easier than measuring out your ice quantity, your liquor, your mix and fruit (if applicable), then blending for a minute's worth of time.... it's not that it's HARD, it's just more than the average order.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

These are just general ones that always have me a little stumped.

When ordering room service (or pizza delivery at home for that matter) and they charge a delivery charge, but have a line for tipping, do you tip & how much. The same 15-20%? Less? I know the delivery charge for pizza accounts for the cost of gas, vehicle wear & tear, but that's not the case for room service. I always tip a little bit more, but I'm never sure what's appropriate.

And what about places that have a tip line on the receipt, but don't actually deliver any food/drinks to your table (places like Round Table Pizza come to mind)?

 

[lana772]

These are just general ones that always have me a little stumped.

When ordering room service (or pizza delivery at home for that matter) and they charge a delivery charge, but have a line for tipping, do you tip & how much. The same 15-20%? Less? I know the delivery charge for pizza accounts for the cost of gas, vehicle wear & tear, but that's not the case for room service. I always tip a little bit more, but I'm never sure what's appropriate.

And what about places that have a tip line on the receipt, but don't actually deliver any food/drinks to your table (places like Round Table Pizza come to mind)?

The tip line is usually part of their program for the receipts. I don't use it as a guide for my tipping.
Be careful tipping room service and some of the DLR restaurants. The tip is already figured into the bill. If it is, you are double tipping.

At Round Table you tip the bus boy, not a server.

 

[sonnyjane]

These are just general ones that always have me a little stumped.

When ordering room service (or pizza delivery at home for that matter) and they charge a delivery charge, but have a line for tipping, do you tip & how much. The same 15-20%? Less? I know the delivery charge for pizza accounts for the cost of gas, vehicle wear & tear, but that's not the case for room service. I always tip a little bit more, but I'm never sure what's appropriate.

And what about places that have a tip line on the receipt, but don't actually deliver any food/drinks to your table (places like Round Table Pizza come to mind)?

When you order room service, most hotels include an automatic gratuity, so if they do you don't have to tip extra. For pizza delivery I definitely tip because that delivery fee doesn't necessarily go to your driver! In college I had a couple friends that delivered and the delivery fee went into a collective pool to pay for the things you mentioned through the business. Only tips were individual. I tip about $4-$5 for the delivery. I'm not familiar with Round Table but if it's a place where I order at a counter but they bring it to My table, I tip a buck or two. Even when I order takeout and pick it up, I tip $2-$3 if I'm picking up from the bar because usually the bartender is the one getting it together.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

When you order room service, most hotels include an automatic gratuity, so if they do you don't have to tip extra. For pizza delivery I definitely tip because that delivery fee doesn't necessarily go to your driver! In college I had a couple friends that delivered and the delivery fee went into a collective pool to pay for the things you mentioned through the business. Only tips were individual. I tip about $4-$5 for the delivery. I'm not familiar with Round Table but if it's a place where I order at a counter but they bring it to My table, I tip a buck or two. Even when I order takeout and pick it up, I tip $2-$3 if I'm picking up from the bar because usually the bartender is the one getting it together.

Thanks

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

The tip line is usually part of their program for the receipts. I don't use it as a guide for my tipping.
Be careful tipping room service and some of the DLR restaurants. The tip is already figured into the bill. If it is, you are double tipping.

At Round Table you tip the bus boy, not a server.

When I charge it at the counter, it has the tip line on the receipt (which I agree is probably part of the system for receipts) - if I write in something there, do you know who it goes to? Would it be better leave a few dollars on the table instead?

And at hotels, I don't tip more if the gratuity is already included, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't making a huge faux pas. As for restaurants who do automatic gratuity, it's usually 18%. if It's been ok service, I leave it at that. If it's better, I'll add something more to it.

 

[beckymomof2]

The tip line is usually part of their program for the receipts. I don't use it as a guide for my tipping.
Be careful tipping room service and some of the DLR restaurants. The tip is already figured into the bill. If it is, you are double tipping.

At Round Table you tip the bus boy, not a server.

I double tipped once on accident. I think it ended up being a $30 tip just for the guy to bring dinner to our room. We had got back from a cruise and I was exhausted. So I probably was just tired and... Oops. Oh well he got a really good tip. I kinda laughed afterwards.

 

[TinkLoverSam]

Having been a room attendant (housekeeper) tips are GREATLY appreciated... I know in Orlando when I looked room attendants were only making about $8/hour which ends up to $4/room as most hotels give you 16 rooms/day in an 8 hour shift!

As to room service tipping at the hotel where I worked the auto gratuity was pooled and then split between everyone working on that shift whereas if you leave any additional tip that would go to the actual server who delivered your food. I would tip extra if the server came in and set the food up for me (especially if it was a big order) and generally went above the expected as I would want him to get something guaranteed out of that.

 

[lana772]

When I charge it at the counter, it has the tip line on the receipt (which I agree is probably part of the system for receipts) - if I write in something there, do you know who it goes to? Would it be better leave a few dollars on the table instead?

And at hotels, I don't tip more if the gratuity is already included, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't making a huge faux pas. As for restaurants who do automatic gratuity, it's usually 18%. if It's been ok service, I leave it at that. If it's better, I'll add something more to it.

No telling who gets the tip... they may split them or maybe the manager takes them.