tipping mousekeeping staff

[coffeelover]

Hello everyone.

We leave in 14 days and I know I have seen a thread or two on this topic but am at work and can't spend time searching.

How much per day do you leave?

Do you leave it daily or at the end of the stay?

Thanks,

Michele

 

[robinb]

We leave $1 per person on a daily basis. Your maid at the end of your stay may not be the same one who cleaned your room the rest of the time.

 

[beattyfamily]

Yep, we also tip about $1. per person per day on a daily basis. We are a family of 4 and sometimes we just leave a $5 bill.

I like printing up special mousekeeping envelopes and leaving them on the bathroom mirror. It gets taken everyday.

 

[RussH]

I leave a tip daily usually 3 to 5 dollars. I always use a post-it-note with a Housekeeping Thanks message stuck to the bills. It is just me normally and not very messy.
Lots of clean towels every day.

 

[robinb]

I always just leave the money on the vanity between the sink and the edge. It is almost always taken by the maid. I try to remember to print envelopes (and stuff them in advance) but I always run out of time!

 

[SaraMc]

We leave a $1 a day and since we are Canadian and we cant exchange the coin back over if we have any left we leave all our coin on the last day as well.

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

$3 a day usually, and a note saying thank you.

 

[kyirish25]

We do $5 each day and make up Mousekeeping envelopes as well. I love all the ideas you get from the DIS!

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We are a family of 5 and we leave $5 a day in a mousekeeping envelope. We usually leave the envelope on the day bed. DD puts her stuffed animals on the top of the day bed and let one of the animals "hold" the envelope.

 

[WVParkfan]

Ha! We did the same thing. Before leaving for our trip, I made an envelope for each day that we would be there, wrote "housekeeping" on the envelopes, and put $5 in each. I did this weeks before we left, so I wouldn't have to think about it again.

Having never tipped housekeeping before, we did not know where we should leave the money. The first day, we just left an envelope on one of the beds. When we came back, Mousekeeping had positioned the Mickey/ Stitch/ Daisy animals on one of the beds. Well, the next day we positioned the characters and left an envelope in Stitch's arms. After that, it was a contest each day to see who could be more creative. We had those animals and envelopes all over the room, only to find them in an even funnier position when we returned in the evening.

 

[wvjovifan]

I make up the Mousekeeping envelopes and say "Mousekeeping.....Thank You for Taking Such Good Care of Us" and include a Disney clip art picture and spray it with silver sparkle spray paint (it dries clear and only leaves the sparkles) as my Pixie Dust. We usually leave $5 per day and I leave it on the pillow....usually get a thank you note or towel animal or my Mickey left in cute poses!

 

[WVParkfan]

Ah, a fellow Mountaineer with a good plan. I'm not sure I could get away with the fairy dust (being a man), but maybe it would be a good project for my DD5.

Go WVU! Beat Pitt and give us all a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[missypie]

I tip...$3 a day. I make up and fill the envelopes in advance so I don't have to search for $ every morning.

But let me tell you this: Last week I read a magazine article about who you're supposed to tip and how much...you know, doorman, hairdresser, etc. For hotel maid it said "$1-2 dollars a day." Not per person...just $1-2 per day- period.

The Mousekeepers must love all you more generous folks!!!

 

[IamCourtney]

Yes! All good answers...mostly.

I work in the housekeeping department at a Disney resort...

Housekeepers are not allowed (though it happens) to take any money from a room that does not have a note or a very VERY clear indication that it is for them. The easiest thing to do is make envelopes, but a thank you note from the pad provided by the phone is great, too!

Housekeepers love the little thank yous and envelopes just as much as our guests love the special touches added to the rooms!

 

[beattyfamily]

Yes! All good answers...mostly.

I work in the housekeeping department at a Disney resort...

Housekeepers are not allowed (though it happens) to take any money from a room that does not have a note or a very VERY clear indication that it is for them. The easiest thing to do is make envelopes, but a thank you note from the pad provided by the phone is great, too!

Housekeepers love the little thank yous and envelopes just as much as our guests love the special touches added to the rooms!

It's great to hear from an acutal Housekeeper at Disney World!!

Do you mind being called "Mousekeeping"? I always wondered that. There have been many a debates here about how Mousekeeping isn't a tipped position but I certainly think you deserve a tip I'm glad that you can accept them if they are clearly marked. Thanks for the good advice.

 

[IamCourtney]

Oh, and I forgot...

Though everything is appreciated, leaving one big tip at the end of your stay can really be a bad idea. From what I've seen here, it always seems that those big tips are left on days when the normal housekeeper is off, so its given to someone that probably never stepped foot in your room while you were there. Its fun to get those big tips, I'm sure, but its not fun at all when you hear that someone got away with YOUR tips...

just something to think about...

 

[bicker]

Keep in mind that unlike many hotel housekeepers nationwide, Disney's housekeepers are non-tipped personnel, so while you're surely welcome to leave them a tip, you're not expected to, as you would be at hotels where the housekeepers are tipped personnel.

 

[IamCourtney]

Now, I said I work in the Housekeeping Department...I'm not a regular housekeeper. I clean rooms on occasion, but I work in Base (the office you call when you need towels or soap, or when you want to complain about something..no, I will not personally grab some soap and run it to your room), and in Lost and Found (part of housekeeping, because thats where most stuff is lost).

Mousekeeping is a fun moniker...to those of us that understand.

AND...you are never EXPECTED to tip ANYONE while on property. There are "tipped positions" and "nontipped positions" but this just separates those that are allowed to accept tips from those that are not.

Housekeepers ARE certainly allowed to accept tips. Honestly, and not just because I am one, housekeepers DO NOT get paid enough for the jobs they do. Those of you that are honestly good tippers are the ones that usually have the cleanest rooms. I don't want to give away too much, but we really love these guests.

The "nontipped" positions are not allowed to accept tips unless it is offered and refused 3 times. Then, usually, they must turn it over to a manager. The manager makes the decision whether or not the CM can keep it.

 

[beattyfamily]

Now, I said I work in the Housekeeping Department...I'm not a regular housekeeper. I clean rooms on occasion, but I work in Base (the office you call when you need towels or soap, or when you want to complain about something..no, I will not personally grab some soap and run it to your room), and in Lost and Found (part of housekeeping, because thats where most stuff is lost).

Mousekeeping is a fun moniker...to those of us that understand.

AND...you are never EXPECTED to tip ANYONE while on property. There are "tipped positions" and "nontipped positions" but this just separates those that are allowed to accept tips from those that are not.

Housekeepers ARE certainly allowed to accept tips. Honestly, and not just because I am one, housekeepers DO NOT get paid enough for the jobs they do. Those of you that are honestly good tippers are the ones that usually have the cleanest rooms. I don't want to give away too much, but we really love these guests.

The "nontipped" positions are not allowed to accept tips unless it is offered and refused 3 times. Then, usually, they must turn it over to a manager. The manager makes the decision whether or not the CM can keep it.

Oh, sorry. I forgot that housekeeping is a big department with many jobs. Thanks though for your perspective on tipping mousekeeping. It's appreciated. It's nice getting an insider's perspective.

 

[Dizkneenurse]

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Dizkneenurse's envelope site

Printing out mine for next week..right now!

Have a great trip!

heidi