Tipping mousekeeping

[Lisann]

I was brought up to always tip housekeeping daily whenever you stay in a hotel. Disney and non-Disney alike.

My sisters and I go to Disney every year and we tip and use the cute little Disney envelopes that you can make. But still, I've never heard of tipping housekeeping as a rule of thumb.

 

[BalooFan]

Each day I tip a dollar per person plus a dollar. So, for two people I would tip $3.00 and for four people I would tip $5.00. Tipping housekeeping is pretty standard at any U.S. hotel.

 

[PrincessWithABlaster]

Each day I tip a dollar per person plus a dollar. So, for two people I would tip $3.00 and for four people I would tip $5.00. Tipping housekeeping is pretty standard at any U.S. hotel.

I suspect that's regional. I never heard of tipping housekeeping before visiting places like Disney or cruises. I used to travel a lot for work and I never heard my coworkers mention it for normal hotel stays. We have pretty detailed directions for how to expense things which discusses how to expense tipping at restaurants, for transportation, and bell services but it says nothing about housekeeping. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, I guess my point is just that in some regions it may not be expected and thus people from those regions may not know its expected in others regions.

 

[bumbershoot]

Could be because I'm British, but housekeeping is included in the room rate and I would never consider it requiring tipping.

And since the housekeepers (no one calls them "mousekeeping" but us; they don't call themselves that) accepted a position that is a NON-tipping position, that would be totally within your rights to do.

But...it's also a position where many people DO tip in the US.

 

[BJ7644]

I wasn't aware tipping housekeeping was a thing until a weekend trip we took about a year ago. There was an envelope with our room packet for it.

For Disney there'll be 3 of us so I think we will do $3 - $5 a night. The odd part to me is tipping before the service - we typically are more generous if getting great service. I'd want to be sure that would go to the correct person though, hard to do with housekeeping.

 

[Dug720]

I have tipped at hotels in the UK and it was always accepted

Do you know many people who would turn down free extra money?

Me neither.

 

[Julylady]

We do not regularly tip housekeeping. I will tip if we leave a particularly messy room that created extra work. For example, eating our breakfast in the room resulted in crumbs on the table and floor and an overflowing trash can. Or if we have a lot of stuff that needs to be cleaned around I will leave $5 for the four of us. We never use the hotel soaps or shampoos (take our own due to allergies), so no need to tip hoping to encourage more. If I call for extra blankets, or coffee, or if I forgot a shower cap, I will tip the delivery person $1-2.

My thinking is that if they are just doing their regular work, their salary covers it. But if we make their work more difficult or if they need to spend extra time servicing our room, I will leave them something extra.

Edited to add.....if an envelope is left in the room for a tip, that pretty much guarantees one will NOT be left.

 

[Lesverts]

My issue with tipping housekeepers is simple. The more common it becomes for housekeepers to be tipped, the more weight the hotel industry can put behind pushes to have housekeeping classified as a tipped position. Thus requiring hotels to pay housekeepers substantially less per hour and allowing for limited raises. This would be a huge issue because there is not much a housekeeper can do in the time they are allotted per room to increase their tip. Housekeepers are unlikely to do enough rooms to get the tipping necessary to make up the difference to a living wage.

I abhor tipping. I think it is nonsense that society requires me to give a person money to make up for business owners not paying their staff a living wage. I also think it is utter madness to tip a given amount regardless of service level. It takes the mickey right out of, do a good job, get a tip mentality that started the whole thing. Plus tipping can create culture clash issues because in the majority of the World tipping is unnecessary to downright rude.

 

[Nancyg56]

I was brought up to always tip housekeeping daily whenever you stay in a hotel. Disney and non-Disney alike.

We do the same. My DH once commented that he thought I was "cheap" because I left a housekeeper $5 on the pillow. He bumped it up and routinely hands our housekeepers cash if he sees them, in any hotel we stay. His words: that little girl cleans our toilet and is paid the least amount here!

I usually tip 5 per night and will sometimes add more if the Mousekeepers do "extra". We use a lot of towels and they always seem to notice

 

[Aliceacc]

We tip a dollar a person a day, in an envelope marked "Mousekeeping."

I make up the envelopes ahead of time, squirrelling away $5 bills in the weeks approaching our trip.

And on a non-Disney vacation I do exactly the same thing, changing the title to "housekeeping"

 

[DisLaw]

I know it probably doesn't sound logical but I usually only tip when we're at a hotel for more than 1 night. If it's just an overnight trip we generally haven't made any kind of mess other than sleeping in the bed.

If we stay on a vacation for any length of time I go with the $1/day pp unless we've made an extra mess (like food crumbs etc)

 

[Hopefully]

My issue with tipping housekeepers is simple. The more common it becomes for housekeepers to be tipped, the more weight the hotel industry can put behind pushes to have housekeeping classified as a tipped position. Thus requiring hotels to pay housekeepers substantially less per hour and allowing for limited raises. This would be a huge issue because there is not much a housekeeper can do in the time they are allotted per room to increase their tip. Housekeepers are unlikely to do enough rooms to get the tipping necessary to make up the difference to a living wage.

I abhor tipping. I think it is nonsense that society requires me to give a person money to make up for business owners not paying their staff a living wage. I also think it is utter madness to tip a given amount regardless of service level. It takes the mickey right out of, do a good job, get a tip mentality that started the whole thing. Plus tipping can create culture clash issues because in the majority of the World tipping is unnecessary to downright rude.

Housekeeping is already classified as a tipped position in some of the hotel industry. Marriott International had a big public relations campaign last year trying to raise awareness for the need to tip housekeepers. They even leave envelopes in their rooms.

 

[Aurora0427]

I never heard of people tipping housekeeping until I got on these message boards.

Tipping housekeeping at a hotel is pretty common. Sure, not everyone does it, but it's not something that's just a dis thing.

 

[JoWilly]

Hello everyone. Family and I will be heading to disney in a few weeks and we are wondering what is the appropriate amount to tip mousekeeping? We'll be staying at carribean beach and there will be 3 of us.

Do you tip other hotels that you stay at? If so follow what you normally do.

 

[JoWilly]

Could be because I'm British, but housekeeping is included in the room rate and I would never consider it requiring tipping.

Baggage handling, bartenders and waiters/waitresses all need tipping.

I was raised in Germany so like you I am not accustomed to this as well. Tipping is up to the tipper, but I only tip for people who go above what is expected. I do not tip for what they are already expected to do, otherwise I would be tipping my daughter for doing her homework and brushing her teeth.

 

[BalooFan]

Per the Emily Post Institute General Tipping Guide, "$2-$5 per day, left daily with a note marked 'Housekeeping – Thank you.'"

 

[lilkimmyk]

We are a family of three. I draw a mickey head on an envelope with $3 in it and write "for housekeeping-Thank you." If we need anything extra, like extra coffee or towels or shampoo, I will write that as well on the envelope.

 

[cruisingtwins]

We usually put a DND sign for the lenght of our stay And DH always cleans the room before we check out. We still tip at the end.

 

[JoWilly]

I wasn't aware tipping housekeeping was a thing until a weekend trip we took about a year ago. There was an envelope with our room packet for it.

For Disney there'll be 3 of us so I think we will do $3 - $5 a night. The odd part to me is tipping before the service - we typically are more generous if getting great service. I'd want to be sure that would go to the correct person though, hard to do with housekeeping.

The envelope thing is low class and guarantees I wont be supplying a tip.

 

[BJ7644]

The envelope thing is low class and guarantees I wont be supplying a tip.

We did not leave a tip. That whole stay was bad and we won't be back. Sad too as we used to love it there.