Tipping?

[blessedby3]

Tip your Mousekeepers please.

$5 per person per day at the deluxe end, that's what my former employer reimbursed for, so it's what I leave at the same $/night rate inside WDW.

My sister worked her way through college at a hotel, I worked waiting tables. Changing your sheets is a hard job; it's physically demanding.

The people who make your vacation pleasant are paid with the assumption that you will tip. If you forget or refuse to tip, their budget is blown.

The way I see it, if I am blessed enough with material goods at this time to be able to afford a WDW hotel, I can certainly afford to tip the staff.

Of course we don't tip everyone who does anything for us anywhere--just the employees whose compensation is figured using the common expectation that customers of a luxury service will tip.

$5 a person for a deluxe??? Thats an extra $30 a night for our family I disagree that the people cleaning my room are assuming they will get a tip and that I am blowing their budget by my not tipping.

I am not a housekeeping tipper. This is a job that they signed up for, and they dont make a waitresses wage. I am already paying a mint to stay at a WDW resort, so I dont feel like I should have to pay more for room cleaning. It is a part of my nightly rate, included in it- a clean room.

I tip when eating out- 20% unless I had horrible service. I tip the bellman for carrying my bags.

 

[Pooh Bear Hugs]

As a Brit I don't like tipping which is why i take my own bags to my room and tidy up my own mess in the room. The idea of someone walking to my room then standing basicaly begging for money makes me feel uneasy. I have experienced a lot of this expecting money off you in Egypt there were even people in the toilets.

 

[thebells_Dallas]

$5 a person for a deluxe??? Thats an extra $30 a night for our family I disagree that the people cleaning my room are assuming they will get a tip and that I am blowing their budget by my not tipping.

I am not a housekeeping tipper. This is a job that they signed up for, and they dont make a waitresses wage. I am already paying a mint to stay at a WDW resort, so I dont feel like I should have to pay more for room cleaning. It is a part of my nightly rate, included in it- a clean room.

I tip when eating out- 20% unless I had horrible service. I tip the bellman for carrying my bags.

i agree. i might leave $2 per night or something, but I dont tip when i travel for business at a hotel, why would i do it at DW? Like you said we are already paying a lot of money to enjoy DW. If i was going to pay $5 per person/night i would upgrade to a higher level room and/or more expensive resort

 

[DW2010]

Since I've never stayed at a WDW resort, this is what I've done at any hotel stay. We always handle our own luggage since it's usually only 1 or 2 small bags (we only do short trips). Call us cheap, but we do that so we don't have to tip! I have never tipped for housekeeping. I've always considered a clean room as what I'm paying for each night! I tip usually 20% at restaurants as long as the service was decent.

 

[beattyfamily]

I tip any shuttle driver, curbside check in and the bell hops $1 - $2 a bag if they take my bags. We do avoid bell hops if at all possible. But sometimes it isn't. Sometimes they need to hold your bags if you arrive early (before check in).

I tip 10 -15 percent at buffets (depending on service given).
I tip 15 - 20 percent at regular restaurants (depending on service given).

I tip housekeeping no matter where I stay, $1 - $2 per person, per night. I tip daily rather than at the end. If I stay at a deluxe with turn down service, I tip for that as well.

I tip Valet $2 each way; drop off and pick up.

No right or wrong answers. To each their own.

 

[momof3Disneykids]

Wow, at all the opinions! We tip at table service and buffets, but not a lot, I mean is it so much harder for them to bring you a $6 burger than a $28 Steak? so why do you do a percentage?? We tip based on service. I worked as a housekeeper in the past and only ever got 1 tip, and it was like a pile of loose change. I try to leave some loose change on check out day. we have never used a bell service before but we would tip them something Im sure.

 

[MsStinkerBelle]

This is my personal tipping policy whether it be a Value (Pop) a Moderate (POFQ, CSR) or a Deluxe (Poly, AKL).

Mousekeeping - $5/day
DME Driver - $1/bag stowed [we average around 5 - 6]
Bell Services - $1/bag brought to the room, tip split if 1 person retrieves bags from the room and another gets them out of storage for DME.
Valet - $2 - $5 upon vehicle pickup depending on # of passengers I have and their personality.
Servers - 15% to 30% of the bill depending on the service

No one says you explicity have to tip Mousekeeping. However, since I've had grandparents who have worked as housekeepers, limo drivers and porters, I make it a point to do so. That's just my personal preference.

 

[goofy Jr. 88]

Wow, who would of thought tipping would be all over the map like this.


I find friendliness, attitude and personality go along way in me wanting to give you an excellent tip.

Restaurant- 18 to 22 percent. The server would have to work hard at not getting at least 18% (incompetence). We typically leave 20%. But I will say some servers think it is a given right to at least 20% even for less than average service. Not in my book.

Bell services- $1. to $2 a bag.

Valet- $2 when bringing back the car. One time though this young man at WL was so helpful after bringing the car around, he listened to my girls tell him we were going to McDonalds (they were so excited), he got us a map an took the extra time to go over the directions to the McDonalds near Blizzard Beach, I brought him back a meal and I gave him a very good monetary tip as well.

Mousekeeping- We use to leave money on the morning of check out, $2-3 for each night of the stay. After reading that some people don't tip at all, we will be leaving a couple of dollars each day. Best to keep them happy for the service they are providing us.

Does anyone know what the hourly wage is for housekeeping???

 

[kaytieeldr]

The other thing that I am tired of is every store you go to these day they ask you would you like to donate to this or donate to that. I mean if I want to donate to something I will but to ask every customer like that is just wrong. I don't like saying no but I do.

Tell management. If that doesn't work, tell corporate (simply asking management for contact information generally works). Enlist friends and neighbors. If enough people complain, it's possible stores will stop forcing their frontline employees to solicit contributions.

 

[kaytieeldr]

When you leave a note requesting simple things like to change the sheets because the baby spit up all over them and you come back and pull the comforter back only to have the same sheets sitting there, um I'm not tipping.

Respectfully, it's entirely possible your housekeeper doesn't read English well enough to understand your note.

There should be a card (two actually) in the room, explaining about conservation and what to do if you want sheets or towels changed. I think, for sheets, it's to leave the card on the bed - but it might be to remove the sheets.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Is there anyway to tip the bellmen who deliver your ME bags if you aren't in the room? We always tip when they pick up, but it's so nice to have the bags in the room when we get back from the parks or dinner the first night that I wish I could leave a tip!

No need - Disney tips them.

 

[kaytieeldr]

How about garbage men, mail, ups, person at lumber yard that helps you load and unload, person at works at any other place that helps you load or unload heavy items from your car?

Garbage men, mailmen, UPS drivers are NOT tipped positions and are paid a regular hourly wage (and probably paid WELL over minimum as two of those jobs are civil service jobs and all three are VERY labor-intensive).

I agree they're all paid very well. We don't have garbagemen here (apartment, so we do have maintenence and they do get tipped for 'above and beyond'). I've tipped the mailman before, at Christmas - don't see him on a daily basis. If UPS exceeds expectations, sure, I'll tip an individual. One year, I was getting a LOT of packages before Christmas and picking them up at the warehouse. I tipped the women at the counter (no, that's not what got me to the front of the line of about 25 people the Saturday morning before Christmas; it was that I was the only one in line who'd called the day before to arrange the pickup )

And, yeah, I don't care how much the lumber yard person or the bagger at the supermarket earns. When they help me or do something for me that I didn't expect, yes, they get tipped.

I am not a housekeeping tipper. This is a job that they signed up for, and they dont make a waitresses wage. I am already paying a mint to stay at a WDW resort, so I dont feel like I should have to pay more for room cleaning. It is a part of my nightly rate, included in it- a clean room.

Now, I figure, anyone willing to clean up after me - even if I'm pretty neat and don't make a mess - deserves a tip. I don't care how much they earn. Not my business. Saying "thank you" is nice/polite; complimenting someone to their boss can be helpful to their future in the job; but showing my appreciation with money really matters to the person providing the service. You can't buy groceries (or visit Walt Disney World) on "thank you"s and compliments.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I tip any shuttle driver, curbside check in and the bell hops $1 - $2 a bag if they take my bags.

May have been a coincidence, but my last trip I tipped the SkyCaps $5 - and my (one) suitcase was the first one to come out at luggage claim!

 

[blessedby3]

Now, I figure, anyone willing to clean up after me - even if I'm pretty neat and don't make a mess - deserves a tip. I don't care how much they earn. Not my business. Saying "thank you" is nice/polite; complimenting someone to their boss can be helpful to their future in the job; but showing my appreciation with money really matters to the person providing the service. You can't buy groceries (or visit Walt Disney World) on "thank you"s and compliments.

Saying thank you with money is not the only way to appreciate someone. Cleaning up after people is the job description of a mousekeeper. They know that is what they are going to be doing. Again, this is a service that comes with the cost of my room. It is not required that you tip someone for doing their job. I dont even understand your last sentence. I can buy groceries and visit WDW and give out "thank yous" and "compliments"

 

[goofy Jr. 88]

Cleaning up after people is the job description of a mousekeeper. They know that is what they are going to be doing. Again, this is a service that comes with the cost of my room. It is not required that you tip someone for doing their job.

I do not work in the hospitality industry, but if anyone does can they educate all of us as to what is expected regarding tipping.

I figure the hotel prints up the cards/envelopes that are left in the hotel room that remind us to tip for mousekeepings services.

 

[EjandMD]

It is strange I never tipped housekeeping until I started to go to WDW. Then i went to Las Vegas and they expected housekeeping tipping too. No other place I've ever been to has even hinted at tipping housekeeping (I guess with the exception of a cruise).

SO I tip Mousekeeping everyday, usually a dollar a person $3-4 dollars a day. But geeze $5.00 per person per day that would be $20.00 per day for our upcoming trip times four nights for a total of $60.00 I really can't imagine that. Not to mention the fact that we have four adults in one room so we have already paid extra.

I think Mousekeeping is happy to recieve ANY tip, since my guess is most people don't tip.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I dont even understand your last sentence. I can buy groceries and visit WDW and give out "thank yous" and "compliments"

Tipping is a way to show one's appreciation for the job being performed, especially in a service category where tipping is normal/standard/expected. Where I said 'you', I thought it would be understood that I meant 'one' or 'the general you'.

Saying "thank you" or complimenting the employee to their boss are other ways of showing appreciation - but the service employee can't buy groceries or go on vacation with a wallet full of "thank yous".

Sorry it wasn't clear.

 

[mjkacmom]

Wow, at all the opinions! We tip at table service and buffets, but not a lot, I mean is it so much harder for them to bring you a $6 burger than a $28 Steak? so why do you do a percentage?? We tip based on service. I worked as a housekeeper in the past and only ever got 1 tip, and it was like a pile of loose change. I try to leave some loose change on check out day. we have never used a bell service before but we would tip them something Im sure.

Because they pay taxes on 12% of that bill, what the IRS believes is the least amount you left.

 

[ConcKahuna]

I believe if I remember correctly, they are to refuse twice. The third time they can accept but must report and hand the tip over to their manager. Something like that.

But there's always the option of a "thank you letter" in a sealed envelope for the CM to open at home

 

[baxtersmama]

DBurg wrote: "You know, this is going to come off wrong, but tough. 1st, it's not like a waitress where they make like $2/hour or something. 2nd, he has a job, which right now, I'd be pretty darn happy about. And 3rd I know lots of jobs where people deal with heavy things / helping customer load and unload them etc, and none of those jobs are people 'expected to tip'. Dont know when or where all this tipping stuff (minus waitresses) came from, but I get tired of hearing people complain about not getting a big enough tip. "

--This is my first post and I'm not trying to start off the wrong way, but.....
DBurg--I get really sick of hearing people COMPLAIN about tipping! If you don't want to tip--fine, don't do it--but to go on a message board and make multiple posts complaining about tips and saying how people should just "be pretty darn happy" just to have a job (and therefore should not expect a tip) makes you sound....well this is a disney forum and I'm not gonna say it. All I will say, however, is thank god that enough people don't think like you because thanks to them my dh and I can afford to take a well-deserved trip to disney every once in a while. As someone who works in the service industry (casino dealer)--remember these are the people who make your trip easy, fun, and possible--as long as they treat you professionally and with respect they deserve a reasonable tip--and thank you to all you guys who agree with me!