Tipping?

[HappyGal]

How much do you tip Mousekeeping? Bus Drivers?

Typically I tip drivers $1 for each of our bags but don't know what the going rate is for the mousekeepers.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

$1 per bag (if they handle it) for drivers.

$1 per person, per day (unless we are really messy and then it's $2) for housekeeping.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

We leave $5/day in our room for the mousekeeper. I leave it daily in an envelope on the un-made bed, with "Thank You!" written on it. I know the maid may be different some days due to days off, so I make sure to leave it every day.

We drive to WDW and don't typically have others handle our luggage. When we have stayed at a deluxe resort and Bell Services brought it up, we tipped $1/bag.

 

[gillenkl]

Mousekeeping - $5 per day left daily
Bus Drivers - not sure we don't use the bus
Luggage - $8-10 for bell services to bring bags to room from lobby and vice versa.

 

[BBandDisney]

 

[Liza111577]

Hmmm.
I've noticed those of you who are saying $5 a day for housekeeping are families of 4. It will just be my DS(5) and myself. DO I just leave $2 a day?? That seems a little ridiculous! What does everyone think?

 

[thomas998]

I think a tip is for a time when someone does something above and beyond what they are already being paid to do...

Would people that think they need to tip a housekeeper or bus driver also give their bank teller a tip for doing her job? Would they tip their doctor? What about the person that tears your ticket to a movie? Now before everyone start yelling its different because the maids or bus driver get paid less... that is only true of the doctors... tellers make more than maid but less than bus drivers... and kids working in theaters make less than all those... So please... can someone give me a reasonable explanation why you think some people deserve tips for doing their jobs and others don't?

Frankly I think people are going nutty on the tipping and have forgotten that it is supposed to be for doing something beyond the job, not doing what the person already agreed to do for a set price.

 

[SaraJayne]

Housekeeping is not a tipped position at WDW.

We don't tip at hotels. As I always say when this topic comes up, I'd never heard of tipping housekeeping at any hotel (not just Disney) before the Dis.

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

I have decided that I will no longer be tipping Housekeepers, it isn't a tipped position, so why are we tipping them? Now, if I call for something and they bring it, sure I will give them a tip, because I made a special request, but not otherwise.

I'm with SaraJayne, I had never heard of tipping housekeepers prior to going on our second trip to Disney.

For part of our upcoming trip, we will be staying on rented DVC points, so we won't even receive a visit from houskeeping.

We will be using valet and I will tip them as well as Bell Services.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Housekeeping is not a tipped position at WDW.

We don't tip at hotels. As I always say when this topic comes up, I'd never heard of tipping housekeeping at any hotel (not just Disney) before the Dis.

Tipping housekeeping at hotels is very, very common. That said, I don't do it myself.

 

[SaraJayne]

Tipping housekeeping at hotels is very, very common. That said, I don't do it myself.

In certain parts of the country, maybe. Not so much here.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

Hmmm.
I've noticed those of you who are saying $5 a day for housekeeping are families of 4. It will just be my DS(5) and myself. DO I just leave $2 a day?? That seems a little ridiculous! What does everyone think?

If it's just my husband and me, I'll usually leave $3.

In other locations besides Disney, if we're going to be staying in a hotel for more than a night or two, or if I feel like we've left a lot of stuff to clean up, moved things around, etc., I will leave a tip for the staff. At Disney, we often have lots of stuff around, we have lots of garbage, we really spread out, so I leave a tip because I think it's more difficult to clean our room than maybe someone who has only been there one night or who doesn't spread a lot of stuff around like we do.

To each their own.

 

[thomas998]

If it's just my husband and me, I'll usually leave $3.

In other locations besides Disney, if we're going to be staying in a hotel for more than a night or two, or if I feel like we've left a lot of stuff to clean up, moved things around, etc., I will leave a tip for the staff. At Disney, we often have lots of stuff around, we have lots of garbage, we really spread out, so I leave a tip because I think it's more difficult to clean our room than maybe someone who has only been there one night or who doesn't spread a lot of stuff around like we do.

To each their own.

That sounds oddly like my wife, who seems to think that she needs to basically make the beds before we check out... I on the other hand have travel enough to know that if you care about the next guest you are better off making sure the bed is not made and is a complete mess so that housekeeping will actually change the sheets... but that's just me... for some reason I don't look forward to sleeping on a bed that wasn't stripped and cleaned after the last guest slept on it.

 

[amylynne01]

I think a tip is for a time when someone does something above and beyond what they are already being paid to do...

Would people that think they need to tip a housekeeper or bus driver also give their bank teller a tip for doing her job? Would they tip their doctor? What about the person that tears your ticket to a movie? Now before everyone start yelling its different because the maids or bus driver get paid less... that is only true of the doctors... tellers make more than maid but less than bus drivers... and kids working in theaters make less than all those... So please... can someone give me a reasonable explanation why you think some people deserve tips for doing their jobs and others don't?

Frankly I think people are going nutty on the tipping and have forgotten that it is supposed to be for doing something beyond the job, not doing what the person already agreed to do for a set price.

 

[JB2K]

Housekeeping is not a tipped position at WDW.

We don't tip at hotels. As I always say when this topic comes up, I'd never heard of tipping housekeeping at any hotel (not just Disney) before the Dis.

It seems to be more of a cultural thing -- people from certain parts of the country tip everyone (even the state-mandated "full service" gas station attendant), and others do not.

Regardless of who you are/where you from, rest assured you won't get "short sheeted" if you don't leave a cutesy envelope on the bed for your housekeeping staff.

 

[Disney845]

$0

I don't believe in tipping workers in non tip positions. I believe that they are being paid their full wage to fulfill the duties of their position and that I have no reason to tip them above that.

 

[SaraJayne]

It seems to be more of a cultural thing -- people from certain parts of the country tip everyone (even the state-mandated "full service" gas station attendant), and others do not.

Regardless of who you are/where you from, rest assured you won't get "short sheeted" if you don't leave a cutesy envelope on the bed for your housekeeping staff.

Even with no tips, we had made beds, clean room/bathroom, new toiletries/towels every day AND we got a towel animal every day.

Maybe we were just lucky.

 

[BBandDisney]

If you ask a question on the Budget Board about tipping ,what do you think the majority will say?

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

That sounds oddly like my wife, who seems to think that she needs to basically make the beds before we check out... I on the other hand have travel enough to know that if you care about the next guest you are better off making sure the bed is not made and is a complete mess so that housekeeping will actually change the sheets... but that's just me... for some reason I don't look forward to sleeping on a bed that wasn't stripped and cleaned after the last guest slept on it.

Actually, no. I'm not that tidy of a person in general. I'm just saying that at Disney, our rooms tend to be kind of a wreck with pretty much every available surface covered in something. Hence, I figure that cleaning our room is not the easiest job our housekeeper has all day and I leave a little something. I'm more likely to do that at WDW, where we bring and have lots of stuff with us and stay 5-6 nights, as opposed to a one- or two-night stay visiting my in-laws where it's just us and a couple of suitcases. In those instances, I don't think we're "messier" than the average room. At WDW, I feel like we probably are and I compensate for that. You would never catch me making a hotel bed - trust me. It's part of the reason we don't buy into DVC - doing laundry and making beds and cooking are NOT part of my vacation agenda!