What all do you tip for????

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We tip the sky caps at the airport because we do curbside check-in (coming out of DFW to Disney).

We tip the Magical Express driver $5 because we would tip a cab or Town Car driver, luggage or no luggage.

We tip Mousekeeping $3 per day total. I make up those envelopes before we leave home so I just have to set one out each morning.

For outstanding service on the Dining Plan we left a couple of extra dollars.

We tipped the cab drivers when we used a cab to go from one resort to another for dinner. I did NOT tip the valet who called the cab for us, but after we got home I started to think I probably should have.

Going home from Disney we checked our bags at the resort. I didn't tip the guy who tagged our bags and printed our boarding passes. I was extremely stressed out because a CM gave us wrong info the night before about getting our bags down to the desk - by the time we worked out where we were supposed to go we were running late. I still haven't exactly worked out if I should have tipped him or not, and I am not clear on exactly WHO that guy works for (MCO? TSA? Not Pop Century.) At any rate, no tip for him last time!

I do think sometimes tipping gets WAY out of hand. It seems like everyone wants a tip, even if they are paid a decent hourly wage.

 

[Chattins]

While on vacation we're also the $5 tippers on things like valet, bags, housekeeping each day, bartenders, taxis and most things like that, food service tips are 20% - IF the service is good. I figure if we're spending $$ on a vacation we might as well not worry about a couple a bucks here and there. Most of the people we're tipping are living on tips or making close to miniumum wage.

I'm not a rich person.. It's taken me 3 long years to save up for our 1st Disney Vacation - 2 BR suite at BC on the concierge level for 7 nights, Discovery Cove and everything else. I take into consideration tip charges while saving.

If I'm enjoying such a great vacation I like being generous to the workers who are making my life easier by helping me with my luggage, etc....

 

[JPN4265]

Is it just me, or has tipping gotten way out of hand?

 

[Chris and Pooh]

I'm from the UK and the tipping culture is IMO a mix of the French way and the US way, there are a lot of services we dont tip for ie bartenders, but we always tip servers roughly 10% for good service but then we also have a minimum wage of about $8/hr, and I dont feel I have to tip for bad service.
I always thought as it states on the bill/check that it is a gratuity, well IMO that is a thank you to the server and therefore I dont say thank you for bad service.

I was also shocked to read the comments from LauraLana9 and a quote from her post
"With the exception of 2 states employers are not required to pay servers/bartenders minimum wage. Aolt of people that live in this country don't even know that. The most I hve been payed by my employer is $2.50 thats below half minimum wage. However they take taxes out of 15% our sales, not what we make in tips (or say we make ). I have not received an actual paycheck in a long time. Also depending on where you work, I have had to come in to set up for the shift 1 and 1/2 hrs before opening and stay for an average of 2 hours after closing for clean up making $2.50 an hour."
This is outrageous, Paper boys/girls get more than this.
I always tip 20-25% in the US for good service, now I can see why you need it, and as a pointer I always tip cash so the server can pocket it, I do not add it to the bill if I pay by card as I rightly guessed, it is effectively taxed before the employee gets it in their paycheck

 

[audrey13]

Is it just me, or has tipping gotten way out of hand?

I tend to agree. I always tip wait staff and people who handle my luggage (although I usually do that myself) and housekeeping in a hotel/motel, but it does seem like there are tip jars everywhere you go these days. I'm sure I'll get some opposition on this one but I don't tip when I order a coffee at Starbucks or an ice cream cone at my local ice cream parlor. I know the people who work there are often students trying to earn money for college but no one tips me for doing my job the way I'm supposed to. Unless it's a job where the person is taxed based on an assumed tip (like wait staff), or a job that is particularly hard or unpleasant (like cleaning up after me), I generally don't tip. I'm not saying it's wrong to tip if you want to, but I feel like there is more pressure these days to tip practically everyone.

Sorry if this gets the thread totally OT but here are some things I've heard different things on whether people tip or not -- hair stylist (and does it make a different if they own the salon), paper delivery, mail carrier, garbage collectors. My parents always left holiday tips for paper delivery, mail carrier and garbage collectors but I have friends who've never heard of doing that. And I generally tip my hair stylist unless he or she owns the salon in which case I don't (because no one is taking a cut of what I've paid them for the service).

Audrey

 

[rrkman]

I am paying $5000 for a week long vacation at a deluxe resort....should I not already expect good (if not great) service to be included in that? The resort we are staying at is about $500 a night. I understand that part of that is for the view and part of that is for location/transportation....lets say $100 a day for each of those. So the actual room rate is $300 a night. For $300 a night, I would expect the resort to not accept tips and pay their employees a good wage. On the other side of this, if I stay at a value type resort/hotel, I don't expect exceptional service and am willing to tip if I want/get it. Same thing with food service...if I splurge and go to a nice restaurant and already spend well over $100 on a meal, I should then pay another $20 or more for service...isn't that why I just paid $100 for the meal?

Don't get me wrong, I am actually a pretty good tipper.....just not when I feel that I have already paid for the service. A $2 or 3$ beer will get you a tip but a $5 or $6 beer won't unless the service is beyond great.

Just my $0.02.

 

[beattyfamily]

I am paying $5000 for a week long vacation at a deluxe resort....should I not already expect good (if not great) service to be included in that? The resort we are staying at is about $500 a night. I understand that part of that is for the view and part of that is for location/transportation....lets say $100 a day for each of those. So the actual room rate is $300 a night. For $300 a night, I would expect the resort to not accept tips and pay their employees a good wage. On the other side of this, if I stay at a value type resort/hotel, I don't expect exceptional service and am willing to tip if I want/get it. Same thing with food service...if I splurge and go to a nice restaurant and already spend well over $100 on a meal, I should then pay another $20 or more for service...isn't that why I just paid $100 for the meal?

Don't get me wrong, I am actually a pretty good tipper.....just not when I feel that I have already paid for the service. A $2 or 3$ beer will get you a tip but a $5 or $6 beer won't unless the service is beyond great.

Just my $0.02.

I don't base my tip at a motel/hotel/resort or a cheap restaurant/fancy restaurant on what I paid for the room/meal. I tip the same at all levels of service. This is my opinion. It doesn't matter at all to me how much I paid for a meal, either way I tip for good service, around 20%. Same with a motel/hotel/resort. Doesn't matter to me what I paid, I tip the maids $1. per person per night. I don't get the arguement that since I'm paying an arm and a leg already I don't have to tip the waitress? the maid? Never understood that arguement.

 

[rrkman]

Actually, if you tip at 20%, you don't base it on the service, you base it on the cost of your meal...so the same waiter that did a good job serving you a meal that cost $20 gets $4 but if that waiter served you a $60 meal they would get $12...how is that a fair system. So, say I order a salad and a glass of water for $10...I want the dressing on the side, no onions, and ask for frequent refills and ask for additional dressing later in the meal. All goes well = tip of $2. On the other hand, I order the filet and a glass of wine for $60. Comes out perfect and nothing else needed = tip of $12. Just doesn't seem right to me.....pay the people what the job should get and don't blame or leave the compensation up to the customers.

I'm not complaining about the cost of our vacation (arm and a leg), if I couldn't afford it, I would have stayed at a value resort and saved $3000...but for that $3000, I expect better service which includes a clean room. Somebody helps me with my luggage, tip. Somebody cleans my room, no tip...I already pay for a clean room and daily maid service, right?

Do you ever tip a flight attendant for your meal?

 

[beattyfamily]

Actually, if you tip at 20%, you don't base it on the service, you base it on the cost of your meal...so the same waiter that did a good job serving you a meal that cost $20 gets $4 but if that waiter served you a $60 meal they would get $12...how is that a fair system. So, say I order a salad and a glass of water for $10...I want the dressing on the side, no onions, and ask for frequent refills and ask for additional dressing later in the meal. All goes well = tip of $2. On the other hand, I order the filet and a glass of wine for $60. Comes out perfect and nothing else needed = tip of $12. Just doesn't seem right to me.....pay the people what the job should get and don't blame or leave the compensation up to the customers.

I'm not complaining about the cost of our vacation (arm and a leg), if I couldn't afford it, I would have stayed at a value resort and saved $3000...but for that $3000, I expect better service which includes a clean room. Somebody helps me with my luggage, tip. Somebody cleans my room, no tip...I already pay for a clean room and daily maid service, right?

Do you ever tip a flight attendant for your meal?

I really don't want to debate; I only wanted to address the level of service arguement, which I disagree with. You do whatever you want to do regarding tipping and so will I.

I was brought up to tip housekeeping. I've been to many hotels where the tipping envelope is even provided. Doesn't matter if it's a motel, hotel, or fancy resort, I'll tip $1 per person per day. I always have and I always will. I can't imagine why I'd tip at a cheap place but not in a expensive place. Doesn't make sense to me.

Doesn't matter where I eat, I tip around 20% for good service, less for bad service as this is the standard. The waitress in the cheap restaurant needs to work in the fancy restaurant if she wants a better tip due to food prices.

Nope, I never tip the flight attendant as that is traditionally not a tipped position; waitresses and maids traditionally are. This is my opinion. I don't care what anyone else does. It's a personal choice.

 

[rrkman]

Not looking for a debate...just stating my opinion. And I can't see why someone working in a cheap place that gives you the same amount of service deserves less tip (same % but less $) than someone doing the exact same thing at a more expensive place. If anything, it should be the other way around because I already expect better service at the more expensive place and am already paying for it.

This is just a touchy subject for me because customer service doesn't exist in my neck of the woods. Too many people act like tips are mandatory/expected for average service... which I disagree with.

Also, I read on an old thread that mousekeeping is paid at a rate based on no tips...this was written by an ex-mousekeeper (self-proclaimed). Not sure if this is true, just stating what I already read.

And I don't understand why housekeeping gets tipped based on set amounts per person and waiters get tipped based on how much you spend....another flaw in our system. Certainly not looking for a response but why do people in different service areas get treated differently? Work in a crappy motel, get same tip as working in high-end hotel....work in small diner, get less tip than working in expensive restaurant. Serve a meal while flying, nothing....serve a meal in airport restaurant, should get a tip. Too inconsistent.

Pay rates should not take into account possible tips. Pay for service, get service. If you feel that the service was above and beyond expectations, tip to pay for what you get that was not expected. I understand that most waiters work at below min wage and I do tip because of that....I just don't agree with the system.

 

[amwhitaker]

Would I get a tip for giving you a tip on the Disney Tip thread? hehehe

 

[Angiepea]

Question:

If you are a waiter, how many tables would you expect to serve at in a shift? and how long is a shift?

I know the wages can be as low as $2.50, not sure what they are in disney, but if you did a 7 hour shift with tips boy they could earn a lot.

Yes I am from the UK, and Yes I tip, and I tip according to the service I get. Last time we went it was over the christmas period and I gave gifts to our servers that served us over the xmas period as a thankyou, plus we gave tip.

angie

 

[emma'smom]

I just had to respond to to this. Since this is text and you can't hear my tone I am not being sarcastic at all when I say I am glad to hear you say it. I did not know this, I have worked as a server in the US for a long time now. For 3 years I worked in the Grand Canyon, lots of foreign tourists. A lot of servers, myself included hated being sat with a party of French people (other nationalities as well, but since you are French I am wording it this way) for the simple fact that we knew that we would receive a $1-$2 tip, if we were lucky most times it was nothing.

With the exception of 2 states employers are not required to pay servers/bartenders minimum wage. Aolt of people that live in this country don't even know that. The most I hve been payed by my employer is $2.50 thats below half minimum wage. However they take taxes out of 15% our sales, not what we make in tips (or say we make ). I have not received an actual paycheck in a long time. Also depending on where you work, I have had to come in to set up for the shift 1 and 1/2 hrs before opening and stay for an average of 2 hours after closing for clean up making $2.50 an hour.

15 - 20% is standard. As a server I always tip at least 20%. And thats just for adequate service, making sure I get a refill if I want it, clearing empty plates etc. 15% if the server doesn't do a great job, and I have only stiffed a waitress once. She was just flat out rude, I still have guilt over it though.

Sorry for hijacking and making this about server tipping but since thats what I do it's what I know. I would actually be interested in hearing from people that have worked in housekeeping, car service, or anyother line of work that tipping is done. Get their view, and maybe learn something

It works both ways. When we went to Australia, we didn't know about the no tip/small tip custom and always tipped 20% or more in restaurants, tipped cab drivers, bell services, etc. No wonder we were so popular!

 

[JPN4265]

We have decided to start a new religion, the non-tipping religion. We will no longer tip anyone for anything. I don't get a tip where I work, so I will give no tip to anyone else. And you have to wear funny glasses when you come to my church.

 

[TheTexasKid]

Whether at WDW, DL, or elsewhere on vacation, these are the people I have tipped.

The Bartender, if I get a drink at the bar. Otherwise, if I am sitting at a table, the person who brings me my drink.

The Bellhop who handles my luggage.

The Concierge

The Doorman who hails me a cab.

The Cab drive, limo driver, shuttle driver, etc.

The Mousekeeper who cleans the room.

The person who brings the order from Room Service.

The Server in the restaurant.

The person who provides the Turndown Service.

The Valet Parking Lot Attendant.

Unlike some people, I like to tip. These people provide a service for me, and I like to do something for them in return.

 

[JPN4265]

We are going to WDW and staying at Pops in June of this year 2006. It will be DH, DD9, and myself. We will be staying a week. We are flying and using the Magic Express to and from the airport.

I know that we will need to tip for "Mousekeeping" and I have read on this WONDERFUL BOARD that you do a dollar a day per person for mousekeeping. Please correct me if I am wrong.


Heather

Tipping for mousekeeping is not expected. This is an hourly position.

 

[julsmom]

We do tip for mousekeeping. My DD decorates envelopes before we leave with stickers and "Thanks for Mousekeeping". I know it is not "necessary" but vacation feels like such a good time to give a little extra. And, if this helps, mousekeeping usually does a little towel-character in our room as an extra when we tip.

DD(5)

 

[CleveRocks]

stupid question. I thought that you didn't have to wait around for your luggage. how do you tip for that if you don't see them? leave an envelope marked for that? would it be seperate people one at the airport and another at the resort? someone might get slighted--

DME luggage "magically appears" in your resort room, whether you're there or not. There is no need to tip for this INBOUND luggage service. The people at the airport and the people who drive the trucks to deliver the bags to the resorts are not in tipped positions. It would be sort of the same thing as, if you bought a new dining room set, trying to tip the guy on the loading dock who LOADED the furniture truck at the distribution center.

When the DME luggage reaches the resorts, Bell Services CMs deliver it to the rooms. Now, a bellperson IS in a tipped position, and Disney recognizes this, that there would be an obvious problem of tipped employees being told to deliver luggage to a potentially empty room where they couldn't possibly receive a tip. As a result, Disney, their employer, pays them something called a "GTY" either for each bag or each room, I'm unsure which. So what I'm saying is, Disney itself tips its Bell Services employees for delivering the DME luggage to a guest's resort room.

Disney does NOT tip DME drivers, who are not Disney employees. Although opinions vary, I think the general concensus is that if a driver gives you some sort of personlized service, such as handling any of your bags, then you SHOULD tip the driver, but if the driver did nothing more than drive the bus then you shouldn't feel obligated to tip him/herm although I'm sure it would be most appreciated, anyway. Even if your luggage is being transfered by DME, you may wish to have your carry-ons stored under the bus (which would be done by the driver).

On your way OUT of WDW, Disney doesn't do any tipping for you. If you want Bell Services assistance when you are checking out of your room, you should tip accordingly.

I hope this helps.

 

[Kayleebug]

Anyone ever tipped the bus driver that takes you to the parks? I saw a jar in the front for tips one time. I didn't leave one. Just wondering....

Also, a CM at a gift shop at the Contemporary went WAAYY out of her way last year to get my DD's bday gift wrapped. She wouldn't charge me and refused to take a tip. I know she's an hourly wage paid person, but I thought it would have been nice for her to be able to take it. Someone on another thread said they are supposed to take the tip if it's offered 3 times. I think I offered it twice. ?????