who dose NOT tip MOUSEKEEPING?

[stahshee]

i was just wondering? do you still get good service. again I was just wondering and no flames on my part

 

[jenrose66]

On my first trip I didn't. It was our honeymoon trip, neither of us had stayed in hotels before (except for on school trips) so I was truly ignorant to the fact that people actually tipped house keeping. I thought our room was kept up just fine, no complaints.

After I found out (from these boards) that it is actually very common to tip house keeping I tipped two dollars a day. I put the money in a cute envelope with Disney stickers. I didn't notice a difference in service. However, I'll continue to tip because I think it's probably the right thing to do.

 

[Crazy4Disney72]

i was just wondering? do you still get good service. again I was just wondering and no flames on my part

My first few trips I never tipped mousekeeping, I just never realized it was something people did. Once I learned that's what many people do, I started tipping, $5 a day in an envelope decorated with Disney stickers that says 'for Mousekeeping' and then the date. I have never noticed any difference in the level of service from when I didn't tip to when I did.

 

[daisyduck123]

Our trip is always 7 or 8 nights.

We never tip until our departure day...then we find our mousekeeper & hand her $20.00.

We've always gotten towel animals (sometimes more, sometimes less) during our stays...even though we don't tip until the end of our trip.

 

[Pokprincess]

We have always tipped mouse keeping... actually do it in the same fashion of Disney printed envelopes...

We also always thought we got the cool animal towels with it... but this past visit in 05, we stayed at WL, and tipped quite well.. since the kids were accustomed to getting some sort of either towel or Mouse Keeping usually put my kid's stuffed animals together in a funny way... we didn't get anything.. the kids came back to WL room everyday looking forward to something but ... nothing.
Oh Well.. service was ok though

 

[Kay1]

I'm like some of the others and didn't tip because I never thought of it before I hit these boards. After reading here and reading a book called "Nickel and Dimed," now I tip the housekeepers. When the writer of the book I mentioned, was trained by a housekeeper, she noticed a bag containing a few hot dog buns on the cleaning cart. It turned out the buns weren't garbage but the housekeeper's lunch.

 

[bicker]

We tipped every year until I met the general manager of the BoardWalk, who told me, to my surprise, that Disney housekeepers aren't tipped employees (and are actually supposed to decline gratuities). Apparently, tipping housekeepers is a regional thing, and even in this age of national chains different chains have different policies in this regard.

Anyway, I never noticed a difference in the quality of the service I received between before, when I was tipping housekeepers, and afterwards, when I wasn't.

 

[mickeyfan2]

The quality of the service is the same with or without tipping (I have forgot to tip on some days). I choose to tip.

 

[momandseandodisney]

it was a rainy day here, so my DS made the moskeeping tip envlopes today and we wanted to do something disney
( and put $4 each in them)

My DS8 and I are staying for 11nights in the world, and we are ready with our 11 envelpoes

 

[Luvamouse]

I'm like some of the others and didn't tip because I never thought of it before I hit these boards. After reading here and reading a book called "Nickel and Dimed," now I tip the housekeepers. When the writer of the book I mentioned, was trained by a housekeeper, she noticed a bag containing a few hot dog buns on the cleaning cart. It turned out the buns weren't garbage but the housekeeper's lunch.

I've read this book also and found it very interesting. Quite insightful as an experiment for the author and for anyone who reads it.

I never tipped when DH and I were first married until (roughly) when my first DD was born, with the exception of our honeymoon. I truly assumed that staying only one or 2 nights our (sometimes hefty) room bill covered that. I assumed tips were for longer stays. Over time I have come to tip at least a couple of dollars, even on a one night stay. Just as with tipping at dinner, I tip pretty well if the service is good and with a smile (dining), attention to detail (no hairs in my tub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) in a hotel. I feel that the extra dollar at dinner will not make or break me, but to a waiter/waitress, the extra dollar (or two) per table adds up to a nice little extra at quitting time. Same with the room. I often think of the tip as much as an acknowledgment of the fact the person is doing the cleaning for me as I do a tip for a job well done. Let me also say, I am absolutely going to speak up politely (rudeness gets you nowhere) when things are not to my satisfaction, rather than simply not tip. Otherwise they don't know why I didn't tip and the problem is never solved.

Bicker, your post is interesting. One never really knows what the etiquette is in so many situations.

 

[tkldisney]

I've also heard different things. I always tipped mousekeeping 3.00 a day for two of us & 5.00 for 3 of us. But, I too like Bicker heard/read that they are not allowed to accept gratuities. They are actually suppose to take any gratuties and give them to mgmt. and it goes in a pool to be used for different stuff. So I stopped tipping on my last trip.
Now other hotels that we stay in like Marriott I tip.
My dh travels a lot for business and he never tips. He usually stays at same place (Marriott Hotels) for several days at a time and there is no difference in service or the way he is treated.

 

[jlovesee]

Im sure I will get flamed for this, but I have very rarely tipped for maid service, and usually its only a couple of dollars for exceptional service. I've never had bad service, always super clean rooms, and we usually try fairly hard to not make a mess and clean up after ourselves. Dont get me wrong we tip very well at restaurants (usually 20%), bell hops, etc, but the way I look at it I tip for personal one on one services, were customer service is a part of it.


Jennifer

 

[eeyore45]

I've also heard different things. I always tipped mousekeeping 3.00 a day for two of us & 5.00 for 3 of us. But, I too like Bicker heard/read that they are not allowed to accept gratuities. They are actually suppose to take any gratuties and give them to mgmt. and it goes in a pool to be used for different stuff. So I stopped tipping on my last trip.
Now other hotels that we stay in like Marriott I tip.
My dh travels a lot for business and he never tips. He usually stays at same place (Marriott Hotels) for several days at a time and there is no difference in service or the way he is treated.

I have never heard of this. I've read a couple of these tipping threads where a mousekeepers daughter posted on it, usually in response to the whole towel animal questions...

and they mentioned starting salary, mention of accepting tips.

I too from reading these boards tip $3 a day, since the mousekeepers dont work 7 days straight, and change. Last Oct my dad was always in his room and he often talked to the mousekeeper (and dad didnt know I was leaving a tip) She mentioned have a good vacation, and she was off, which surprised Dad, so Dad pulled out $20 for her, she said it wasnt necessary etc, dad insisted and really wanted to thank her for making our stay "magical" (she left towel animals, and rearranged the stuff animals etc)

I had no idea it wasnt for her, I wonder if she would of said, or I hope she could have said, it will go in a general fund to be used at the discretion of the manager... ummm no way would we leave money for A general manager!! (who I would assume makes a mangerial salary as opposed to the mousekeepers!)

 

[IamCourtney]

Housekeepers at Walt Disney World Resorts are allowed to accept tips. No where on property is a Housekeeper required to turn over tips. They are not a "tipped" position that has to claim their tips as wages, but they most certainly accept tips.

If you want to know how I know...or what verification to believe me, PM me and I will tell you why I know.

Don't stop tipping because you think it won't go to them. It your choice to tip, but it is not taken away from the Housekeeper.

 

[mamacatnv]

I choose not to tip.

After reading lots of debate on the issue, it is my understanding that Disney does not treat housekeeping as a tipped position, if they don't, why should I?

 

[poly_rules]

We always tip housekeeping whether it's wdw or somewhere else. I've read on these boards that mousekeepers should not accept tips and I've also read that they are allowed to take tips. I have never heard that they go into a pool. Where did you hear or read that?

 

[Lindy Loo]

We go on our first disney cruise in Oct, EVERYONE says you MUST tip, the 4 key people ( one being the mousekeeper) why not include it in the price of the cruise then? uch simpler. I dont like being told I MUST do something... I will, but i dont like it!

 

[bicker]

I had no idea it wasnt for her, I wonder if she would of said, or I hope she could have said, it will go in a general fund to be used at the discretion of the manager... ummm no way would we leave money for A general manager!!

The housekeepers at WDW resorts are supposed to decline the gratuity three times and then accept it. It most surely does NOT go to the general manager!

Now the cruise is completely different! Almost all the compensation for the housekeepers on cruise ships comes from tips. Most of them make about $45 per month in salary.

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Flame away if you must, but we never did nor will we ever tip a mousekeeper. As someone else said, if Disney doesn't treat it as a tipped postion, why should I?

We also carry our own luggage through the airport. So no tip for a skycap either.

 

[disneyfan67]

I choose not to tip.

After reading lots of debate on the issue, it is my understanding that Disney does not treat housekeeping as a tipped position, if they don't, why should I?

I have a friend, who has a cousin, that knows a person who works at WDW, that talks to someone in mousekeeping. So you can be sure that the info I give you is top notch. According to my sources when a tip isn't left in the room and house keeping is aware of your attitude on this matter, then the secret code is given.

As soon as you're out of the room and housekeeping feels it's safe, then code 9999 is given out on their two way radios. This indicates a nontipper or as the industry calls it Elcheapo/NoTippo and they use your tooth brushes to clean the grout behind the toliet in every room on your floor. It's a dirty secret of the housekeeping industry and it taught me to tip daily. Consider yourself warned.