Do you tip your cleaning crew during hotel stay?
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Wanna go on vacation with me?
MMM_donuts
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I was a housekeeper for a while in college but I worked at a small, local place. Our most frequent guests were long term construction workers and nascar fans. I was one of two housekeepers. We were paid by the hour (minimum wage) as opposed to per room.
I didn't even know tipping the housekeeper was a thing until I worked there. It was never expected but always appreciated. Oddly, the people with the cleanest rooms were the ones that tipped.
I honestly enjoyed the work. It's pretty active, there's a good sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, and I could listen to music the whole time.
My takeaway was this, I almost always let them exchange the towels or take the trash, just to get credit for the room. Mine was a great place with a cool owner but some of the larger places really abuse their staff. I almost always tip.
My room is always neat and clean. It's easier to find stuff and to notice if something has been touched or moved or is missing.
I didn't even know tipping the housekeeper was a thing until I worked there. It was never expected but always appreciated. Oddly, the people with the cleanest rooms were the ones that tipped.
I honestly enjoyed the work. It's pretty active, there's a good sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, and I could listen to music the whole time.
My takeaway was this, I almost always let them exchange the towels or take the trash, just to get credit for the room. Mine was a great place with a cool owner but some of the larger places really abuse their staff. I almost always tip.
My room is always neat and clean. It's easier to find stuff and to notice if something has been touched or moved or is missing.
Larry Gude
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Larry Gude
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You can ask Vrai. I SORTA pick up. But, I'll have gone through all the towels. All the coffee. All the soaps, stolen the aloe. Lost the remote. Trash can over flowing.
BOP
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Mega-dittos...we could be twins that way.
Typically, we leave $20 - $30 dollars for a week; more if we've been there longer.
We stayed long-term at a place with a kitchenette and the same young lady took care of us over and over. We got to know her fairly well...young, single mom. We checked out not long before Christmas, but before we said goodbye, we gave her $100.00 bonus in addition to the $20 a week we'd been giving her, and bought her a trip to the local day spa. On top of that, we left gift certificates for the local grocery store for the whole staff, small as it was, so everyone could have at least a turkey or ham for the holidays.
It really is more blessed to give than to receive.
Blister
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Usually $5 for a one night stay, a little less for multiple days. We also don't really care for maid service during a short stay, and will just request trash emptied, more coffee, and fresh towels every day. Maybe I feel a little guilty for some of the hotel disasters I was a coconspirator in, in my younger days.
MMM_donuts
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Nope
MMM_donuts
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I also don't use a housekeeper at home.
.......although, if anyone wants to be my housekeeper and be paid purely through love and attention, I'd be awfully happy to work out a deal.
.......although, if anyone wants to be my housekeeper and be paid purely through love and attention, I'd be awfully happy to work out a deal.
Good deal. Do you add that onto their income as required by the IRS?
Larry Gude
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No. How would I value that priceless advice?
Speak to the IRS hand. The law is the law, ya know. Just might cost you a few bucks.
Larry Gude
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Does this sort of thing entertain you?
I've worked the front desk at a hotel. I pity the poor housekeepers for some of the rooms they have to clean. Many people are decent, but some.... Crap (literally) flung on walls in bathroom, condoms on the floor, needles IN the bed. Yuck. We don't usually get that kind of clientele, but you never know. The worst messes are left by the contractors who live out of the hotel short term. Beer bottles, food crushed into the floor. Burn marks on sheets, blood from drunk fighting, overflowing trash, spilt beer. Some bring grills inside the room and cook spicy foods. Try to get that smell out of the drapes. The foreign guys try to rent one room and put 8 guys in a room, until caught! The sweat smell is unbearable.
Anyway, the housekeepers are paid minimum wage. The one who cleaned your room one day many not be the one who cleans it when you check out. So tips left in an envelope do not necessarily get to the right housekeeper. I'd try to get the person's name and leave it at the desk.
Anyway, the housekeepers are paid minimum wage. The one who cleaned your room one day many not be the one who cleans it when you check out. So tips left in an envelope do not necessarily get to the right housekeeper. I'd try to get the person's name and leave it at the desk.
Reading your wit sure does.
Larry Gude
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At least that makes sense.
Keep on impressing yourself. Entertainment.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I'm not the one that thought the IRS and talking to folks at work was worth typing about.