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Guide on tipping a Housekeeper
Nov. 28th, 2010 07:20 amI love being surprised with twenty dollars in one day, but honestly, it's not even remotely normal. And it pisses me off that more people don't stop and think of how hard our job is. Delivering pizza is much, much easier. And they get tipped each and every run.
Here's a very basic tipping guide:
1 Night Stay - Tip is not always necessary, but is definitely appreciated. *Exception if room is trashed, or **if there are more than two occupants or children.
2-3 Nights Stay - Two or three dollars if the room is gently used. Five if it isn't so gently used.
3 Nights - 1 Week Stay - A dollar or two per night for the housekeeper that is cleaning your room each day and three to five dollars for the one that has to clean it in order to have it ready for the next guest. If it's trashed it needs to be at least five dollars.
1 Week or Longer Stay - There is always a challenge when a person has stayed at length in a hotel room. The longer the person was in there, no matter how neat they tried to keep it, there is going to be a lot of ground in dirt and corner that haven't been thoroughly cleaned, as the daily housekeeper has been told not to disturb the way the guest has their things too much. The longer you stay the more you should give the housekeeper that is going to have to clean your room to ready it for the next guest. I am not going to say that there is any ultimate amount that should be given, but I recommend ten dollars for a week, and twenty dollars for under a month. More than a month and it is kind of up in the air. One gentleman stay for more than a year, may even two and he tipped the women who were going to clean his room fifty dollar each. Most people will never stay that long. But if you are there for a month try and think of ow much yo have to clean if you didn't thoroughly clean for a month in your house and reach into your pocket.
*If the room is trashed, no matter how long you've been in there, one day or one month, leave a generous tip. Yes, it is our job to clean it, but having to clean up a popcorn fight, rearrange all of the furniture, or having to search high and low for the remote, eats into the time that we are expected to get the room cleaned within. A tip will seriously cushion the animosity we feel towards you the next time we have you stay with us. We get paid just above minimum wage at the hotel in which I work and I nearly cry at the sight of some of the rooms I've walked into.
** If you have children there will be ground in food in the carpet, hand-prints on the mirrors, the stench of diapers in the garbage can, and something sticky on the furniture somewhere, and there will not be a tip for the extra mess. If you are in a group of some kind, with a team, or a wedding party there is a more than ninety percent chance that your room will contain a large amount of garbage, there will be food left to rot somewhere, booze will have abounded the night before you leave, and there are more beds packed into that room than the Von Traps would need. And never a tip. LEAVE A GENEROUS TIP. You've created a huge mess that I would have had to clean up myself even in a hotel, if my father was with us. Think about the fact that someone is going to have to clean up this mess. And when you're there as a group there are going to be more rooms like yours. You don't like popcorn fights to be left on the floor of your bedroom. NEITHER DO WE. Please don't ask us to clean this up with out the thank you of a tip. It is because of rooms like these that the last two days that I have worked have been ten hour days.
A little note: That change you dumped from your pocket onto the table and left - is an insult. I cannot even buy a cup of coffee for what you left.
Also, a cold bottle of water left in the fridge goes a long way with us. We're tired, hungry, hot, and probably thirsty. Think of how nice it feels after a run to drink some plain cold water. Well, we're running all day.
Here's a very basic tipping guide:
1 Night Stay - Tip is not always necessary, but is definitely appreciated. *Exception if room is trashed, or **if there are more than two occupants or children.
2-3 Nights Stay - Two or three dollars if the room is gently used. Five if it isn't so gently used.
3 Nights - 1 Week Stay - A dollar or two per night for the housekeeper that is cleaning your room each day and three to five dollars for the one that has to clean it in order to have it ready for the next guest. If it's trashed it needs to be at least five dollars.
1 Week or Longer Stay - There is always a challenge when a person has stayed at length in a hotel room. The longer the person was in there, no matter how neat they tried to keep it, there is going to be a lot of ground in dirt and corner that haven't been thoroughly cleaned, as the daily housekeeper has been told not to disturb the way the guest has their things too much. The longer you stay the more you should give the housekeeper that is going to have to clean your room to ready it for the next guest. I am not going to say that there is any ultimate amount that should be given, but I recommend ten dollars for a week, and twenty dollars for under a month. More than a month and it is kind of up in the air. One gentleman stay for more than a year, may even two and he tipped the women who were going to clean his room fifty dollar each. Most people will never stay that long. But if you are there for a month try and think of ow much yo have to clean if you didn't thoroughly clean for a month in your house and reach into your pocket.
*If the room is trashed, no matter how long you've been in there, one day or one month, leave a generous tip. Yes, it is our job to clean it, but having to clean up a popcorn fight, rearrange all of the furniture, or having to search high and low for the remote, eats into the time that we are expected to get the room cleaned within. A tip will seriously cushion the animosity we feel towards you the next time we have you stay with us. We get paid just above minimum wage at the hotel in which I work and I nearly cry at the sight of some of the rooms I've walked into.
** If you have children there will be ground in food in the carpet, hand-prints on the mirrors, the stench of diapers in the garbage can, and something sticky on the furniture somewhere, and there will not be a tip for the extra mess. If you are in a group of some kind, with a team, or a wedding party there is a more than ninety percent chance that your room will contain a large amount of garbage, there will be food left to rot somewhere, booze will have abounded the night before you leave, and there are more beds packed into that room than the Von Traps would need. And never a tip. LEAVE A GENEROUS TIP. You've created a huge mess that I would have had to clean up myself even in a hotel, if my father was with us. Think about the fact that someone is going to have to clean up this mess. And when you're there as a group there are going to be more rooms like yours. You don't like popcorn fights to be left on the floor of your bedroom. NEITHER DO WE. Please don't ask us to clean this up with out the thank you of a tip. It is because of rooms like these that the last two days that I have worked have been ten hour days.
A little note: That change you dumped from your pocket onto the table and left - is an insult. I cannot even buy a cup of coffee for what you left.
Also, a cold bottle of water left in the fridge goes a long way with us. We're tired, hungry, hot, and probably thirsty. Think of how nice it feels after a run to drink some plain cold water. Well, we're running all day.
