DO you tip?

When you leave a motel room?
I always do,because I work in at a motel,and I know what I have to do,when they leave. And we do not make a lot of money in this line of work.And I hate it when people don't.

I didn't know that you were supposed to tip a motel worker. I never have, but I will in the future!

I never tip. I didn't know you were supposed to tip a hotel maid! But the service I receive usually isn't very good (I have to ask for clean towels at the front desk etc) so I am not sure if I would to begin with.

I've never heard of tipping them before. I always clean up the room before we leave anyways so its not a huge mess!

Originally Posted by lookingglass

I didn't know that you were supposed to tip a motel worker. I never have, but I will in the future!

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I guess most people don't know either,but yes it is nice when people do .

I have been doing it more frequently, but not at the last place we stayed. The room was not very clean when we arrived, and didn't improve during our stay.

It really depends on the room and the condition it's in when we arrive.

There have been places I haven't tipped. I don't like hair in my bathtub or on my sheets. Other places you couldn't tell anyone had used the room before us and I have tipped.

I never heard of doing this? Isn't it their job to clean the room anyways? Or is it like waiters where they get paid a lot less and make most of their money on tips? I didn't think it was like that so no I never leave a tip.

We preform a servive,just like a waiter,bus boy,etc.Do you tip your paper person? I do.and it depends on how clean the room is ,as to how much I tip. Nice clean,well stocked,more,dirty less!.

I don't go to hotels. DH and BIL together own a really nice SUV. We could just sleep in the car.

Yes I usually do as I have also done that job and I know how it made my day to go into a room and find that someone had left me a good tip! However, as with all tips, I only give when I think it's deserved - it someone's done a lousy job then I don't tip.

Originally Posted by Jen

I never heard of doing this? Isn't it their job to clean the room anyways? Or is it like waiters where they get paid a lot less and make most of their money on tips? I didn't think it was like that so no I never leave a tip.

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Yes.it is.

I try to remember to tip. I always intend to tip, but trying to get a child ready, get your stuff packed & in the car, checking in the bathroom & under the bed for anything left behind, keeping the keys out for check out, and actually checking out, I have forgotten in the past. It makes it easier to remember when hotels have those little envelopes... it's like a reminder, and also a place to put the $ instead of just leaving it on the table. But I am also a room cleaner before I go. I make sure all trash is in the trash, all towels/washcloths are together in a pile on the floor, etc. It also helps if you have the same person everyday cleaning your room... it makes it easier to remember, cause you have a face to go by!

We have the envelops,most people still don't! The motel I work at only have 14 rooms,We have consterion(sp) people who come in on monday and check out on friday,and they are pigs! Tons of beer cans all over,Mud and dirt every where,Beds totely torn up,Cig. butts everywhere.some of our room have kitchens and they never wash their dishes,and they mostly fry everything and leave grease eveywhere.We change their towels everyday,re-stock coffee,etc.On weekends we have other people and sometimes they tip.And we work evey weekend. Some times the week day rooms take a hour or more(each room) to clean because they are so dirty.

I only tip housekeeping if I'm staying more than a night or two and utilize the housekeeping services during my stay, i.e., requests for extra pillows, towels, want my bed made up, etc.

More often than not, I don't allow anyone in my room until I've checked out - I just don't trust leaving my things in a room that I know people are coming in and out of.

If I have NOT used the services, then I do NOT tip, because it is housekeeping's job to do the work, and it would be done whether or not I stayed there. When I leave, I do not leave the room in a shambles, so it shouldn't be much work to do what they do anyway.

I DO tip for valet and bellhop services.

Originally Posted by GingersMom

I only tip housekeeping if I'm staying more than a night or two and utilize the housekeeping services during my stay, i.e., requests for extra pillows, towels, want my bed made up, etc.

More often than not, I don't allow anyone in my room until I've checked out - I just don't trust leaving my things in a room that I know people are coming in and out of.

If I have NOT used the services, then I do NOT tip, because it is housekeeping's job to do the work, and it would be done whether or not I stayed there. When I leave, I do not leave the room in a shambles, so it shouldn't be much work to do what they do anyway.

I DO tip for valet and bellhop services.

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Sorry I do not agree with you,We work darn hard making sure the rooms are clean for the next person coming in.and we work all holidays and weekends!and a lot of people are pigs,and they are not the ones who leave a tip.And most people who do not tip have never had to do this line of work or any manul labor.Making beds and cleaning tubs is hard work!I also never leave a room in shambles, I also strip the bed,when I leave.

I never really thought about this. Yeah, I can see it in a luxury hotel, but the chain ones, I didn't. When I moved from Portland to down here, I stayed at Motel 6. I have always had great service from them and have had really clean rooms and I stayed in 4 different ones on my trip down here. Eugene, OR...Yreka, CA...Turlock, CA...and Mojave, CA.

After reading this thread, I will DEFINATELY tip next time I stay at the 6.(Or any other...)

I only tip people who do not actually make minimum wage and are thus actually only being paid in tips. I have never once heard of anybody tipping housekeeping in a hotel, and don't take this personally, but I never will. I don't know anybody who does either. I tip bartenders and servers and delivery people, and I tip very very well. Nobody else is going to get an automatic tip from me, for one thing I probably have less money than they do and for another there is no social requirement to tip them. Now if you're talking about one of those fancy places that cost more than 100$/night, I've never stayed in one and maybe people should tip there.
I have had a whole lot of jobs that were barely minimum wage and that you had to work very hard at to do, and didn't get tipped for most of them. I have also had the jobs where you get paid 2.13$ an hour and actually have to depend on tips or you really don't get paid because your employer is too busy trying to steal from you (seriously, I had to report them to the IRS because they were faking my taxes and reporting less and keeping the difference).

Wow, I was kind of surprised to read the number of people who had never heard of tipping housekeeping. Maybe it's a regional thing, because I always leave a tip in the room before I check out, and most people I know do too. Usually I base it on the number of days I stayed, like say $2 a night, but even if I only stay one night, I never leave less than $5 because I feel like otherwise what's the point.