I've been here for 4 nights. They have those little cards that say "Your room was prepared for you by Monique". Is it still customary to leave a tip?

KongTheKonqueror

I tip them most of the time, but that is just because I feel that they do not make enough money. Most of the maids are probably making only a dollar or two above minimum wage (which isn't enough to live on but that is another topic) and they have to clean up all sorts of crazy stuff. I figure if I can give them a few dollars and make their day, I might as well.

nicespringgirl

It is actually hard to poo on someone's pillow, can u imagine it?LOL
I stay in hotels a lot in the US for business trip. I tip at breakfast, and I sometimes leave my money/changes on the draw in my room , they never got stolen. So I assume, u don't need to tip, if u do, then why they didn't take the money I left on the draw?

shygrneyzs

One of my neighbors works for Comfort Inn/Comfort Suites and she tells me never to tip. The reason being is that seldom does the tip wind up in the rightful hands. The first person in the room takes the tip and one has to rely on that person's honesty to turn it in to the front desk for the rightful person. She says it happens so frequently. There is even a maid where she works that looks for the vacanies and runs to the rooms to pilfer the tips. This woman was caught twice already and still not fired.

My neighbor was once left an envelope, with her name on it, with $20.00 in the envelope. The envelope and the money gone. How she found out was the customer (a regular customer) asked her the next time he and his wife were staying if she got the tip.

So I do not tip either, unless I find the person who was making up my room and hand it directly to him or her.

Lowtax4eva

Usually when they take the time to identify themselves like that they are expecting you to tip. I usually leave something at the end of a stay, the idea above for a total daily tip paid at the end is the way i usually go.

Fr_Chuck

I never "tip" for something that I am not getting a service for.

If I call for room service, or if I require special needs, then I will give a tip to the person who actually helps with it. Or if I leave the room in more than a mess than normal, I will leave a tip for those that clean up.