tip for hotel

joeyboy12345 · 16-10-2016 11:04AM #1

Hey guys,just wondering what the tip for the hotel should be?does it work out as a percentage of your bill or do you just give them a flat fee?

bee06 · 16-10-2016 10:26PM

We didn't tip the hotel. I didn't even know this was a thing.

helimachoptor · 16-10-2016 10:28PM

We tipped the night porter as he stayed up both nights til 6am serving and making toasted sandwiches (250/300 i think) didnt tip the hotel, we filled it for 3 days

Tigger · 16-10-2016 10:29PM

its 10% !
luckily the supervisor of the bar got in a fight with my wife so that saved me a good bit.

BettePorter · 16-10-2016 10:48PM

Tigger wrote:

its 10% !

is this an unspoken thing? Who gets it?

jellybear · 16-10-2016 10:49PM

Never heard of it and don't plan on doing it. They're getting enough as it is!

davo2001 · 16-10-2016 10:52PM

Why would you tip the hotel? Sure you're already giving them 1000s of euro. Who would this tip go to exactly? The manager? Would they divide it amoungst the staff?!

Got married last year and this never even crosses my mind. This expected tipping BS that has creeped into Ireland is ridiculous.

People here are paid a minimum wage and so (again unless the service is exceptional) I rarely tip.

Tigger · 16-10-2016 11:23PM

davo2001 wrote: »

Why would you tip the hotel? Sure you're already giving them 1000s of euro. Who would this tip go to exactly? The manager? Would they divide it amoungst the staff?!

Got married last year and this never even crosses my mind. This expected tipping BS that has creeped into Ireland is ridiculous.

People here are paid a minimum wage and so (again unless the service is exceptional) I rarely tip.

minimum wage to work till 3am is hardly well paid

LynnGrace · 17-10-2016 12:13AM

Tigger wrote: »

its 10% !
luckily the supervisor of the bar got in a fight with my wife so that saved me a good bit.

Tell more...

evolving_doors · 17-10-2016 12:25AM

Tigger wrote: »

its 10% !
luckily the supervisor of the bar got in a fight with my wife so that saved me a good bit.

Note how he didn't include himself in that fight.

Rule number 1 of Marriage: If your spouse is fighting someone else, let em at it... it means they wont be fighting with you for a while.

Ya we tipped 10% (Especially considering the $$$$ that the night porter had to deal with ). But that was back in peek celtic tiger days

Make sure when you're handing it over next morning that there's a few staff in earshot so everyone knows. At the end of the day it might be only 10 quid each but it's a service industry and I worked in it before and appreciated anything extra...
Alternatively get the best man to go around in stages
If the meal was good.. into the Kitchen
at the end of the night... sort the bar staff/front desk.... definitely find out who/where the nightporter is if rooms become the afterparty.

Tigger · 17-10-2016 01:22AM

LynnGrace wrote: »

Tell more...

It wasn't her faault; i mean who dosent know not to get in an argument with redheads and not to get in an argument with brides and not to get in an argument with women who are drinking?

joeyboy12345 · 17-10-2016 10:24PM

The reason i ask is were gettin married in 2 wks. The fiance asked me about what to give the hotel as a tip. I asked my family and they said they never tipped their hotel and that we would be mad to!

davo2001 · 18-10-2016 08:45AM

joeyboy12345 wrote: »

I asked my family and they said they never tipped their hotel and that we would be mad to!

They are right!

Bacchus · 18-10-2016 09:27AM

Tipping the hotel? Never heard of that before. Not sure why you'd tip the hotel, they're charging you enough already and filling their rooms with all your guests.

mcgiggles · 18-10-2016 10:30AM

Its not something I've ever heard of, then again I've never planned a wedding before

We will probably have a little envelope with some extra money for tips if the servers are awesome or for the bartender/s that will be serving our drunk asses in the residents bar till all hours. For people that go above and beyond! Aside from that the wedding coordinator will get flowers and the hotel will get all of the money we are going to spend there

SarahMollie · 18-10-2016 10:45AM

I'd rather leave tips for individual staff members who might have been excellent on the day, but I wouldnt be just leaving a flat 10% for the venue, as that would likely be a lot of €€€ and they charge enough! Not to mention that I'd worry that it wouldnt get as far as the individual staff that I'd want to reward in the first place.

Atlantic Dawn · 18-10-2016 11:13AM

If you leave a tip for the hotel you have no way to know it will ever make it to the staff, as was said if you felt members of staff went above your expectations you could if you wanted give them something personally.

JayRoc · 18-10-2016 10:03PM

joeyboy12345 wrote: »

The reason i ask is were gettin married in 2 wks. The fiance asked me about what to give the hotel as a tip. I asked my family and they said they never tipped their hotel and that we would be mad to!

Is your fiancé American by any chance?

I have never heard of such a thing.

joeyboy12345 · 19-10-2016 08:29PM

It seems people are split!

bluedot · 20-10-2016 07:37AM

I think it's totally up to you, and it;s not even necessary actually. It depends on their services I feel.

Bacchus · 20-10-2016 09:12AM

joeyboy12345 wrote: »

It seems people are split!

Is it? Scanning through the posts.... 5 people either think you shouldn't tip the hotel or never even heard of it being a thing (6+ if you include your own families response)... 5 people would tip (or have tipped) individual staff members... only 2 people have tipped the actual hotel (one of whom was during the Celtic bubble).

If there's a split, it's between tipping or not tipping the night porter, barman and table service. There's very little support for tipping the hotel itself. IMO, you'd be crazy to willingly and unnecessarily throw more more at the hotel. What do you even base it on? Good service? You'd think good service would come as standard with the amount they charge.

If it's the staff you're thinking about, as someone else said, there's no way you could ensure the tip goes to the table/bar service or kitchen staff. I don't know how you'd even go about planning to give a small tip to each of the staff members. For a start, how many staff is that? How do you make sure you don't accidentally double up on one staff member or miss another? Too much of a headache IMO and there's much bigger fish to fry when planning your wedding than being concerned that everyone gets a fiver (that's the governments job :P)

Flippyfloppy · 20-10-2016 09:37AM

If you're gonna tip just tip individuals who you know are low paid....no way of knowing where your money will go.

Weddings are a lucrative business, hotels are typically earning enough with them.

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