How much of a Tip should I leave?

Sunhill · 17-09-2013 10:05PM

Serious question: First I've heard of tipping housekeeping staff. Is it expected in Ireland? Four or five times a year for many years past I have been spending four nights in four star hotels all over the country. Have I disgraced myself?

MadsL · 17-09-2013 10:08PM

Sunhill wrote: »

Have I disgraced myself?

How much did you have to drink and was there any impact on the sheets?

TommiesTank · 17-09-2013 10:10PM

MadsL wrote: »

*narrows eyes*

Not sure if you are complaining about cleaners or interior designers?

Both?

cornee · 17-09-2013 10:11PM

It is the tips that make up their wages,

MadsL · 17-09-2013 10:19PM

TommiesTank wrote: »

Both?

So you don't tip the cleaners because you don't like the interior designers work. Got it.

TommiesTank · 17-09-2013 10:21PM

MadsL wrote: »

So you don't tip the cleaners because you don't like the interior designers work. Got it.

No, because I don't care either way if the room is cleaned. My bedroom at home survives not being cleaned, don't see why hotel room is so special, and I mentioned that they don't change the bed, so it is a few mins effort.

TommiesTank · 17-09-2013 10:22PM

cornee wrote: »

It is the tips that make up their wages,

How do you mean?

IvaBigWun · 17-09-2013 10:23PM

Ive tipped 50 euros for amazing service and refused to tip when its diabolical. It depends greatly on the circumstances at the time.

Edit: It also depends greatly on how drunk I am after a long meal

MadsL · 17-09-2013 10:24PM

TommiesTank wrote: »

No, because I don't care either way if the room is cleaned. My bedroom at home survives not being cleaned, don't see why hotel room is so special, and I mentioned that they don't change the bed, so it is a few mins effort.

Not everyone has the same hygiene standards as you clearly.

Also what do the cleaners have to do with the soft furnishings design?

TommiesTank · 17-09-2013 10:29PM

MadsL wrote: »

Not everyone has the same hygiene standards as you clearly.

Also what do the cleaners have to do with the soft furnishings design?

Explain the hygiene? It's my room for the duration, shower, toilet and sink don't need to be cleaned every day if I'm the only one using them since I don't leave them covered in faeces. Are you saying you or partner etc clean these each day at home?

The interior decoration comment was an aside, one of the other hotel room annoyances.

MadsL · 17-09-2013 10:31PM

TommiesTank wrote: »

Explain the hygiene? It's my room for the duration, shower, toilet and sink don't need to be cleaned every day if I'm the only one using them since I don't leave them covered in faeces. Are you saying you or partner etc clean these each day at home?

The interior decoration comment was an aside, one of the other hotel room annoyances.

So put the do not disturb sign permanently on your door if you object to cleaning. Problem solved.

17-09-2013 10:31PM

I tip a lot of the time. However if the service is truly bad, I probably wouldnt.

Always tip housekeeping staff. Usually do it last day of stay.

I always tip the postman, binmen etc at christmas, this year,different postman from last few years, he'll get shag all, , cos hes an ignorant SOB

I would also tip a tradesman, washing machine repair , gas repair, that type of thing, again depending on service though.

TommiesTank · 17-09-2013 10:46PM

MadsL wrote: »

So put the do not disturb sign permanently on your door if you object to cleaning. Problem solved.

Then I wouldn't get more towels or bog roll etc.

CianRyan · 17-09-2013 11:25PM

TommiesTank wrote: »

Then I wouldn't get more towels or bog roll etc.

Call reception and ask for it, save the cleaner some time.

CianRyan · 17-09-2013 11:29PM

TommiesTank wrote: »

To be honest I don't care whether they clean the room during my stay or not, as long as the bed is changed before I occupy the room and there are clean towels. A 5 minute job...

Cleaning a room for an arrival takes at least a half hour, that's a small room with a double bed and a fast cleaner.
5 minutes? It takes three times that to clean a stay over without changing the sheets.
This post is ungrateful.

Potatoeman · 18-09-2013 12:00AM

I wouldn't even think about tipping cleaners. I guess if you want to it's' fine. I do it in restaurants so I get clean food next time I'm in. There are many people doing minimum wage jobs that don't get tips though so it should never be expected. Would you tip the office cleaners or the guy that fixed your computer?

neiphin · 18-09-2013 12:04AM

enda1 wrote: »

Many of us have managed a very happy life without treating staff with such fawned pity that we need to show them how much better we are than them by giving money.

Why is it American's need to show their crassness everywhere they go?

your some ignoramus

AlanS181824 · 18-09-2013 12:11AM

If you can afford it then maybe 20-ish Yuan a day would suffice if not then there's no need, after all they're doing the job they are paid for.

ScumLord · 18-09-2013 12:12AM

This is the first I heard about tipping room cleaners. Why the hell is everyone tipping everyone else? You don't need to show them appreciation for the job they're getting paid to do. It's not like you're putting them out.

The Backwards Man · 18-09-2013 12:13AM

Potatoeman wrote: »

I wouldn't even think about tipping cleaners. I guess if you want to it's' fine. I do it in restaurants so I get clean food next time I'm in. There are many people doing minimum wage jobs that don't get tips though so it should never be expected. Would you tip the office cleaners or the guy that fixed your computer?

I'd tip everybody if I got the chance.

AlanS181824 · 18-09-2013 12:13AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'd tip everybody if I got the chance.

I don't have a job.. Can i has tip sir?

The Backwards Man · 18-09-2013 12:18AM

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I don't have a job.. Can i has tip sir?

Don't believe everything a Donegal man tells you.:)

There's a tip.

BBDBB · 18-09-2013 12:26AM

Don't leave one OP

you can see how grumpy it makes people

whirlpool · 18-09-2013 12:26AM

I always tip at least 10%.... the barber, taxi drivers, delivery drivers and in restaurants.

However, it's their job to provide the service and be friendly about it, and that's what that money they receive into their bank account every week/fortnight/month is for, so unless they've gone out of their way for me then I don't see why they should be receiving extra money from me.

Nobody gives me extra money for doing my job every day.

I still tip though, because I have no interest being subject to the high-horse brigade imposing their idea of "morality" onto the rest of us.

paddy147 · 18-09-2013 12:35AM

HandsomeJonny wrote: »

I am in a hotel. Stayed here 25 nights. The room cleaning service is good. Should I leave a tip? My clothes were folded every day. And all of my loose change was sorted regularly. How much tip should I leave? Do you leave tips when you stay in a hotel?

Nope...myself and my family staying in a hotel is the hotels tip.

They get our money and if the hotel is a nice place we will come back at some stage in the future.

Thats their tip.

paddy147 · 18-09-2013 12:43AM

An alternative way to leave a tip...:pac::D

Yamanoto · 18-09-2013 01:29AM

TommiesTank wrote: »

No, because I don't care either way if the room is cleaned. My bedroom at home survives not being cleaned, don't see why hotel room is so special, and I mentioned that they don't change the bed, so it is a few mins effort.

Quick question...

When you say they don't change the bed in US hotels (in your experience), do you mean they don't make it, as opposed to actually changing the sheets etc?

Ruu · 18-09-2013 02:22AM

Don't think I ever tipped any hotel cleaners. I leave good reviews if they do a top job and make sure to use the comment card or mention an employee by name.

shruikan2553 · 18-09-2013 03:27AM

MadsL wrote: »

If you call tipping $20 and getting upgraded from a $25 dollar room at Paris, Las Vegas to a $350 a night room on the 34th floor overlooking the Bellagio fountains as "fake" I'd say you'll enjoy such niceties.

I could bet 20 on a horse and if I win spend that on a better room. Both are a gamble.

If someone does something beyond what I expect from their job then they deserve a tip but otherwise I dont see any reason to, they are paid to do a job. I have never heard of anyone running out to tip the guy fixing the road outside their house or sending a few euro to Intel for the engineer who designed their processor. If someone is paid a low wage it is between them and their employer, not me to feel sorry for them and make a donation.

B.A._Baracus · 18-09-2013 03:42AM

Why the hell should anyone tip?

The majority of my previous employment has been dealing with the public (Retail) and I never asked or expected for a tip. Fuck no, Their business pays the company who in turn pays my wages.

Biggest wan*ers out there expecting a tip are take-away delievery drivers. Hate that crap. It's not good enough i'm paying the 1.80c charge you get to keep? but no, if I don't throw something extra I get delivered last? ... w...a...n...k..e..r..s.. plain and simple.

How much of a Tip should I leave?

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