Tip Mousekeeping

[cruise-o-matic]

What is the customary practice for tipping mousekeeping?

No tip? Tip at the end of your stay? (If so, how much?) Tip on T&T day?

[lllovell]

We tip on T&T day and also leave a tip at the end of our stay. That way I figure I get the people that do the majority of the "work" concerning my stay that is actually in the room. (Although I do think we had the same mousekeeper for both days - which is nice too...she should get the benefit from taking good care of us in the form of a "thank you" tip).

If we are staying in a regular hotel on property, I tip a little every day (usually $5 for my family of 4). That way if there is a different person actually doing the cleaning each day, they all benefit individually.

I haven't decided if I will tip MORE for bigger units on T&T day, but I would definately tip more if we stayed long enough for a full cleaning.

Laura

[withdisneyspirit]

My DH does origami, so I had him make a swan for T&T day ($5) and I can't remember our tip at the end, I think $10-15. We had a 1br villa for a week but we were very gentle users. We washed dishes, emptied trash and straightened most everything. :)

[ripleysmom]

I tip at the end of the week (or whatever length of time I stay.

[dvcconvert]

My DH does origami, so I had him make a swan for T&T day ($5)


What a great idea! :)

Since we stay in a 1 bdrm, I usually tip $20 on a f/s day, and the same on the day we depart. I didn't use to tip on T&T days--until I got to talking with some of the mousekeepers as they did the T&T for us. It's a really hard job, very demanding (both by management and too often guests) so being the soft-headed type I am, I now do tip $10 to the T&T people.
Right or wrong, I don't know, but it makes me feel better.

[MiaSRN62]

We usually tip $5 on T&T day and then $10 (1 bedroom) or $15 (2 bedroom) on check-out day. Our most recent trip to OKW, we checked-out without leaving a tip (by mistake). I felt so bad when I remembered----2 days later---and drove back to OKW and left the tip in an envelope at the Front Desk.

[idratherbeinwdw]

I leave a tip and a small box of candy on the last day. I cancel trash and towel, prefer my room be left alone until I leave. I gave $15 (and the candy) for the 2BR I stayed in last trip.

[cobbler]

What do you do to or with the candy so Mousekeeping knows it is for them??

[idratherbeinwdw]

What do you do to or with the candy so Mousekeeping knows it is for them??

I put the tip money around the candy. It's a sealed in plastic unopened box of candy, a small sample of russel stover.

BTW I also leave any unopened food for mousekeeping, with a note attached saying "unopened, help yourself".

[MiaSRN62]

BTW I also leave any unopened food for mousekeeping, with a note attached saying "unopened, help yourself".
We do this as well. I wonder if Mousekeeping takes the food ? :sherlock:

[idratherbeinwdw]

We do this as well. I wonder if Mousekeeping takes the food ? :sherlock:

I recall reading once on another board that they are allowed to, so I imagine they do. Not many folks would turn down free unopened food. Once when I was checking ot the guy who came to get the luggage saw some full bottles of soda and water on the kitchen counter and asked if I was taking the stuff with me. When I said no he asked if he could have it, so I gave it to him. :handshake

[dianeschlicht]

I have always given unopened food to someone who is just arriving as we leave. I was afraid they wouldn't be allowed to keep it. Good to know they can, so I will not feel bad about leaving unopened food behind. We usually throw away the remains of opened things ourselves, so they don't have to.

[DSNY FN]

We don't tip mousekeeping as we tend to clean teh room during our stay they don't actually have much to do we leave a note not to change towels as we wash them every couple days and we take the trash out every morning on our way to the bus.