Tipping in hotels

[Rogan Josh]

What do you normally do, tipping wise, when you stay in a hotel?

Take the breakfast waiters for example. Do you tip them on your last day directly or when checking out give something to the receptionist for them? How much do you give them? Or do you not tip at all?

What about the maids?

[Chemical Ollie]

What I really hate about American hotels are the people in red uniform who are there just to say "Have a nice day" and expect me to tip them for it.

Hey, I (or my company) already payed 250 $ for this room, why should I pay more?

[Skanky Burns]

Australia. No tipping.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I generally stay in "business" type hotels when working. As breakfasts are generally self-service, I don't tip. I only tip waiters in evening meals.

I don't tip maids. If I don't see them, it never occurs to me.

[TCO]

Probably differs by country/culture. If you are going to make repeated stays there, it can be useful to tip heavily your first time.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If breakfast or dinner is a buffet, I don't tip, unless the waiter brings me something special (like a cocktail). then I leave a token tip of $1-2.

I tend to leave a tip for the maids at th end of the trip, usually $1/day.

[alva]

I don't tip maids. If I don't see them, it never occurs to me.

It's these people you should tip.. There the ones with the toughest job in the hotel and paid bottom dollar for it.
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You call 2$ a token???!!!

[loinburger]

I don't tip in hotels. 'Course, I always stay in cheap hotels, where there really isn't anybody to tip.

[rah]

I'll tip the maids at the end of the stay. Around a couple of bucks a day. They are the ones that deserve/need it the most.

At buffet style meals, it depends on if anyone actually expends any energy on you. If someone really tries to assist, I'll leave a token tip, if not, nada.

Only very rarely tip the people at the front counter. Only exceptions if they were very busy taking lots of messages for me, trips to the lock boxes or getting a room upgraded for free. None of these happens often.

[alva]

Only exceptions if they were very busy taking lots of messages for me

Isn't that there job...?

[Rogan Josh]

What about the concierge who takes your bags to the room etc?

[rah]

Originally posted by alva

Isn't that there job...?

No different then a waitress (just their job)
Maid (just their job)
In fact, everyone you tip, it's just their job.

RAH

[rah]

Originally posted by Rogan Josh
What about the concierge who takes your bags to the room etc?

Bag boys, a buck or two a bag.

Concierge, I only tip if he's actually useful. And then depends on what magic he could accomplish. I.e. dinner reservations, transportation reservations, special event tickets, vice fulfillment, etc. Anywhere between 5 bucks and 50 bucks.

RAH

[DanS]

I tend to leave a tip for the maids at th end of the trip, usually $1/day.

That's the generally accepted amount.

If served for dinner, etc., I tip normally. Room service about 1/2 the normal amount.

[Ming]

As it should come to no surprise, I agree with rah

At the end of a stay... a buck or two a day for the maid.
It might be more if I had asked for special service... or if the room was trashed. (rah, I left a ton of money for the maids that had to clean up the suite for the Wedding reception after party we threw for you)

Bag Boys... a buck or two a bag when they bring them up to my room, and again if I call and have them brought down when I leave.

Room Service... minimum 10%

Concierge... like rah says, it depends if I've asked them to do anything for me, and is based on the level of what I've asked and how well they deliver.

Self Serve Breakfast... 10% if they serve me drinks or perform some REAL service for me... otherwise, nothing.

The Front Desk... Never seen a reason to give them a dime... But, if they were ever to perform some service for me, I would leave an envelope with some money it addressed by name to the staff member that helped me.

Door man... a buck or two if I have them hail me a cab.

However... If I don't get the level of service I deserve, any of the above don't get anything... like if the doorman ignores me for a long time when I'm trying to get a cab