Comments on: Reader mail: How much do you tip at extended-stay hotels?

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By: C

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:39:06 +0000

I just want to make it clear that housekeepers don’t make any money & their tip is not included in the fee you pay for your room. They really need tips just to scrape by. Now, the extended stay is different from regular stays because housekeepers come in less often, so I do think leaving less is fine.

By: subin

subin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:07:14 +0000

May b its a lodeging in a star hotel every morning sure de ll clean, In ma piont no need of tipping,

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:30:52 +0000

I think a clean room is what you pay for when you give them your credit card at the front desk. That said, I still tip, but not as a rule. If I have a special request for housekeeping I usually leave a tip. Extra towels, change the sheets, etc. Usually between 5 and 10 per night is my standard. I have stayed in a wide variety of hotels, from budget motels to 5 star resorts to frou frou boutique. I am not a hotel pig and I make sure that housekeeping can get in the door and not trip over my crap to do the basic: make the beds, empty the trash, wipe up the (uncluttered) bathroom and leave clean towels, toiletries, and cups. At home, I’m the housekeeper, so I try to be respectful, but I’m already paying for a clean room and unless they go above and beyond, I’m not tipping.

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:31:13 +0000

Personally, I’d do a couple bucks every time they actually clean. You’re doing a bit of the work, so they’re not doing out-of-the-ordinary work. But tipping each time (instead of one big tip at the end) ensures that the person who actually cleans actually gets it. Just my opinion.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:59:02 +0000

We must stay, together with our two cats, in a $66 a night hotel because our home is unliveable now due to water damage from our neighbor.

I keep it all very tidy, make our bed, clean the floor and bathroom, get new supplies, etc.. We don’t really need any maid service but there is a law in our state saying that housekeeping must come in every three days. Still, I usually stretch that out.
That’s ok. They swab a clean floor, bath-tub, sink and so on. If we get new sheets I help.

My question is how to tip the lovely ladies?
How much for, say, an eighty day stay? Personally? Each time they come into the room?
(This would have to be retroactive at this point)

Thank-you for your attention to this detailed posting.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 10 May 2007 23:01:47 +0000

In my opinion, if I’m staying someplace for 1 night, I don’t tip. Why? Because it’s not like my room was cleaned for me after i was there and I continued to stay there and “come back” to a clean room. I’m not going to tip because the room was clean when I checked in. That would be like tipping someone at the restaurant for a clean and set table.

As far as extended stay where your room was not cleaned while you were staying there – I wouldn’t tip honestly.
I only tip when I’m staying for more than one night and my room is cleaned and bed is made on a daily basis.

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:09:14 +0000

I guess the tip would be for the cleanliness of the room upon your arrival.

By: WD

WD — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:55:52 +0000

I must be in the minority here. I have always believed that a tip is for service rendered. If there was no housekeeping done at all – why tip? Leaving a tip when in a hotel that does do housekeeping makes perfect sense ($2-3 per day is what I leave) but again, where there was no housekeeping? No, I don’t agree.

By: David

David — Wed, 09 May 2007 23:59:29 +0000

I don’t necessary WANT housekeeping staff in my room. I’d do fine without it except for clean towels now and then.