How to tip a hotel maid 19 Articles

by Marcus Brooks

Housekeeping is one of America's more thankless industries. Just like teachers and clergy, housekeepers are more givers of service than receivers. Providing a clean and safe environment is as important to a person's well...read more

by Danielle Friedl

Tipping a hotel maid is probably not something a lot of people think about. Although we are all smart enough realize there is a human being coming in behind you and cleaning up, the fact that it is done when we are not th...read more

by Jeannine Reynolds

One painful summer between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I arrived back in my hometown too late to get a cool internship, so I took a job as a hotel maid at the Day's Inn. I started work with my list of room...read more

by Dorina Brown

After working a couple months for a hotel chain in Jasper Alberta, I realized very quickly that housekeeping staff are possibly some of the most underappreciated people in the hotel business. So, when deciding on what a...read more

by p.smith

How to Tip a Hotel Maid Have you ever worked as a hotel chambermaid? If you haven't, then you've missed the opportunity of doing exhaustingly hard physical labor under restricted conditions. There's the time squeeze...read more

by Kelly Robinson

For six years I was the sole employee at a small inn in the desert southwest. I was the maid, the cook and the chief bottle washer. I started out at a whopping six dollars per hour and after five years had worked my way up...read more

by Tammy L Mahan

My suggestions are more along the lines of how NOT to tip your hotel maid. Many summers ago, during my teen years, I worked as a hotel maid. I must say it is by far the worst job I ever had. The worst part of it was that i...read more

by Rian Winters

It's been a long day. You've been out touring, shopping, dining - hard work for the adventuresome traveler, right? Well, have no fear, because you're coming home to your hotel room, which is "spic 'n span," just for you. F...read more

by Sarah Williams

In a day and age when it seems like we are expected to tip everyone from our Starbuck's Barista to the Taxi-Cab driver, it seems only right that we leave a little something for the person who cleans up after us when we sta...read more

by Ted Sherman

Despite what you've been told, tipping is not mandatory. Of course, every hotel patron who is ready to check out is aware that the maid is a grossly underpaid single mother with eight children who is caring for a senile gr...read more

by C. A. Pruit

Tipping anyone really depends on the type of service that is rendered. It is a shame that in our day and age people expect a certain proportion of the overall charge, but are not willing to give the service which would des...read more

by ASE

This past spring, I was on vacation with my significant other and the debate broke out between us: to tip the maid or not to tip? Having worked for years in the hotel industry as a desk clerk and shuttle driver, I was ad...read more

by Ben Shepherd

One of the most disgusting, horrible, atrocious, appalling jobs on the planet, yet housekeeping has to be done. We all know not to disrespect waiters or waitresses or the person in the drive-thru because of what they...read more

by Joanne Olivieri

Tipping is different in every part of the world. In Hong Kong for example maids do not accept cash and I understand not allowed to simply take money which is clearly left for them. Living in the US we are accustomed to...read more

by Bridget London

Obviously, a tip for a service depends on the quality of said service. In this case, the services of a maid. When you think about it, a maid has one of the most important roles in the hotel. They keep it appealing, clean, ...read more

by Carmen Henesy

In some countries, tipping is not accepted - destination guide books will acquaint you with specifics in that regard. For the most part, however, maids are very grateful when a gratuity is left for the hard work that t...read more

by Glenda Hill

You only tip someone for good service. However, if you will be staying in the hotel for a number of days, it is a good idea to tip the maid on the first day of your stay in the hotel so that the maid will be flying to your...read more

by grumpy

There are many ways to tip a hotel maid. One of the best is to leave a lottery ticket on the dresser. If it is a winning ticket, so much the better. Of course, you may want to check the amount won before you leave it. Some...read more

by M Richardson

To tip or not to tip...that is the question! It seems that one is expected to tip everyone from the restaurant hostess to the hotel bellman these days, but most people forget the maid. Still, being a frequent business tr...read more