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On 11/20/2018 at 8:44 PM, Sgt Hulk said:

I don’t but I never thought to. It seems everything today is tippable. Only time i have was when I spent 6 weeks at a location and became friends with our cleaning staff. I left both ladies a bottle of bourbon each. I learned through our passing chats they enjoyed good bourbon 

You were raised in a barn.

Do you tip the girl/guy at the grocery store that scanned your groceries? You should since it is their job to do so and get paid about the same as the maid service at your hotel.


The guy at the grocery store isn’t handling your jizz-soaked linens
On 11/29/2018 at 2:13 PM, llanoflash said:

i stayed over 200 days last year.. mostly holiday inn/staybridge/ types.

i must be hated all over the fucking place.

honestly never heard of this.

i feel sorta bad.

Only the surly elite who are ceo10k/day fuck 10s and bathe in unicorn tears do apparently 

Leave money under the pillows each night if the room will be changed. If not, leave a lump sum at the end of the stay. Tip the luggage guy. Tip the butler (if it's a place that has one). Factor this amount into each travel vacation.

Reading Shaggy threads, I realize I probably fall on the overtip part of things, but life is short and it's not a big deal 

On 12/1/2018 at 10:47 AM, Gil Bang said:

 


The guy at the grocery store isn’t handling your jizz-soaked linens

 

Nor scrubbing your shit from the toilet and sweeping/mopping/vacuuming your pubes up.

Edited by ShaggyBevo RIP

Nor scrubbing your shit from the toilet and sweeping/mopping/vacuuming your pubes up.

Who the fuck doesn t shave?
  • 10 months later...

Sometimes it’s just the tip. Just for a second. Just to see how it feels.

every fucking time hell yeah.  I don't allow daily cleans though, so it might be a 2 or 3 day cleanup at the end.

Bro In Law used to work for Lucent Technologies back in the day and had a co-worker on his team that would expense a $20 tip.  They stopped that shit real fast. 

If it's a multi-day stay, I leave a decent tip the first night and don't tip for a few days. I've found it pays off in little extra perks like an extra bottle of water or another shampoo if they see you using a lot of it. If a single day, then I leave a small tip.

I also leave a small tip in airport lounge showers if I use the shower, as they have to mop and dry it for the next person.

  • 5 years later...

Rozen is an AI bot. No way a real person wrote that. 

56 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

Rozen is an AI bot. No way a real person wrote that. 

Or else Rozen is a Motel 6 maid with google on her favorites.

  • 3 weeks later...

Usually travel with the dog....hotels have upped the $20 nightly dog fee to $40 or more. The maids, who obviously have more work due to the dog hair, don't see a penny of this, so I leave a tenner for each nights stay.

Otis was a very good boy.

Cooper, his successor, is off of the charts. Worth the drive to Wisconsin and back.

Edited by otisdog

On 11/20/2018 at 9:17 AM, Prepuce of Doom said:

$2-5 per day, depending on the city and hotel. I hang my Do Not Disturb sign for the duration of my stay (unless I run out of towels - a relative rarity) so I figure it's only fair in case the housekeeper only gets paid based on the number of rooms she cleans. 

I still don't like the daily intrusion unless I am running out of towels or washcloths (but I rarely stay anywhere long enough to get to that point, and if I do, I will generally try to acquire whatever I need myself), but post-pandemic, I have been tipping $5 per night at the end of my stay regardless of city or hotel. 

On 10/30/2019 at 1:12 PM, markstanco said:

Bro In Law used to work for Lucent Technologies back in the day and had a co-worker on his team that would expense a $20 tip.  They stopped that shit real fast. 

Say what? I’ve always expensed tips. 

6 hours ago, otisdog said:

Usually travel with the dog....hotels have upped the $20 nightly dog fee to $40 or more. The maids, who obviously have more work due to the dog hair, don't see a penny of this, so I leave a tenner for each nights stay.

I don’t travel with a dog, but I tip about $10/night 

this thread makes me so...curious, I suppose, about the surly "I never carry cash" contingent.  

I guess they never tip...or do they ask Consuela the hotel maid for her fucking Venmo?

this thread makes me so...curious, I suppose, about the surly "I never carry cash" contingent.  
I guess they never tip...or do they ask Consuela the hotel maid for her fucking Venmo?

I went to a hotel a few months ago that had a QR code to scan so you could tip the cleaning crew. Take you to a link and enter a card number. I’d rather be able to add it to the room fee.

and instead of going home with money in her pocket, she waits several days and then gets taxed on the deal.  Your 10 dollar tip just became a 6 dollar tip.

and instead of going home with money in her pocket, she waits several days and then gets taxed on the deal.  Your 10 dollar tip just became a 6 dollar tip.

Yeah. Just leave cash.
13 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

this thread makes me so...curious, I suppose, about the surly "I never carry cash" contingent.  

I guess they never tip...or do they ask Consuela the hotel maid for her fucking Venmo?

I never typically carry cash.  Yet I also carry cash when I travel by planning ahead, and you know....getting some cash.  Drivers.  Room service.  Bartenders.  Drop the maid a $20 you cheap fucks.  

Since the cleaning staff can (and usually does) rotate daily, I typically try to tip each day. 

19 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Say what? I’ve always expensed tips. 

 

I believe it was stopped because it couldnt be documented like on a receipt.  

19 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

and instead of going home with money in her pocket, she waits several days and then gets taxed on the deal.  Your 10 dollar tip just became a 6 dollar tip.

If she even gets it. I never trust tipping via a code or a card unless it’s a sit-down restaurant.

2 hours ago, markstanco said:

I believe it was stopped because it couldnt be documented like on a receipt.  

I’m surprised a company that size didn’t have a diminimis reimbursable expense policy. When I worked for a huge global industrial company we didn’t need a receipt for anything under $75. 
And before you point out the obvious, I’m sure there was some light abuse, but when the company did the math, it wasn’t worth policing, because serious abusers operate on a different level. 

On 10/28/2025 at 6:48 PM, Gil Bang said:

this thread makes me so...curious, I suppose, about the surly "I never carry cash" contingent.  

I guess they never tip...or do they ask Consuela the hotel maid for her fucking Venmo?

Because the "I never carry cash" contingent don't think about other people as much.  IMHO- no offense to super credit card tippers unaware of taxation...

@Brisketexan did make a good point, in tipping daily, to make sure the worker who does the cleaning that day gets the tip. If we stay a week, we might have the maid come in twice.  We might ask for towels if we see them, So we do a lot of big back end tipping.  (pun intended)

4 hours ago, horn4life said:

Because the "I never carry cash" contingent don't think about other people as much.  IMHO- no offense to super credit card tippers unaware of taxation...

@Brisketexan did make a good point, in tipping daily, to make sure the worker who does the cleaning that day gets the tip. If we stay a week, we might have the maid come in twice.  We might ask for towels if we see them, So we do a lot of big back end tipping.  (pun intended)

Same. I usually find the cleaning lady and trade wet towels and $5 for some fresh ones. 

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11 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Is tipping the hotel staff really a "hobby," @52-80

if your hotel staff is particularly heavyset and asleep

if you pay the hooker you gotta tip the maid. pretty sure it's in the rule book.

 

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