Do you tip mousekeeping?

[disnut]

I think I might be trying to overplan but Im working out how much money we need to take out for each day

Do the mousekeeping people need tipping and if so how much? is it per person or per day?

[foreverducky]

I am usually a group of one or two adults. When i stayed by myself I place $2 in an envelope with mousekeeping on it and then laid it on the pillow. i am normally pretty tidy. And since you may have different people doing the room, if you tip, tip daily.

However, here is the key...tipping is NOT mandatory. If you do not wish to tip, then you don't have to. :)

[Keith]

I do if they go out of their way. So if there are towel animals, special arrangements or anything which has required them to go a bit over the level of normal service. Otherwise I don't

[tb2830]

yep i always leave a tip daily normally between 3-5 dollars also at the end of my holiday if i have loads of loose change i will leave that for them too :yes:

[PsychoAlice]

Im a tipper...I tip pretty well..I used to do that sort of work and it is HARD WORK..lemme tell ya...I try to tip 5-7 bucks a day

[Tink]

Just to be certain you understand that tipping the housekeepers is solely at your discretion! :yes: The housekeepers at WDW get paid a true wage (unlike the servers who do work for tips) and as such a tip is a welcomed extra, not something that their weekly salary/wage is reliant upon.

Having said that, for the most part no, I don't tip. I'm a DVC member so staying at a DVC resort means that my dues have gone to pay for upkeep, and I don't receive daily housekeeping. Therefore, I don't tip.

When staying at another resort (not on points, in other words) I tip only if there has been a reason for the housekeeper to do something outside her or his usual duties. If I have had a meal in the room, or friends in, that sort of thing.

On business trips I never tip as it's not allowed by the company (other than for servers).

On a cruise, I do. Unless the cruise features the flat rate sort of gratuity payment, then I don't tip on a daily basis.

Please know that I think tipping is completely out of hand in the US, so I have a growing aversion to it overall. My stance on the practice is more hard lined than you will find from others. :)

[Ursula]

I used to but I'm not going to anymore, not now I know what I know.

[Johnie]

Yes it is hard work. I've done it with clients. I've learned things that I wish I never knew...ugh.

However, it is not a tipped position. I do not tip.

[Dawn]

We tip at Disney because we leave the room upside down. Seriously we are messy on holiday. Just a couple of dollars each day, as an extra thank you for keeping us tidy.

If I was in a hotel just overnight for a business engagement or such then I wouldn't tip because I wouldn't leave the room like the aftermath of a tornado.

[Tink]

Also, last I knew WDW had a policy against housekeeping (and other CMs other than servers and bartenders) accepting tips. :shrug: Just sayin'...

[Britchick]

i don't tend to tip, unless someone has gone out of their way. I usually clean up before they get there anyway lol i have done the work myself so i do know how hard it is but i just don't see the need. :unsure:

[Johnie]

We tend to keep the room clean. I'm messy at home but I am not in public. You should see our tables in restaurants :tongue:

I also get really irritated if the bed linens are dirty and yet they don't bother to change them. I also get annoyed when they leave little signs saying help the environment by hanging up towels and they remove them anyway.

[Ursula]

We tipped big in Mexico because they were low paid there. We tipped the pool lad 1,000 pesos.... he helped us with moving sunshades and made sure we didn't get hit by the sprinklers when they came on... some people had a nasty shock lol halfway through sunbathing, he knew all the spots where not to sit ;) Plus he was working to help his single mum and his lil sister. He kept the pool spotless and no one thought to tip him.

[Debbie2]

I do if they go out of their way. So if there are towel animals, special arrangements or anything which has required them to go a bit over the level of normal service. Otherwise I don't

same here..which normally means I don't

[uscwest]

We tip $5.00/day left in a "Mousekeeping" envelope.

[Tinker]

No since I've learned that housekeeping gets a regular wage, I haven't .

[M5ward]

We are DVC members and as such, we don't get daily cleaning. We get Towel/Trash service on the fourth or fifth day. We usually stay seven nights and leave $20-$25 in an envelope.

[Disfan]

We are DVC members and as such, we don't get daily cleaning. We get Towel/Trash service on the fourth or fifth day. We usually stay seven nights and leave $20-$25 in an envelope.

I didnt know that the vacation club didnt offer daily cleaning? what do they do then?

[Slowhand]

I didnt know that the vacation club didnt offer daily cleaning? what do they do then?
They do a "trash and tidy" service every few days.
You can opt to pay for a more frequent service but most members don`t go for this option seeing as in reality the DVC resorts are self catering, just like you were staying in a villa.

[Tink]

If you are staying there on cash (not on member points) they do have daily cleaning, yes? I've not done that so can't confirm, but that's what I thought I'd read somewhere? :unsure:

[M5ward]

I'm pretty organized so we make the bed every morning and keep our toiletries all together. I unpack when we arrive and put the luggage in the closet so there isn't stuff laying around. I bring a bag for dirty laundry and keep that in the closet as well.
Basically, mousekeeping comes in every fourth day and leaves clean towels and takes the trash. On the eighth day, you would get a complete cleaning.
We're in the room so little that it never gets very messy.

[josh.p.]

I've never heard of day-to-day tipping to be honest. We usually leave a bowl that we put our change in, and then at the end of the holiday put a note on it saying "tip" or similar. Since you can't take change home very easily, and it's not like you need it anyway. Generally, it equals quite a high amount after 2 weeks of spare change! :yes: We aren't going to use it again, so why not give it to someone who might?!

[Keith]

I've never heard of day-to-day tipping to be honest. We usually leave a bowl that we put our change in, and then at the end of the holiday put a note on it saying "tip" or similar. Since you can't take change home very easily, and it's not like you need it anyway. Generally, it equals quite a high amount after 2 weeks of spare change! :yes: We aren't going to use it again, so why not give it to someone who might?!

yep, that's what we do as well :yes:

To be honest, in general, mousekeeping at Disney is "OK" these days but far from the time when the room was spotless, even under the beds, every day. Linen seems to be changed on a schedule all of their own and we don't always get new cups/glasses. So I think leaving the change is about right for the level of service

[Rosie0610]

I usually tip $1 per person in the room. I do try to tidy up though as I don't really think Mousekeeping (or any hotel housekeeping) should have to pick up my dirty laundry! I don't even really like to pick up after my DH or DS! :rotfl:

[minnie-me]

This thread has really surprised me. I thought you HAD to tip (as I was informed on another forum!

We do not stay onsite but I tried to put a couple of $ in a mousekeeping envelope per day & left all our small change at end of holiday.

Thanks for this info :)

[Mari]

This thread has really surprised me. I thought you HAD to tip



Same here!

[Tink]

Nope, nope, nope! You absolutely do not HAVE to tip housekeeping in any resort or hotel. :)

[PsychoAlice]

i did not tip this time because i stayed on DVC points..I gathered the trash and the towels and put them by the front door...mousekeeping put in new bags and left clean towels...

[Johnie]

You don't HAVE to tip anywhere. It's customary to tip certain positions but it is not mandated by any means. TIPS means To Insure Prompt Service.

[Mari]

Wow... this is an eye opener for me!


So maybe if they do something extra nice like leave a towel animal or somehting like that......

[tinkermom76]

I was raised that if someone provides a service you should tip them. The better the service the higher the tip.

I actually made really nicely decorated envelopes for the mousekeeping tips and will leave at least $1 a day.. more for animals and if my "animals" make a big mess.

[*Bambi-Belle*]

Yup we do. The kids make the envelopes we tip about $5 a day.

[Mandy]

I make my own envelopes and tip them every time we go.

[piglet]

Well I always used to leave $2 per person per day but now I know that you don't have to then I'm not going to. What about when you go into the bar at one of the resorts, should you leave a tip when you order like a couple of glasses of wine?

[mgmrach]

Well I always used to leave $2 per person per day but now I know that you don't have to then I'm not going to. What about when you go into the bar at one of the resorts, should you leave a tip when you order like a couple of glasses of wine?

I asked that too and apparently mousekeeping isnt a tipped position so you dont need to but bar tenders are tipped at $1 or $2 per drink or 15-20% of the tab at the end of the night. gulp!

[Debbie2]

I never tip Mousekeeping. When staying at deluxe property and paying top $$ I expect my room to be tidied each day (not that there is much to do as I admit to being OCD about tidiness when living out a room for two weeks with three other people)