Is it proper to tip maids with other than money?

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Originally posted by: MissL7777
I sometimes give them the "day off," ask them to mark my room as done and not have them do any work.

Without knowing the person, I wouldn't give a gift card to a specific store. If I knew xyz store was someone's favorite, I'd gladly purchase a gift card to that store.


That is actually a great idea.
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Originally posted by: slideman
where is the best place to leave your tip for the maid?


I tip on the day I leave. I place my room key(s) on top of the tip.
I doubt the housekeepers would want left over coupons that the guest wasn't even interested in.

If there is not an envelope specified for them, I write a thank you on paper with their tip/gift.
I also will find out at the beginning of my stay if they will be assigned to my room for my whole stay.
A few dollars ahead of time will get you lots of extras.
Say you do give the Maid the day off, and she marks your room "done",
Then the Houskeeping Supervisor comes by later on and checks to see
that everything was " done " properly, I wonder if that could somehow
backfire on her ?

When we stay at our usual place, we don't have the room made up every day, so when I grab some new towels in the hallway, or when the maid comes into the room to empty the trash, I usually tip her right then and there. When we were there last trip, the regular maid assigned to our suite wasn't there most days so I was tipping her replacement regularly. On our last day there, I dropped a glass by the bathroom vanities. I picked up all the large pieces, but I was afraid there were some smaller pieces that I couldn't get to. Going downstairs, I met the maid that was assigned our suite and I asked her if she would go in and vacuum by the vanities. She asked me if any had gotten into the carpet and I told her no none got into the carpeting. I gave her permission to enter the room even though the Do Not Disturb sign was on the door. I told her to just vacuum and nothing else since we were probably leaving that day. We were scheduled to stay two more days but we knew we weren't going to extend the trip.

I happen to come back up to the room after about a half hour after forgetting something. I saw the maids cart outside the door and when I went into the room, she had done more than just vacuum. When we got home that night, I went to take my insulin injection and I noticed two syringes were missing. I know I hadn't counted wrong since the night before I used one syringe and three were left in the bag so I knew I would have enough syringes if we wound up staying the extra two days. Now I had never seen this maid before so she must have been new, but just looking at her face, you knew that she was on some kind of drugs.
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Originally posted by: Lee O
Say you do give the Maid the day off, and she marks your room "done",
Then the Houskeeping Supervisor comes by later on and checks to see
that everything was " done " properly, I wonder if that could somehow
backfire on her ?


Never has. Everything is done to my satisfaction. I'm in the room when I "give the day off." The housekeeper usually needs to call in from the room phone.



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Originally posted by: BAGIANT


I happen to come back up to the room after about a half hour after forgetting something. I saw the maids cart outside the door and when I went into the room, she had done more than just vacuum. When we got home that night, I went to take my insulin injection and I noticed two syringes were missing. I know I hadn't counted wrong since the night before I used one syringe and three were left in the bag so I knew I would have enough syringes if we wound up staying the extra two days. Now I had never seen this maid before so she must have been new, but just looking at her face, you knew that she was on some kind of drugs.




Well I can't think of another person on this site "could tell a druggie" better than you bagiant!
Does "Star" work as a maid at a hotel?
Cash! Cash! Cash! The only appropriate gift. They work hard, make very low wages, have to deal with an awful lot of cheap, sloppy, disgusting people.
I place tip in the bathroom toiletry tray and usually find a mother lode of product when I return to the room.
I had no room for a nice pottery piece I had won in a tournament downtown. I left a note on the box saying "Enjoy". Even though I also had a strip room at the time, I returned to that room downtown to make sure I didn't leave anything. I heard a soft knock on the door and opened it to a beaming lady (maid) caressing this piece of pottery with both arms to her chest. Mine? Mine? she said. She made my day.
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