How Many Rooms Does a Las Vegas Housekeeper Clean?

I'm currently staying in a very nice downtown hotel in Vegas. Our housekeeper said she is required to clean 15 rooms a day. That sounds excessive, so is that the norm?

Yes, it's the norm.

But don’t take it from us. Here's Culinary Union spokeswoman Bethany Khan describing the way it works at unionized hotels in Las Vegas.

“The quota of rooms depends on the property and state of the room. A typical quota is 15-16 credits. A huge suite with floor-to-ceiling windows, a jacuzzi spa, etc. or a villa could account for 4-5 credits. If a room is trashed, contract language protects the guestroom attendant, so that particular room would count as more credits and other rooms could be dropped from her workload that day to compensate for the extra-dirty room.”

Khan continues, “This contract cycle we are looking to make workloads even safer. Maybe soon I’ll be able to say more, but right now we are in negotiations about room credits and current workloads and how it’s impacting workers.”

As of this writing, the Culinary Union is scheduled to take a strike vote this Tuesday, May 22. If a majority votes to strike, the Union can order members to walk off the job starting on June 1, which is when the current contract covering roughly 50,000 employees at 34 Las Vegas hotel-casinos expires.

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[email protected] May-20-2018

Not surprising

Actually this doesn't surprise me at all.  15 rooms on an 8 hour shift averages to just over 1/2 hour per room.  For someone who is skilled at cleaning efficiently (and I know the service that comes in to clean my apartment does it in a fraction of the time it would take me) 1/2 hour for routine cleaning of a typical 400 square foot room doesn't seem unreasonable at all.

[email protected] May-20-2018

We always tip the housekeepers

5 to 10 a night is sufficient unless you are in a enormous suite or gave a party! Therefore, we never run out of glasses, soap, lotion, TP, coffee (rare these days) or towels. Yeah, I think that sometimes they do a better job too. When not to tip: when the "stained" bedspread "migrates" from bed-to-bed! I appreciate work well done!

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