Question of the Day - 29 September 2017

We always tip the housekeeper $5 daily so we can ask for the minor freebees like more shampoo, soap, and lotion. Call me a cheapskate! Sometimes to be sure they change the sheets if necessary. We almost-never tip the desk clerk although we might if there is a room upgrade or room entry is available early. $20 is our limit. Know your hotel "geography". We once got "tricked" into taking a Venetian room that required 2 elevators to get to. Very poor. Always ask for a Venetian (or Palazzo) "tower" room on a higher floor. It's worth the wait! We haven't been back there for a while, as we are still peeved about this.

Fir Vegas "Newbies" only: Long gone are the days when Casino Hotels expected you to take home a souvenir from the room, usually an ash tray! We once stayed at a nice Illinois "Suite" hotel that had a complete list of basically anything not "nailed down". Charges for remotes, linens, pillows, etc. Take anything home and you'll get charged for it, especially those nice terrycloth robes. (Buy a new  one at the gift shop instead.) Unless bottled water is part of your resort fee, it's not free. Never take snacks or drinks. The prices are just ridiculous. It's like buying jewels at Tiffany's.

We always go to Vegas for 7 or 8 days. We always get a free suite from my host and it has a coffee maker in our room. I mostly drink decaf coffee. So 1) I leave an extra tip the first day saying we need lots of coffee including decaf, then 2) we tip daily so they are happy to replenish the coffee and 3) I normally leave $10 a day because the room was free and there's more to clean. Because of the size of the tip and the number of days leaving it daily vs the end of the trip is more equitable in case the maid at the end is not the maid who cleaned the room the other days. And yes I know we pay for the room in the casino so it's only free if we have a good trip.

i always leave a daily tip.  sometimes you get extra water or coffee packets or even a thank you note.  if you leave a tip at trip end, there are no benefits cause youre gone!

I have asked housekeepers what percent of room stayers leave tips and almost always say either 10% or 15%. We always leave a tip and make sure we have the money in possession before leaving on a trip.

So i have had a couple watches stolen out of my room at Golden Nugget. So now when we go to Vegas we keep the do not disturb sign on the door the whole time. if we need anything such as extra towels i just walk up and ask and tell them what room it is for so they can check it off their list. They then get a good tip at the end of our stay. Havent had a single issue with this since i started doing it but under normal circumstances i would imagine either way is good. Just tip, please!!!

On most of our trips, we only stay at any casino for 3 nights.  So the question of when to tip doesn't come into play.  We leave our privacy sign on the door the whole time, then tip $10 on the day we leave. I pack our own soap and shampoo, so we take the freebies and drop them at the airport in a bin for the military or take them home for the homeless shelter.  

we always tip when we leave. can see the benefits of possibly doing the daily tipping thing but tipping at the end of our stay seems to fit better. having one of my parents in the service industry taught me how important tips are to those hard working and usually under paid folks. and YES we tip EVEN if we lose, which is sadly more often than not.     peace

I always leave a housekeeper's tip each day, usually $3 per day but more if the housekeeper does an outstanding job. First, I want the housekeeper to know that I appreciate her work. Most hotel rooms in which I have stayed are clean and neat and housekeepers do work very hard to make them that way. Second, I find that housekeepers really appreiate tips, especially since so many people don't leave them. I've found that if I just leave the money lying on a table some housekeepers won't take it, so I always leave a note saying that the money is for the housekeeper in appreciation of the job she does. Many times the housekeeper has written a note of thanks in response to my note. Finally, if I have special requests, a tip is a nice addition to the request and almost always ensures that the housekeeper will comply. By the way, I also tip the personnel who bring extra blankets, pillows, luggage racks or whatever I've requested from housekeeping when I check in.

Two years ago I got in late at night after traveling from Cleveland to Vegas and so I went right to bed and got up early the next morning.  I was going down to the casino to get an early breakfast and then was going to do some video poker for an hour or two.  So I left my room, still a little sleepy and put several  dollar bills on the bed for the maid.  When I got back to the room I noticed that the bed was made and the room cleaned and the bills were still on the bed. I had left a few dollar bills along with a hundred dollar bill for the tip.  The maid was across the hall making up another room and I questioned her about her leaving the tip on the bed because of the hundred dollar bill.  She said yes, that is what she did; so I gave her a $20 tip and thanked her for being an honest person.  I now leave $5 each day for the maid when in Vegas.  

I read somewhere (and I thought it was LVA!) that a good idea is to ask the housekeeper for extra towels or shampoo the first day and give a nice $10 tip, then for the rest of your stay you're treated like royalty. This is in addition to any regular tip you leave. I've tried it a couple of times and it does work.