unit731 Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hotel housekeeping staff. Room cleaned every day. What is the 'normal' tip for housekeeping staff? Is tipping done every day or at end of stay? Let's assume that one is staying at a hotel that makes bed every day and cleans room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I do not tip them accept when I leave , then I leave all the coins I collected thru my stay, plus any other things I do not want to take home ..... OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was_usvirgin Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I'm not sure if tips are even expected. I'll normally hand them anywhere from B40-100 for extra towels and stuff, which often ensures you'll be looked after for the rest of your stay. Then I'll leave a couple of hundred in the room when I check out. I'm referring to 3-5 star in Bangkok, staying up to a week. I think it's an 'up to you' situation, but I'd be interested to hear what others' habits are. PS. There's usually a pile of change lying around on a nightstand or tables in my room every day. It's not meant as a tip, it's just excess coinage, and it's never tampered with, as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Before I never tipped, just at the end of the stay. Nowadays my wife make sure I tip every day 20-30 baht. Cleaning crew are not necessarily the same, so it makes more sense to me to tip on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was_usvirgin Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Good point, it's not always the same crew. Do you hand it to them personally, or leave it laying around with a note indicating it's a tip or something? As I said, in my experience, if there are coins left in your room they won't assume it's a tip, unless you're checking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Tipping at the end of the trip is nice but kinda makes not too much sense, treat them good and they treat you like a "king" Most hotels rotate their stuff weekly to a different floor! When you have a suite you always have the best maids, usually always the same ones! If I am staying in a suite I pay them 100 baht a day, 50 baht in a regular room! Always gets me more towels, nice decoration on the bed, once the maid even bought me slippers because she don't wanted me to walk barefoot! I know how much I hate to clean myself, I respect their work more than any other job in Hotel 50 to 100 baht is not much money, for them it means a lot to have 1500 bahr more or less on top of their salary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was_usvirgin Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I know how much I hate to clean myself, I respect their work more than any other job in Hotel 50 to 100 baht is not much money, for them it means a lot to have 1500 bahr more or less on top of their salary! That's a really good point as well! I don't make much of a mess in the room, and I don't spend too much time in the room. Sometimes I'll catch a glimpse of another room a maid is working, while walking down the hall, and it's a horrible sight, and the smell wafting out into the corridors is not nice either. I might just have a bargirl or two over for the night - they have whole families and they cook for themselves (serviced apts.). Whether they tip or not, I don't know, but I somehow doubt it. In keeping with my PC reputation, I won't mention turbans or burkas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 If I'm in the room when the cleaning lady comes I usually give her 20 or 50 baht. When I check out I leave all the coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 If staying in 5* a $ per day per guest is / was usual. You can get all you want by pressing the "at your service" button, at least in the Marriott. Say the RG in Pattaya, a couple of hundred on the first day and a little chat gets you all the towels you need and other toileteries. Paying all on check out is for what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Leave some notes on your pillow, on a daily base. Pending on what kind of hotel, varying from 20 to 100 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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