To Tip or not to Tip

[muirford]

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip..

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip. If the housekeeper shows up after the guests have departed, the guests do not even know the housekeeper exists, they assume it's all us and leave nothing. I think we may have gotten around $10 in Sept, total. My 'tip note' no longer mentions the housekeeper and it is now just a 'welcome' note.
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I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?

I bet the tips would be a LOT better with the latter...
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One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

 

[Morticia]

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip..

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip. If the housekeeper shows up after the guests have departed, the guests do not even know the housekeeper exists, they assume it's all us and leave nothing. I think we may have gotten around $10 in Sept, total. My 'tip note' no longer mentions the housekeeper and it is now just a 'welcome' note.
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?

I bet the tips would be a LOT better with the latter...
.

One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

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One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

Uh oh.

 

[Samster]

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip..

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip. If the housekeeper shows up after the guests have departed, the guests do not even know the housekeeper exists, they assume it's all us and leave nothing. I think we may have gotten around $10 in Sept, total. My 'tip note' no longer mentions the housekeeper and it is now just a 'welcome' note.
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?

I bet the tips would be a LOT better with the latter...
.

One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

.

roflmao...that is a riot! Oh, or maybe not....

 

[gillumhouse]

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip..

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip. If the housekeeper shows up after the guests have departed, the guests do not even know the housekeeper exists, they assume it's all us and leave nothing. I think we may have gotten around $10 in Sept, total. My 'tip note' no longer mentions the housekeeper and it is now just a 'welcome' note.
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?

I bet the tips would be a LOT better with the latter...
.

One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

.

roflmao...that is a riot! Oh, or maybe not....
.

As long as I was not the one receiving the "extra" prize, it is funny.....

 

[muirford]

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip..

i use bree's wording on notes.
sometimes there is a tip, sometimes not. it's not for me, it's for the chambermaids. if they got $5 a day, they'd be flying!!! that seems super generous to me. if anything, they mostly get $2 or $3, occasionally $5. for someone who stayed 2 or 3 nites. i've been chambermaiding by myself lately and there is not usually a tip.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip. If the housekeeper shows up after the guests have departed, the guests do not even know the housekeeper exists, they assume it's all us and leave nothing. I think we may have gotten around $10 in Sept, total. My 'tip note' no longer mentions the housekeeper and it is now just a 'welcome' note.
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?
.

I'll just throw in my observation again...if the guests SEE a housekeeper it is more likely there will be a tip.

Inflatable housekeeper? Apron hanging outside the hall closet with a "Housekeeper" pin on it? Wig and a French accent?

I bet the tips would be a LOT better with the latter...
.

One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

.

One of my good friends got an extra-special tip about nine months after she wore a French maid outfit to our Halloween party...

Uh oh.
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It was okay - from her husband (although they are just recently divorced) and they were happy about it. Emily's in college now, so it's been awhile. The tipping happened at their home, not ours, thank goodness. Best party we ever threw, though!

 

[JBloggs]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I have been reading through this forum and you are all very lively innkeepers here. I was on another forum and it was dead. Activity came and went sporadically, and a subject never went very far. Appreciate all the information I have found here so far. Is there anyone here running a bed and breakfast in California? Just wondering.

 

[Don Draper]

We have small envelopes (invitation size) that I use Print Shop to print a seasonal picture or border on and change them every few months. The Envelope Says Housekeeping in the center, then in italics underneath says "We hope you have a very pleasant stay! Your housekeepers Janie, Judie, and Sarah".
Our housekeepers do very well with tips, $5/night seems to be the average. I like having the envelopes because when we didn't people would ask us where they could leave something. I also like having our housekeepers' names on the envelopes so then guests know there are housekeepers and it's not DH and I doing the rooms. We used to get asked that frequently before we had the envelopes as well.