Posted on 09/15/2014 10:19:02 AM PDT by CorporateStepsister
Do you leave a tip in your hotel room for the maid? Marriott is launching a program with Maria Shriver to put envelopes in hotel rooms to encourage tipping.
The campaign, called 'The Envelope Please,' begins this week. Envelopes will be placed in 160,000 rooms in the U.S. and Canada. Some 750 to 1,000 hotels will participate from Marriott brands like Courtyard, Residence Inn, J.W. Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance hotels.
The name of the person who cleans the room will be written on the envelope along with a message: 'Our caring room attendants enjoyed making your stay warm and comfortable. Please feel free to leave a gratuity to express your appreciation for their efforts.'
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Agree 100%. I usually leave a small tip regardless, but sometimes you realize that the people taking care of you aren’t just “doing their jobs”; they are really doing their best to make things perfect and that deserves recognition, whether by a tip, a word to the manager or an email to the hotel.
That's a valid point. Even if I wanted to tip, I wouldn't know how to do it, since it's hard to find the maid.
When Marriott stops charging $12.95 for wi-fi, we will talk. I always leave a $1/night.
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IF I ever stay at a Marriott again (big IF) I’m going to write Maria Shriver’s email address on a slip of paper along with a note to “email Maria for your tip”.
I’m beyond tired of these limo liberals telling me how I must spend my money. You want ‘em tipped, Maria? Tip ‘em yourself.
I almost always leave a couple dollars on the pillow. God has been generous to me, the least I can do is show a smidgen of appreciation for someone cleaning up after me.
Finally, something we agree on.
I guess I was raised better than to be a cheapskate.
Was taught as a child to tip the maid/service folks, always, whether it be a cheap hotel or a 5 star, always leave a few bucks for the person who’s cleaning up after me.
Unless they work in Vegas or something they are not making a lot of money, and frankly they do far more work than the typical waiter does who I tip for my meal.
Its beyond shameful that this is something that has been forgotten so much that people need reminded of it.
If Marriott’s business model is so bad that they can’t afford to pay maids for cleaning rooms, maybe they should cut their dividend or lay off a few of the multitude of EVPs and SVPs to whom they pay the big bucks.
Glad to see I am not the only one here who’s parents bothered to teach them the basics... looks like sadly too many did.
You can pay between $100-$200 a night for a room and you’re too cheap to leave a couple of bucks for the maid?
It isn’t enough that the help steals what ever isn’t nailed down?
A tip is a reward for some extraordinary service, payment for a favor done for you. Doing your job does not warrant a tip, and pushing for it is obnoxious.
Keep in mind also that a LOT of hotel workers are SEIU.
I never knew that tipping was “customary”. To the point where 70% of guests did it. I really wonder whether this is something new thats being called “customary” as opposed to revisionism. Like with the tip jars that are now prevelent but barely existed 20 years ago.
That is obscene.
I could imagine tipping a hotel maid in the Philippines or something, where they make about $20 a day. If Marriott is so worried about the maids, maybe they should give them a raise?
You just need to leave a few dollars on the night stand or dresser the day you leave. The maids are well aware of your departure date.
I am beyond amazed that so many people were never taught this.
It’s like the mailman leaving a “happy holidays envelope” in the mail: obnoxious.
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