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Marriott hotels placing envelopes in rooms to guilt guests into leaving gratuity
Daily Mail ^ | 15 September 2014 | By Associated Press

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.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; canada; economy; gratuity; hotel; hotelroom; maid; mariashriver; marriott; message; money; obama; renaissance; ritzcarlton; tipping; tips; us
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To: CorporateStepsister

Not a good idea.


61 posted on 09/15/2014 10:46:07 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Ray76

A tip is to thank someone for the service they have provided, it is not something for extraneous services rendered.

As the saying goes, you can judge the character of a man by how he treats those he feels can do nothing for him.

If you feel the person who cleans up your crap doesn’t deserve a thank you for it, then that’s your character.


62 posted on 09/15/2014 10:47:17 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: CorporateStepsister

I always try to tip the maid when I stay at a hotel. Not a huge tip but a few bucks to let them know I appreciate what they do.

Tipping was common place when I worked in Alaska at some of the big resorts but towards the end of the 90’s the companies started to take away the cards asking to tip maids, baristas and such, . Only bar tenders were allowed to ask for tips.


63 posted on 09/15/2014 10:47:28 AM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: CorporateStepsister

If THAT doesn’t work, the maid could just squat in the room with a tin cup and sorrowful look on her face the day you leave. /s


64 posted on 09/15/2014 10:48:11 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: HamiltonJay

You can judge the character of a man by his sanctimony.


65 posted on 09/15/2014 10:48:56 AM PDT by Ray76
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To: CorporateStepsister
Do you leave a tip in your hotel room for the maid? Marriott is launching a program with Maria Shriver...

Arnold tipped the maid...

-PJ

66 posted on 09/15/2014 10:49:12 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

Yep, I do the same.


67 posted on 09/15/2014 10:49:19 AM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: CorporateStepsister

Not only that, how can you claim an expense without a receipt. Glad I used my marriott points up


68 posted on 09/15/2014 10:49:29 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Bucky14
When Marriott stops charging $12.95

Which Marriott brand(s) charge for wifi?

69 posted on 09/15/2014 10:50:11 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: dfwgator

Ahh don’t feel like a heel. Many people do not travel much and never think about it. 70% of folks tip the maid?????....I do not believe this. I would think it is more like 10%.


70 posted on 09/15/2014 10:50:48 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: dragonblustar

I think also back when maids actually spoke English there was actually more interaction between maids and guests, so it was more intuitive that they should be tipped.

It’s different now when you don’t actually interact with them, unless you request something like extra towels from them.


71 posted on 09/15/2014 10:51:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CorporateStepsister

If you get good service, tip bellhops, maids and any one who provides service to you. Its simple courtesy.

A hotel bill does NOT include gratuity.


72 posted on 09/15/2014 10:51:40 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: cornfedcowboy

I agree....

“Jessica Lynn Strosky of DuBois, Pennsylvania, who earns $7.75 an hour cleaning rooms at a hotel that’s not a Marriott, says only 1 in 15 or 20 guests leaves a tip. When they do, it’s a dollar or two; she’s lucky to get $20 a week in tips. “I’ve talked to lots of people who say they don’t know they are supposed to tip,” she said.”


73 posted on 09/15/2014 10:51:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: liberalh8ter

Each room should have UV goggles to detect cleanliness. That would be a little scary.


74 posted on 09/15/2014 10:52:08 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: CorporateStepsister

I once tipped the hotel maid while staying in Hartford.
She left me a very nice hand-written thank you note and a bag of cookies. Gave me the impression I was the only guy in the history of the state of Connecticut who had ever tipped the hotel maid.


75 posted on 09/15/2014 10:52:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: HamiltonJay

When it comes to tipping a waiter. What about the chef who actually prepared the food?

What about the person who cleans the dishes and handles them far longer than the waiter?

Always been a weird concept that only one person gets a bonus.


76 posted on 09/15/2014 10:52:50 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: CorporateStepsister

If I am staying multiple nights I will tip a little something the first night. If its just a one nighter I won’t. Motel rates are getting a little out of hand.


77 posted on 09/15/2014 10:53:08 AM PDT by cork (Gun control = hitting what you aim at)
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To: CorporateStepsister

One question, are they represented by a union?


78 posted on 09/15/2014 10:53:33 AM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: CorporateStepsister

When I had to stay overnight at the hotel I worked at I’d leave a few bucks for the gal who cleaned my room, as well as any leftover brewskis [if any survived the night]. Only seemed a nice touch, even though I didn’t trash the room—and I’ve got lotsa stories I could tell about some of the guests...


79 posted on 09/15/2014 10:53:40 AM PDT by W. (All leaders are sensitive to the working class--that's how they avoid belonging to it.)
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To: CorporateStepsister

I’ve occaisionally tipped them, but over the past few years, I’ve grown to REALLY dislike them.

I resent being woken up at 7:30am with “..BAM!BAM!BAM!BAM!-Housekeeping!!!...” without fail - EVERY morning. The purpose is to get these people up and out! Sorry, I KNOW my checkout time and have an alarm clock. And if I’m staying another night, I do NOT wish to be woken up before I’m ready.

I resent when 2 housekeepers are working the same floor, with a radio blasting Spanish music while they ‘chat’ over it -each one hollering in gibberish down the hall to the other.

I do not let them into my room anymore. I no longer tip them. I just don’t even trust them.


80 posted on 09/15/2014 10:53:54 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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