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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: a fool in paradise
They pool the tips and split them.
101 posted on 09/15/2014 11:10:16 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: JimSEA

Thanks JimSEA. The sand can be a pain.


102 posted on 09/15/2014 11:10:30 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: CorporateStepsister
I always tip the housekeepers at hotels. It started one year around the holiday season and I felt it would be a nice touch for someone who works hard.

I admire the hard work they do and the fact that they are doing it when the wide ranging dependency programs of Obama could make it just as easy to stay home.

103 posted on 09/15/2014 11:11:10 AM PDT by Baynative (Free people are not equal, equal people are not free.)
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To: liberalh8ter

Do these maids split the tips with the clerks at the check in desk? The same people who put in your wakeup call request?


104 posted on 09/15/2014 11:12:29 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: a fool in paradise

I have no idea.....perhaps they’ll begin leaving envelopes for them, too.


105 posted on 09/15/2014 11:17:00 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: CorporateStepsister

We tip maids. ‘Bout $5 per day we stay.


106 posted on 09/15/2014 11:18:46 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting sI ao hot?)
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To: DoughtyOne
I like to get this straight whenever someone uses the minimum wage canard anywhere.

1) People are paid the market rate for the production that their labor brings to the corporation. That is unless they receive minimum wage. A minimum wage earner, by definition is paid above their value due to the fact that if an employer could do so legally, he would pay that person less, and in most instances that same employee would accept the lower wage as a tacit acknowledgment that their particular labor is not that valuable to the company.

2) Two people working full time minimum wage jobs with two children at home, live ABOVE the Federal Poverty level. By a lot. It isn't the minimum wage that is the problem, It is after all a starting wage and should be limited to the least employable, as it mostly is. It is the lack of full time jobs in the Obama economy that is killing the workers of America at all economic levels.

BTW two full time Minimum wage workers in a household gross $30,160 per year. The Federal poverty level for a household of 4 is $23,850. 126% more than poverty levels.

3) The minimum wage is the greatest barrier to entry for workers ever devised. It is anti democratic, anti liberty and is on its’ face unconstitutional. A person has the right to contract their labor at any rate they would desire and for any reason they would have to set that rate. It is not unbelievable that a person would even work for free in order to gain experience or show that they are suitable for the job.

107 posted on 09/15/2014 11:20:35 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: CorporateStepsister

108 posted on 09/15/2014 11:22:28 AM PDT by slimjim12
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To: Paine in the Neck

postage due.

CC


109 posted on 09/15/2014 11:30:40 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: CorporateStepsister

I hope they also include the appropriate IRS reporting forms so that all of this can be done on the up-and-up.

I mean, if your parents raised you right, you gotta tip the maid and make sure the tax man gets his due too.


110 posted on 09/15/2014 11:32:55 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: HamiltonJay

It really is, isn’t it?

What kind of cheap bastard doesn’t tip the maid?


111 posted on 09/15/2014 11:34:06 AM PDT by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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To: CorporateStepsister

This country has gone tip crazy - people want tips just for doing their job. Where’s the limit? Then there are restaurants that charge for service - automatic gratuity added on. Do you tip the flight crew for a great flight and safe landing? There’s tip jar on Seattle ferry’s right by the cashier! You tip the cashier for taking your money?


112 posted on 09/15/2014 11:35:27 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: CorporateStepsister

This has been a rather common practice in Choice Hotels for years. The envelope usually has the maid’s name on it. We tip a standard ten dollars per night. I think the maids are almost always working mothers who could use a blessing, and that is exactly how we think of it.


113 posted on 09/15/2014 11:36:04 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: CorporateStepsister

I travel a lot for business and stay at whatever corp hotel the company tells me to. I do not have maid service during my stay...keep the do not disturb sign up.

If the room is clean when I check in and everything works as it should...I leave a tip. My company does not require receipts for anything under $25...so I just lump in all tips paid out during a stay.

I didn’t realize tipping hotel cleaners was particularly controversial....I’ve just always left something if the room was clean when I checked in.

For personal trips..unless I’m staying longer than a week...I don’t get maid service. I leave a tip on last night.

The amount I give is usually between $5-$10...just kind of depends on various factors. Mainly...how much cash I actually have on hand.


114 posted on 09/15/2014 11:40:14 AM PDT by conservaKate ( I grow weary of the goobers in the Republican party. (thanks Chris))
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To: a fool in paradise

“Do these maids split the tips with the clerks at the check in desk? The same people who put in your wakeup call request?”

My daughter worked a college internship last summer at the front desk of a nice hotel. She would get a $20 tip twice a week or so just for answering questions. I couldn’t believe the hotel lets them accept tips, but they do.


115 posted on 09/15/2014 11:49:12 AM PDT by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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To: goldstategop

You don’t honestly tip 10-20% on a $350 per room night. No one is that generous or stupid.

“Here honey, thanks for that extra small soap and shampoo bottle and for the vacuuming of the carpet. Take this day’s pay as an extra thanks for a minimum of service rendered.’ NOT!

For a restaurant. I can see 15-25%. It is after all for a person who is usually paid far less than minimum wage. At some very high end restaurants the wait staff PAYS to work there as they are so highly compensated by tips. Believe it!


116 posted on 09/15/2014 11:50:10 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: CorporateStepsister

Why don’t they pay their employees a better wage so the employees can stop begging


117 posted on 09/15/2014 11:50:16 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: CorporateStepsister

They tip hotel maids in Europe, although Americans are a little behind on this. On the other hand, Europeans don’t tip - or barely tip - various service personnel that we tip well. However, Americans who travel a lot usually do tip hotel staff.

That said, I always leave something - doesn’t have to be much - for the maid, and I’m happy to have an envelope. If you can afford hundreds of dollars for a hotel room, you can afford a few dollars a day for the people who keep your room nice, don’t steal your stuff, etc.


118 posted on 09/15/2014 11:56:00 AM PDT by livius
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To: joethedrummer

I’ve found the Do Not Disturb sign works well to stop this.


119 posted on 09/15/2014 12:07:55 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: CorporateStepsister

If the hotel/chain only hires legal help and is not supporting amnesty, fine.

If not, let’s instead inquire as to the worker status of their staff.


120 posted on 09/15/2014 12:09:57 PM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough.)
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