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Deberg_1990 · 09-16-2014, 09:10 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/0...ips-for-maids/

HOTELS
Hotel chain's program encourages tips for maids

NEW YORK – 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."

Shriver, who founded an organization called A Woman's Nation that aims to empower women, says many travelers don't realize tipping hotel room attendants is customary. "There's a huge education of the traveler that needs to occur," she said. "If you tell them, they ask, 'How do I do that?'" She said envelopes make it easy for guests to leave cash for the right person in a secure way.

So how much should you leave? Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson says $1 to $5 per night, depending on room rate, with more for a high-priced suite.

Michael Lynn, a professor at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration, says his research shows that "30 percent of people stiff the maid," while 70 percent said they usually leave a tip.

Sorenson noted that housekeepers "are less frequently tipped" than other hotel workers because they do an "invisible task." In contrast, workers who carry bags, hail cabs and park cars tend to get tipped because they "make a personal connection" with guests, he said.

Rosario Rodriguez, who works as a housekeeper at Marriott's Times Square hotel, says many guests don't tip and welcomes the envelope campaign as "a good idea."

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.

Unlike waitresses who earn less than minimum wage because tips are expected to raise their earnings, hotel housekeepers are paid minimum wage, and in expensive markets, substantially more. In Washington D.C., Sorenson said, Marriott housekeepers start in the mid-teens per hour.

Not everyone applauds the envelope concept. "It is not Marriott's responsibility to remind customers to tip; it's their responsibility to pay their workers enough so that tips aren't necessary," said author Barbara Ehrenreich, who tried working as a hotel maid for her 2001 book "Nickel and Dimed," which chronicled her experiences in low-wage jobs.

But Scott Lazerson, 42, who lives in Sundance, Utah, said he "had no idea" tipping was customary until his wife told him on a recent trip to Orlando. He said he "feels stupid" for not knowing all these years, and added: "Yes, the hotel industry needs to do a campaign about it."

Deberg_1990 · 09-17-2014, 04:26 PM

Here's another new one to me. Was at an ice cream shop the other day with family. Orange leaf is the name of the chain.

Anyways, at the checkout register they had a tip jar. Wtf? It's a serve yourself type of place. Why do they deserve a tip??

BWillie · 09-17-2014, 04:36 PM

You know what I wish they had at restaurants? The option to decline using a server. I don't go out to eat, to have a server. I go out to eat so I don't have to cook my own food. How about I'll order, go sit down, go get it, get my own drink and we'll call it good.

eDave · 09-17-2014, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Here's another new one to me. Was at an ice cream shop the other day with family. Orange leaf is the name of the chain.

Anyways, at the checkout register they had a tip jar. Wtf? It's a serve yourself type of place. Why do they deserve a tip??

I see that all over now. I thinks it's really a loose change jar, meant for others who need a penny or something. Now the establishment just takes it. I ain't tipping someone who simply rang up my order. FFS.

Deberg_1990 · 09-17-2014, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

I see that all over now. I thinks it's really a loose change jar, meant for others who need a penny or something. Now the establishment just takes it. I ain't tipping someone who simply rang up my order. FFS.

Well, the jar was labeled "tips"

And I feel the same. Your not getting tipped from me for simply ringing up my order.

BWillie · 09-17-2014, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

I see that all over now. I thinks it's really a loose change jar, meant for others who need a penny or something. Now the establishment just takes it. I ain't tipping someone who simply rang up my order. FFS.

Yeah, I think they should remove those stupid tip jars. If I want to tip you, I'll just hand you the money. EVERYWHERE has a tip jar nowadays. I see one at non-chain fast food restaurants all the time now.

Hootie · 09-17-2014, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

You know what I wish they had at restaurants? The option to decline using a server. I don't go out to eat, to have a server. I go out to eat so I don't have to cook my own food. How about I'll order, go sit down, go get it, get my own drink and we'll call it good.

I miss buffalo wild wings being like that

Pasta Little Brioni · 09-17-2014, 04:52 PM

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eDave · 09-17-2014, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Jesus **** de berg who cares???

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Pasta Little Brioni · 09-17-2014, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

10 pages of responses.

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eDave · 09-17-2014, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

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Pasta Little Brioni · 09-17-2014, 05:19 PM

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Deberg_1990 · 09-17-2014, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWillie

You know what I wish they had at restaurants? The option to decline using a server. I don't go out to eat, to have a server. I go out to eat so I don't have to cook my own food. How about I'll order, go sit down, go get it, get my own drink and we'll call it good.

There are more of those types of places popping up

Basically in between fast food and a sit down

Chipolte is one of them.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 09-17-2014, 06:16 PM

SonofaBITCH there are some cheap mother****ers on this board!

redfan · 09-17-2014, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

~~My wife always leaves a generous tip. I occasionally begrudgingly leave a little, usually if I'm in the room for more than a day.~~
Of course, I always put the "Do Not Disturb" sign out for my whole trip ~~unless I'm staying for 3+ days or even 4+ days~~. I don't need or want people coming into my room if I'm there for two nights. You stay on your side of the door and I'll stay on mine.

This is where I'm coming from.

Start Croyle · 09-17-2014, 07:10 PM

I was ignorant that this was customary (or that anyone was trying to make it customary).

I'd rather tip the maids than the valet, though. I really hate valet and there is no scenario in which I would rather not just park the car myself.

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Start Croyle Starter Join Date: Dec 2010 Casino cash: $10016078	I was ignorant that this was customary (or that anyone was trying to make it customary). I'd rather tip the maids than the valet, though. I really hate valet and there is no scenario in which I would rather not just park the car myself.
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