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#Post#: 54909--------------------------------------------------
Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Victoria Date: July 23, 2020, 10:09 pm
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I've been in an "extended stay" type hotel for the past week and
a half, and I'm leaving the day after tomorrow. I haven't had
housekeeping and have tidied the place up myself while I've been
here. I want to leave a tip on the last day but I'm unsure how
much would be appropriate, and all of the comments I can find
online are from people who have housekeeping come and go a few
times during their stay (so pretty much like a normal hotel).
Does anyone have any thoughts/perspective?
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Isisnin Date: July 24, 2020, 12:04 am
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Thinking it through, tipping hotel housekeeping is usually each
day for cleaning each day ($2-$5 per day generally). So clean
once, tip once. But in your case they didn't clean each day for
all of your 10ish day stay (which would be minimum $20 tip).
They are only going to clean once after you leave.
$20 would be high. I'd consider $5 to $10 depending on how
cleaned up you leave it (e.g. tissues/paper left on the
counters/dressers vs in the waste basket). I'd lean towards $5.
Especially since the staff probably appreciated having less work
each day since they didn't have to clean your room.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: gramma dishes Date: July 24, 2020, 8:09 am
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I agree with Isisnin. This is honestly more like living in an
apartment for a short time than being in a hotel. I'm not sure
I'd even tip at all. Having housekeeping clean the room(s)
after you've left is just a part of doing business for them. If
she ever came during your stay, I'd tip a couple of dollars for
each time, but like Isisnin, I'd stick to something more in the
$5 range, at least no more than $10 if I'm interpreting your
description of the arrangement correctly.
#Post#: 54935--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: oogyda Date: July 24, 2020, 8:53 am
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Tipping is typically done for a service that is provided to you.
In a hotel, that generally means wiping down the bathroom,
vacuuming, clean linens/towels, trash removal, etc. If there
was no service provide to you, you don't have to tip. I've
never tipped for a single night's stay.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Victoria Date: July 24, 2020, 9:54 am
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[quote author=oogyda link=topic=1792.msg54935#msg54935
date=1595598823]
Tipping is typically done for a service that is provided to you.
In a hotel, that generally means wiping down the bathroom,
vacuuming, clean linens/towels, trash removal, etc. If there
was no service provide to you, you don't have to tip. I've
never tipped for a single night's stay.
[/quote]
I guess I personally still consider it a service to clean up
after me, even if I won’t be there to see it, so I’d like to
leave something even if it’s more of a token amount-I can
understand your perspective though.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Hmmm Date: July 24, 2020, 12:09 pm
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Since you've had no service for your stay, I'd tip for a single
night. So for me that would be around $5.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: LeslieF Date: July 24, 2020, 5:29 pm
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If you can afford it, be generous. The person cleaning your
room has has less work in the past several months and could
probably really use the money.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Morticia Date: July 26, 2020, 12:30 pm
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I googled it, and the consensus seemed to be to tip 50-100% over
what you would normally tip at a regular daily service hotel for
a night. This accounts for the fact that they are only cleaning
once, but they are presumably doing more work after an entire
week.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: kglory Date: July 26, 2020, 8:35 pm
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I agree with SecretSauce. If it wouldn't be a hardship for you,
tipping $5 or $10 more than you planned might be a small amount
to you but a meaningful amount to the person cleaning.
While it's true they didn't clean up during your stay, they may
spend more time cleaning after a full week and a half than after
one night, so I feel like that extra $5 would be a kindness and
also well earned.
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Re: Tipping at an extended stay hotel
By: Shores Date: July 27, 2020, 9:14 am
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I do not tip at hotels at all, housekeeping is included in the
price of the room. Tipping culture has gotten out of control.
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