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[Alesia]

I'm not sure how much mousekeeping makes, but I'm sure it's under $7.25. However I could be wrong and am just going out on a limb for this one.

No, housekeeping staff makes at least minimum wage. It is not considered a tipped position (by Disney or anyone else) but you are welcome to tip them if you wish.

 

[tiggerplus5]

can I highjack this thread and ask a question about magical express luggage delivery? You are supposed to tip a bell hop for helping with luggage but if we are not in the room when the luggage arrives, how do we tip them?

 

[Alesia]

can I highjack this thread and ask a question about magical express luggage delivery? You are supposed to tip a bell hop for helping with luggage but if we are not in the room when the luggage arrives, how do we tip them?

When you use ME luggage delivery, Disney pays the tip.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

When you use ME luggage delivery, Disney pays the tip.
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I am not sure that is correct..I remember a signon the ME, a few times

*Tips welcome for great service*

AKK

 

[Alesia]

I am not sure that is correct..I remember a signon the ME, a few times

*Tips welcome for great service*

AKK

That's a different situation. That sign pertains to tipping the driver, which you should do if you have luggage below the bus.

Disney pays the tip if you use the luggage deliver service.

 

[AlyJoy716]

I guess I don't understand why I should be paying someone extra for doing their job. Like I stated in the original post, I understand tipping at a restaurant because you are paying for the food, not necessarily the service. Even a bell hop is understandable, because it's not something that you necessarily need, but a nice extra. You tip because you aren't being inconvenienced with having to take your luggage to your room. Understandable.
However why should I tip my hairdresser? I'm paying her to do my hair. Housekeeping? I'm paying to stay at the hotel, and housekeeping is part of the service of staying a hotel. Why should I pay someone extra to stay out of my stuff and do their job with excellence, tip or not? I even have a problem with tipping the guy who gets my suitcase off of the ME. It's his job!! Don't get me wrong, I tip most of these places because I don't want to look like the cheapskate, but good grief. I don't understand it all. The more we tip, the more people are going to expect it. Since when did we move away from the attitude that we should do our job and stay out of people's belongings without expecting anything extra?

As far as the minimum wage issue is concerned, I was a server at one time in my life, and we made $3.12/hour. We had to turn in our tip amounts at the end of the night, and if we weren't making minimum wage at the end of the pay period, the restaurant had to make that up. It's against the law for people to make less than minimum wage, therefore, if a server isn't getting minimum wage with their tips, the restaurant has to compensate for that. Restaurant servers are the only positions I have ever heard of that don't get paid minimum wage.

PS-It's good to know that Disney doesn't encourage people to tip Mousekeeping, so if you do it, it's out of the goodness of your heart and not because you feel like you have to.

 

[DVCGeek]

I don't recall ever seeing a tip envelope in a hotel room. I've started trying to tip Mousekeeping $5 (in an envelope I bring from home) on T&T day + checkout day in DVC rooms (studios). I generally give $5 to Bell Services IF I use them, same for the ME & airport shuttle drivers + ME airline checkin desk (I don't think any of the ME folks are Disney employees but rather subcontractors) if they handle my luggage. I usually tip 20% off the total bill w/ tax and tip in restaurants. I have trouble deciding how to tip at buffets, especially more expensive ones, but more often than not still do 20% out of habbit and so I don't feel cheep. I generally do NOT tip for take out and rarely put anything in the tip jars I see everywhere. I typically tip $1 or $2 for the first pizza and then another $1 for each additional one if I get delivery, and on the rare occasions I take a taxi I try and give a 15% or so, rounded up, tip. Dunno' if I'm cheap or not, but in general I agree that if something isn't considered a tipped position by government wage standards it is annoying that they expect tips for NORMAL service!

 

[SGMCO]

I remember our 1st Disney onsite trip a few years ago, we took ME for the 1st time and I was in shock at the driver of the ME, he kept plugging away about if we apperciated the service we would show it by tipping (in so many words-that it made you feel bad if you didn't tip this guy when you got off the bus)
He stood at the bottom of the steps with his hand out (I thought that was just rude).

But we have since traveled to disney using ME and none of the other drivers did this and I didn't mind giving them a tip (or not giving) it was up to me.

I don't mind tipping the mousekeepers--I know that they have a very low paying job and I appreciate their hard work--I plan before leaving on leaving tips everyday in premade envelopes (pre-stuffed)with thank you on them ready to leave as we exit the room.

Whenever we go out to eat where we live it is expected to leave a tip for
our server (10% OK service, 15% better service, 20% excellent service).

 

[Piglet843]

I dont think its an age thing - as much as a where you are from (figuratively and literally speaking).
I'm from a small town - tipping was only for the restaurants. Everyone made minimum wage or maybe a little more.
I'm also from a poor family - we never stayed at a hotel nicer than the Days Inn or similar. No tipping there - could barely afford the stay....
So it wasn't until I came on these boards that I starting learning about all the people I encounter in my life that I'm supposed to be tipping.
My first trip to WDW was with my DH (boyfriend at the time) and was before my learning experience on these boards.
We didn't leave mousekeeping... and we got just fine service.
The last 3 times we've went - I have left mousekeeping envelopes with very comparable tips and we have had similar (but not Better) service.
In 4 trips to WDW I've not once had a towel animal or anything special or out of the way from Mousekeeping.
Just my 2 cents...

 

[Disfamily0405]

Well I am only 28 so I didn't actually pay attention to if my parents tipped housekeeping or not growing up but I was always told that you tip for jobs that are under minimum wage (such as waitresses/waiters) or if someone does an exceptional job. This is where it gets tricky.. According to Disney's own site Housekeepers start at $8.25/hr, that is above minimum wage ( http://disney.go.com/disneycareers/wdwcareers/hourly/housekeeping.html ), and if they do excellent service, well by the time you notice the service was excellent it is too late to tip the actually person who did the excellent service because not everyone cleans the same rooms every night. I guess it comes down to how you were taught and/or how generous you feel.

 

[bennynick18]

I think most people miss the point of tipping. Tipping is based off of service. Even a restaurant server, you aren't tipping based on the food, you are tipping based on the service. The server could do everything right, go above and beyond the call of duty, but if the cook keeps messing up, is it the server's fault? No, he/she did everything they could to give you great service.

The problem is not with who should receive tips, because in my humble, but accurate opinion, it is your discretion to tip whoever you want, in whatever profession you want. The problem is the people who expect tips. Tips are a bonus to anyone working.

Maybe people should try tipping on what they feel and what their heart says instead of service. Who knows, maybe your waitress just found out earlier today that a family member passed away, and unfortunately, their boss is the heartless one and made them work or get fired as it wasn't an immediate family member. So she may not seem into her job that day, maybe a tip of 50%, although not much, would make her realize there are still people who care in this world.

Whatever you sow, so shall you reap.

 

[SarRoc1020]

I think most people miss the point of tipping. Tipping is based off of service. Even a restaurant server, you aren't tipping based on the food, you are tipping based on the service. The server could do everything right, go above and beyond the call of duty, but if the cook keeps messing up, is it the server's fault? No, he/she did everything they could to give you great service.

The problem is not with who should receive tips, because in my humble, but accurate opinion, it is your discretion to tip whoever you want, in whatever profession you want. The problem is the people who expect tips. Tips are a bonus to anyone working.

Maybe people should try tipping on what they feel and what their heart says instead of service. Who knows, maybe your waitress just found out earlier today that a family member passed away, and unfortunately, their boss is the heartless one and made them work or get fired as it wasn't an immediate family member. So she may not seem into her job that day, maybe a tip of 50%, although not much, would make her realize there are still people who care in this world.

Whatever you sow, so shall you reap.

Agreed! I was, shall we say, disappointed when we used the Airline Check-In service at AKL last December and the woman at the desk "reminded" us 3 or 4 times to "take care" of the CM handling our luggage...and he hadn't even taken our bags yet!

 

[Anthony1971]

Here in NY some of the Bagel carts have tip jars

 

[Gina]

I think it has gotten *way* out of hand. Am I tipping a taxi driver for not crashing us into a tree? The server for simply gracing me with his presence and not spitting in my food? I understand that some jobs pay below minimum wage... but it's not like that's a secret they don't find out until after they're working there. Why should I subsidize someone else's job choice?

If someone goes above and beyond what their job entails, then that is a whole other matter... But as others have said, tipping is expected now, regardless of level of service. I've heard of people being chased down in restaurant parking lots by the waiter/waitress because they didn't receive a "big enough" tip!!

 

[gr8mommy]

I think tip jars at drive-thru windows, coffee shops, etc. started because so many people getting just a few coins back would tell the cashier/barista to 'keep the change'. If management sees you putting cash in your pocket, it wouldn't be good. so, the 'tip' jar was born.

I tip based on the quality of the service performed and whether or not I pay extra for the delivery of the service.

If there is a housekeeping fee, I don't tip. So, renting a condo and pay for the service? No. A hotel for 2 or more nights? Yes.

If there is a delivery charge, I don't tip. When I order takeout, if the food is delivered in a private car, I tip. If I order groceries or furniture and pay for delivery, I don't.

When I take my girls to get their hair cut, I tip the stylist. When I see the owner of the salon for my own hair, I don't.

 

[Lori1960]

When ever I go to Disney I stay at Shades of Green and I never had tipped before until I went in May 2008 because of reading on this board that you should tip housekeeping.When I went to Disney in May 2008 Shades of Green had a paper left on the nightstand the housekeepers name so I guess I was supose to tip so I did.I left $5.Some people say that if service is not good at restrurant than they wont leave a tip.Thats what you are supose to do,if service is bad your supose to leave a few coins.If you dont leave a tip cause service is bad than the seriver wil think that you just forgot to leave a tip.I also give the person that cuts my hair a tip.

 

[dlbooth]

Those that tip mousekeeping.. do you tip daily or at the end of your stay? Also how much should you do per day or at the end of the week?

 

[noahdove]

For my mousekeeping envelopes I use the designs from the design board down here on this disboard..great designs...free tooI leave an envelope every day as the mousekeeper may not be the same one. I like adding a little magic when I go to Disney, and for me, giving magic is just so much fun

 

[LovesHerTaurus]

I think it has gotten *way* out of hand. Am I tipping a taxi driver for not crashing us into a tree? The server for simply gracing me with his presence and not spitting in my food? I understand that some jobs pay below minimum wage... but it's not like that's a secret they don't find out until after they're working there. Why should I subsidize someone else's job choice?

If someone goes above and beyond what their job entails, then that is a whole other matter... But as others have said, tipping is expected now, regardless of level of service. I've heard of people being chased down in restaurant parking lots by the waiter/waitress because they didn't receive a "big enough" tip!!

Exactly what I think. Tipping should be for excellent service in my opinion. Not for doing your job. My fiance (aka taxi man) drives people with a totally positive attitude and is always friendly. He carries in your groceries, stops at the bank and stops the meter for you, will take you through a drive thru, will even call ahead to a hotel if you are from out of town to see if there is a room free for you to check into. That is a high level of service with a smile and deserves a tip. Going above and beyond. The driver who is too lazy to even help you get your groceries out of the back - no tip. He did his job, nothing more. I've skipped the tip at many restaurants. If there is a food problem, you send it back. If there is a big service problem? No tip for you.

If ever got questioned on it I wouldn't be shy about explaining why, including inviting a manager over. I would also tip a lot less at a buffet, but that is just me.

 

[book_junkie]

We tip housekeeping because even though we're relatively neat (tidy) people, I think that the person picking up wet towels and cleaning the room after others deserves it- and the wage that they get is not a living wage any housekeepers get (whether Disney or not) is not a living wage...