# Do Hotel Housekeeping Staff Pool Tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hotel-housekeeping-staff-pool-tips/800112 "2017-10-29T02:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hotel-housekeeping-staff-pool-tips/800112/1 "2017-10-29T02:17:50Z")
I’m staying in a hotel for 10 days and I was planning on just leaving a very nice tip the last day, but now I’m wondering if I’m rewarding the one person who may have cleaned my room that day and screwing everyone else. Yes, I know it likely varies, but is there a common practice? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hotel-housekeeping-staff-pool-tips/800112/2 "2017-10-29T02:27:38Z")
I tip every day. Even if they pool, the people who cleaned your room the first two days might not be there on the last day. I suspect the don’t pool, because my experience interpreting for people training for hotel work suggests that tipping is not terribly common. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-hotel-housekeeping-staff-pool-tips/800112/3 "2017-10-29T05:08:14Z")
Human nature, being what it is, all but guarantees, they most certainly do NOT pool in the situation given by the OP.