# Do you tip hotel maids?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-hotel-maids/105632>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 25, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-hotel-maids/105632 "2002-04-25T21:13:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tip-hotel-maids/105632/21 "2002-04-27T16:14:09Z")

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> If you tip a lump sum at the end of the trip, as some posters do (which would be easier), do the maids have a mechanism to pool the tips and split it up later, or does the maid who cleans your room the last day just get the whole tip?

Maybe this depends on company policy, like at restaurants. I don’t know what happens to my tip at a restaurant when the shift changes after I’ve been served.

I prefer leaving a lump sum tip at hotels to avoid confusion about whether the money out was just left by mistake or whether it’s a tip. I guess I tip hotel maids because my mom was once a motel maid when I was a kid. I also tip at restaurants because I’ve been a waitress (briefly 😉 ) & know how hard that job is.

I tip less at extended stay hotels where there is limited housecleaning. They do full cleaning once a week, & “freshen ups” a couple of other times a week. I’m also like \*\* throatshot \*\* in that I’m a neat freak at hotels. I don’t even leave toiletries out.

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