# How much do you tip the hotel maid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730 "2014-08-17T01:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/41 "2014-08-17T21:05:16Z")
No tip. They don’t do much that I have a great need for. I wouldn’t mind if they did not come into my room at all during 99.9 per cent of all my stays. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/42 "2014-08-17T21:41:55Z")
Generally I leave the “No Service” sign out during my stay. I won’t need extra towels unless I am there for more than a couple of days. Even then, I usually leave a $5 bill when I leave. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/43 "2014-08-17T21:50:47Z")
The hotels we stay at the most have really nice amenities, and we’ve found that tipping the housekeeping staff gets you lots of soap, shampoo, conditioner and sewing kits to take home at the end of your stay. I don’t think we’ve bought a bar of soap at the store in years. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/44 "2014-08-17T22:17:27Z")
I always leave $5 and a thank you note. every day, because you don’t always get the same person. Also, tipping at the end leaves you without the little extras they provide for a good customer. (Extra towels and shampoo, the better coffee, that sort of thing.) Often there are higher level extras that only go into the suites. . . and the rooms of those who tip. Unless they knock despite the DND sign, or stand outside talking loudly and wake me up. Then they get squat. I know they have a schedule, but I’m on vacation, dang it! I am trying to imagine what would be worth $50 per day, /Southern Belle Voice [and I’m sure I can’t think of a single thing.] \southern belle voice ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/45 "2014-08-18T00:28:04Z")
I tip $5 daily and leave it with a note written in English and Spanish along with any special requests. Usually I am only asking that they not leave the A/C on a super cold setting. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/46 "2014-08-18T00:43:09Z")
I stay in hotels a lot. I do not leave a tip. I tip for services, like if I ask for extra towels, then tip the person bringing them. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/47 "2014-08-18T00:53:29Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > I always leave $5 and a thank you note. every day, because you don’t always get the same person. Also, tipping at the end leaves you without the little extras they provide for a good customer. (Extra towels and shampoo, the better coffee, that sort of thing.) Often there are higher level extras that only go into the suites. . . and the rooms of those who tip. > > Unless they knock despite the DND sign, or stand outside talking loudly and wake me up. Then they get squat. I know they have a schedule, but I’m on vacation, dang it! > > I am trying to imagine what would be worth $50 per day, /Southern Belle Voice [and I’m sure I can’t think of a single thing.] \southern belle voice True story, about 25 years ago and freshly divorced I was staying at an all but abonedoned motel in an almost ghost town in the california desert. The desk clerk was the maid and the manager and the daughter of the owner. We struck up a frienship that led to a little bit more. I knew she was broke and that I would never see her again so I left her a nice tip as a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/48 "2014-08-18T01:50:45Z")
I think y’all have convinced me I should be tipping each day separately (I guess I always assumed they pool). ---
**Author:** ![CodeB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@CodeB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CodeB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/49 "2014-08-18T14:06:12Z")
I don’t think I ever do ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/50 "2014-08-18T14:15:22Z")
I’m surprised by the number of people that apparently have always done this. I’d never heard of it and it hadn’t occurred to me to do so. I do tip pretty good for everything else though so I’ll try and remember to include hotel maids as well. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/51 "2014-08-18T14:21:01Z")
We don’t stay in hotels often, and even when we do, they’re really cheapie ones. But yeah, a couple of dollars a day. However, I never thought to leave a note. I will in the future now and I hope they got their money in the past. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/52 "2014-08-18T14:22:05Z")
Usually a five for 1 nite, and a 20 for 3. Not dissimilar to tipping your room steward on a cruise, which you would always do. Wouldn’t you??? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/53 "2014-08-18T14:23:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s people like you what cause unrest. > > $3/night. $5 if we make a mess or have special requests. The First Rule of Life is Never, ever stiff the Hired Help. Wow…I run into alot of hired help throughout my day. Guess I need to carry alot more singles. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/54 "2014-08-18T14:32:32Z")
Only in the US, and $1 or $2 a day. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/55 "2014-08-18T17:36:47Z")
I’ve started tipping since I learned on the SDMB that I was supposed to, typically in the $3/night range. For those of you who say that tipping leads to better service, could you elaborate? I can’t figure out what sort of service one might get from hotel housekeeping. I’m intrigued. And for those who request no service, do you do that when you check in? Or just leave the do not disturb sign on your door the whole time? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/56 "2014-08-18T18:48:43Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Or do you even tip them? > > I usually leave 2 bucks a day, but was recently told that I should tip daily and then bigger at the end of my stay. > > What do you folks do? The reverse. I tip $1 per day as follows (5 day stay) $5, $4, $3, etc) It does lead to better service. You get more "stuff’ and if you stop and ask her often she’ll let you have as many sample sized bottles, etc as you need/want. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/57 "2014-08-18T19:19:27Z")
I tip because they make shit pay and have to clean up after me. If it would lead to more shampoos so be it but that wouldn’t be my main reason. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/58 "2014-08-18T19:32:42Z")
I tip $3/night plus whatever loose change I come home with at the end of the night. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/59 "2014-08-18T19:32:50Z")
Dollar a day, leave it on the pillow. That’s what my dad taught me. Of course it was forty years ago, so I should probably up the ante. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730/60 "2014-08-18T20:15:06Z")
About $5 a day, but sometimes I forget so I have to make it up at the end of the stay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730.md?page=4)