...Thank you for...The TIP?

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Suzie Q

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From time to time I receive tips, for which we are grateful. It isn't until the guests leave that we discover this. We customarily send them a "thank you," email along with a photo of themselves. I would like to thank them for the tip, but not be tacky about it. I've thanked them for "their kindness." Any other ideas? Thanks!
 
Don't thank people for tips (unless they hand it right to you). It's nice if you have a photo to send and just say thank you for staying with us.
 
An echo to Mort here. The tip is the 'thank you'. Leave it at that.
 
nothing should be done. do you think the hotel maid would send a thank you? no
if they hand to you in person, fine say thank you but thatis enough.
 
We got a $100 tip last week for one of our weddings. It's their way of thanking you, so end it there.
 
One summer week we were out straight with guests - A woman left a tip at checkout - well, various tip amounts with notes 'to housekeeping', 'innkeeper suggestions', 'staff' (not sure who that tip was for - and I was in the trenches with my two chambermaids flipping those rooms, plus trying to keep the place looking good, shopping, cooking and serving breakfast, laundry, baking snacks, cleaning, checking guests in and out, acting as activity director, etc) Two days later I got a phone message and an email telling me she had expected the common courtesy of a thank you and an acknowledgement of her generosity. I felt bad. We had eight rooms to turn over, one night stays for many of them, for two weeks+ Great for revenue, but I was exhausted. I am sure she had no idea how much of the actual physical labor I did there ... sometimes guests would not realize it was me in 'riot gear' scrubbing or sweeping or vacuuming.
And they would ask where the innkeeper was - having met me the day before checking them in and seen me that morning serving them breakfast. :)
 
One summer week we were out straight with guests - A woman left a tip at checkout - well, various tip amounts with notes 'to housekeeping', 'innkeeper suggestions', 'staff' (not sure who that tip was for - and I was in the trenches with my two chambermaids flipping those rooms, plus trying to keep the place looking good, shopping, cooking and serving breakfast, laundry, baking snacks, cleaning, checking guests in and out, acting as activity director, etc) Two days later I got a phone message and an email telling me she had expected the common courtesy of a thank you and an acknowledgement of her generosity. I felt bad. We had eight rooms to turn over, one night stays for many of them, for two weeks+ Great for revenue, but I was exhausted. I am sure she had no idea how much of the actual physical labor I did there ... sometimes guests would not realize it was me in 'riot gear' scrubbing or sweeping or vacuuming.
And they would ask where the innkeeper was - having met me the day before checking them in and seen me that morning serving them breakfast. :).
seashanty said:
One summer week we were out straight with guests - A woman left a tip at checkout - well, various tip amounts with notes 'to housekeeping', 'innkeeper suggestions', 'staff' (not sure who that tip was for - and I was in the trenches with my two chambermaids flipping those rooms, plus trying to keep the place looking good, shopping, cooking and serving breakfast, laundry, baking snacks, cleaning, checking guests in and out, acting as activity director, etc) Two days later I got a phone message and an email telling me she had expected the common courtesy of a thank you and an acknowledgement of her generosity. I felt bad. We had eight rooms to turn over, one night stays for many of them, for two weeks+ Great for revenue, but I was exhausted. I am sure she had no idea how much of the actual physical labor I did there ... sometimes guests would not realize it was me in 'riot gear' scrubbing or sweeping or vacuuming.
And they would ask where the innkeeper was - having met me the day before checking them in and seen me that morning serving them breakfast. :)
I think she was wrong. If she wanted acknowledgement of the tip she should have handed it directly to each person she wanted to thank. Did she expect each person to write to her?
I got $8 in tips today. I'm not thanking anyone. Except maybe the housekeeper who didn't show up for her shift. (I got $10 on Thursday when she also didn't show up.)
I thanked a guest once and it was embarrassing all around. Unless someone hands it to me all I do is thank them silently when I buy myself a drink. Gomez will ask, "Is this tip money buying dinner?" Then we toast the guests.
After five minutes I can't remember who left what anyway.
Tips were really good in June and are now back to nothing or a couple of dollars.
 
You put the money away and that's it. They are thanking you for what you did. That is enough. They don't want acknowledgement.
 
I don't thank them unless they hand it to me or they come back later that day (like they left their car at our place for the day.)
 
You don't expect a thank you when you travel and leave a tip, do you? What about at a restaurant, should the wait staff run after you to say TY, no. It is not expected.
When someone hands me a tip, I will thank them for it then. But not if left in the room.
 
You don't expect a thank you when you travel and leave a tip, do you? What about at a restaurant, should the wait staff run after you to say TY, no. It is not expected.
When someone hands me a tip, I will thank them for it then. But not if left in the room..
Copperhead said:
You don't expect a thank you when you travel and leave a tip, do you?
When we were vacationing in Wales a waitress came running after us as we left the restaurant, wanting to give us our change, which we'd intended for her to keep as a tip. We told her it was for her. She thanked us but acted like tips aren't something she's used to getting in Wales.

It pays to check on line for each country's tipping custom when traveling. In France the service is usually included in the overall bill (I think it's the law there) so we didn't tip there unless they did something unusual for us.
 
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