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Arks

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I have 2 part-time housekeepers. They are fighting over who gets a tip left in the room. One cleaned the room yesterday morning. The other one cleaned the room today, after last night's guest left. She found a $20 tip left by last night's guest. But it's not what you think.
The one who found the tip and cleaned the room today says it should go to yesterday's housekeeper, that it's a thank you tip for the room being left so clean yesterday.
The other won't take it, says it was left for the one who has to clean up the room today.
So I guess I need to set a policy on this, for in the future. Personally, when I leave a tip, it's for the one who has to clean up after me. If I arrive and the room's clean, that's just as expected and I'm not tipping the one who cleaned it before I arrived. I clean it for the one who has to clean up after ME.
But what do you think?
 
I disagree with you and I didn't know anyone thought it that way, interesting.
It is always from the one who made it nice and clean for you. Not future guests.
now if there was freshening involved, diff story.
 
I just had this conversation this morning. We got a small tip today which is in the middle of their 2 night stay. I told DH that we should save it for our housekeeper who cleaned the room initially and he thinks it's for the person who refreshes.
Do they work approximately the same amount of days? Maybe split the tips at the end of the month.
 
The tip goes to the one cleaning the room today. It should all even out in the end. Unless one person never gets to clean on the super busy days so rarely sees a tip.
Or, one person does a really crappy job on her days knowing she'll reap the tips from the good cleaner.
 
Both. Why not split it?
And what a nice couple of women!
The tip is for the person who took care of the room, but also for the person who cleans up after the guest left. That's what I think when I leave one.
 
The tip goes to the one cleaning the room today. It should all even out in the end. Unless one person never gets to clean on the super busy days so rarely sees a tip.
Or, one person does a really crappy job on her days knowing she'll reap the tips from the good cleaner..
Morticia said:
The tip goes to the one cleaning the room today. It should all even out in the end. Unless one person never gets to clean on the super busy days so rarely sees a tip.
Or, one person does a really crappy job on her days knowing she'll reap the tips from the good cleaner.
if all things worked the same.
or Arks can just allocate the tip to whomever he wants, haha
did one strip room and clean and then make it up? That is for pay, not tips. Very complicated this business isnt it!
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Both. Why not split it?
And what a nice couple of women!
The tip is for the person who took care of the room, but also for the person who cleans up after the guest left. That's what I think when I leave one..
TheBeachHouse said:
Both. Why not split it?
And what a nice couple of women!
The tip is for the person who took care of the room, but also for the person who cleans up after the guest left. That's what I think when I leave one.
really, interesting again.
i have never considered this.
 
One maid and I do ---On a multi night stay we keep track of who did what and it is divided by percentage with a redo is a 2 and a fluff is an one.
With the other one and I, its divided 50/50-- Since this one is a better worker!
 
See we split it as a percentage of say we had a £6 tip over a 3 day stay each day was someone different so got £2 each.
 
Split. If they cleaned the room the day before and cleaned after them, it's 100%, otherwise it's a split between the two, since one prepared the room and the other cleaned after them.
 
That's a new one for me ... neither one claims the tip?! It's refreshing actually. I always leave a tip for the person cleaning up after me.
I had more trouble with chambermaids fussing over the other taking 'her' tips or not sharing the tips. I refused to arbitrate tip disputes because I did not want to report tips, estimate tips or have them taxed on tips that might not have materialized. I paid them very, very well and told them not to expect or depend on tips (but of course they did) :)
If no one claims it, I'd put it in a coffee mug for when tips are low and someone needs it. Or buy pizza!
 
I disagree with you and I didn't know anyone thought it that way, interesting.
It is always from the one who made it nice and clean for you. Not future guests.
now if there was freshening involved, diff story..
JBloggs said:
It is always from the one who made it nice and clean for you. Not future guests.
I agree. A tip is always paid AFTER the fact. They enjoyed the room that was cleaned, they left a tip for that person. But splitting it is an easy answer. Heck, if neither one of them wants it, I'll take it!
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That's a new one for me ... neither one claims the tip?! It's refreshing actually. I always leave a tip for the person cleaning up after me.
I had more trouble with chambermaids fussing over the other taking 'her' tips or not sharing the tips. I refused to arbitrate tip disputes because I did not want to report tips, estimate tips or have them taxed on tips that might not have materialized. I paid them very, very well and told them not to expect or depend on tips (but of course they did) :)
If no one claims it, I'd put it in a coffee mug for when tips are low and someone needs it. Or buy pizza!.
We just had a call for someone answering our ad for a housekeeper. She has experience at a hotel. She quit because the maintenance guy was going into each room and taking the tips before the housekeepers got there to clean. Housekeepers at hotels here are making $8.50/hour. Those tips mean A LOT!
 
How is it possible that they are earning 8.50 an hour in 2016 when eight years ago I had to pay 16 and it was hard to keep them! I figured it was my isolated location. It was a long drive out to end of the peninsula to me and they didn't want to do it.
 
How is it possible that they are earning 8.50 an hour in 2016 when eight years ago I had to pay 16 and it was hard to keep them! I figured it was my isolated location. It was a long drive out to end of the peninsula to me and they didn't want to do it..
That's it exactly - your location. There are 800 hotel rooms in town and it's easy access to lots of towns.
We're paying $12 and it was like pulling teeth to get anyone to apply! Another inn is paying $9 and the person does everything - 9 rooms + bathrooms, all the laundry, all the common spaces.
I have no idea how they found TWO people when we struggled to find one!
 
Wow! The bottom line would have been so much better ... I sometimes think I should've found a way to provide accomodations maybe but I didn't want to be responsible for young single girls who partied hard in their off time. I did meet a lovely woman on a cruise ship who worked so hard. She and her husband. I would've hired them in a minute!
 
Wow! The bottom line would have been so much better ... I sometimes think I should've found a way to provide accomodations maybe but I didn't want to be responsible for young single girls who partied hard in their off time. I did meet a lovely woman on a cruise ship who worked so hard. She and her husband. I would've hired them in a minute!.
It was suggested to us that we block one room and get a j-1 visa kid for the summer. Like you I don't want someone living here. Where do they eat? Do laundry? Entertain friends?
And, if I block one room I don't need help! It's the one extra room that kills us.
Back to the topic - I've told both housekeepers not to expect tips. They are few and far between. But they go to the person cleaning the day the tip is left unless the guests say otherwise.
Unless I'm cleaning. Then they go to the hired housekeeper.
 
Splitting it. King Solomon would be proud.
 
Splitting it. King Solomon would be proud..
Arks said:
Splitting it. King Solomon would be proud.
I was just thinking that after reading my morning devotions.
Here is a crazy and far out idea, if you have a tip envelope put their name on it. One thing that happens is a) they will get more tips, b) guests realize it is a real person and be cognisant someone did clean, freshen or makeup their room, and c) solve the problem.
Before tip envelopes it was rare for housekeepers here to receive a tip. After, if they saw the housekeeper, then even more tips. If cheap, this would prompt them to say "we don't need our room serviced today" and as my daughter's friend in the 9th grade said as she was helping strip rooms one day after spending the night "Sheesh do you think it would kill them to leave a couple bucks?!"
Five minutes here helping and she 'got it'
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