Do you leave a buck for the hotel maid?

[Long-Gonner]

my understanding for tipping hotel staff is reserved for extended stays. One overnight stay would not require a tip, but if you were a business traveler who spends a week in the same hotel then a tip would be proper. As an FO I only tip if the van takes me someplace besides to or from the airport on special request.

 

[FSB99]

i only tip the van driver if he deserves a tip, and if i've got a buck in my wallet.. the chances of those two events happening concurrently are slim. when they do, though, i'm compelled to.
tip the hotel maid? are you kidding me? i may not drop a MESA in the toilet tank, but, then again, i don't clean the room before leaving it. my wife yells at me at home if i don't tidy the place up.. hotels are my chance to be a slob again.

what really gets under my skin is Starbucks........ a tip jar at the counter? please.

 

[NYRANGERS]

I have always tipped the van drivers. Maybe some of them did make more money than I did as a regional f/o. So what. It's two dollars (some tip more) a night, and his job sucks.

A fellow furloughedfriend of mine got a job driving for a van service. He was paid around $5 (maybe less) an hour.....needless to say tips were the only way to make ends meet. He had to quit................must have had most of you guys on his van.

It's bad enough there are so many dorks in aviation......no need to be cheap as well.

 

[zonker]

I have always tipped the van drivers. Maybe some of them did make more money than I did as a regional f/o. So what. It's two dollars (some tip more) a night, and his job sucks.

A fellow furloughedfriend of mine got a job driving for a van service. He was paid around $5 (maybe less) an hour.....needless to say tips were the only way to make ends meet. He had to quit................must have had most of you guys on his van.

It's bad enough there are so many dorks in aviation......no need to be cheap as well.

Totally agree.

I leave money for the maids if I've been there for an extended period of time (training) and they've done a nice job. I also leave a couple of bucks if I have to work on a major holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving. Holiday Cheer, you know...some aren't as fortunate as I am.

 

[davessn763]

I leave my used porn under the bed and check to see if its still there when I come back to that room, then I know if the sheets are "clean" or not.

 

[Q200_FO]

I have always tipped the van drivers. Maybe some of them did make more money than I did as a regional f/o. So what. It's two dollars (some tip more) a night, and his job sucks.

A fellow furloughedfriend of mine got a job driving for a van service. He was paid around $5 (maybe less) an hour.....needless to say tips were the only way to make ends meet. He had to quit................must have had most of you guys on his van.

It's bad enough there are so many dorks in aviation......no need to be cheap as well.

That't the difference between me and you.. I think long term instead of just 2 or 3 bucks today. I'll keep my $20,000 when I retire, thanks.

 

[SpocksBeard]

At 17,000 a year and a furlough at the end of the month, I don't tip anybody period.

 

[Wankel7]

I don't think I stay in a hotel long enough to tip a housekeeper. However, if the room is less than clean when I check in, I pour some baby powder on the floor before I leave (forces them to vacuum) and throw all the sheets in the shower (hard to put dirty sheets back on the bed when they're wet.)

OMG, that is funny!