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nvmom
02-26-2005, 07:50 AM
It's my understanding that tipping isn't expected at the DLR with the exception being the nicer-sit down restaurants, of course. Is this accurate?

Also, do you tip your hotel maid? There was much discussion about this on another board. We never have... now I'm feeling bad... and call me dumb, but where do you leave the hotel maid's tip. Just laying in your room or what?

Coming from NV, we tip a lot here in casino land... but the hotel maid is new to me. Perhaps this is more necessary if you're staying at a hotel for several days, rather than a quick over night.

nvmom

Vault Disney
02-26-2005, 08:02 AM
I made envelopes that have characters on them and say, "FOR HOUSEKEEPING, THANK YOU." DH wanted me to put "Mousekeeping" but I told him we would have to stay on site for that... ;)

Cancer Norm
02-26-2005, 08:28 AM
I only tip for sit down service.
...about 20%.....only if the service is halfway
decent.Less (10-15% if unsatisfactoy .


For Hotel Maids, I tip about $2.00 dollars a night.
.....and I just put it on the bed

Maus
02-26-2005, 08:29 AM
Here's another recent thread on tipping.

Tips on tipping (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=36386&highlight=tipping)

My custom is to tip each day, whether I'm staying one or 10 nights, not at the end of my stay. Housekeeping staff changes each day so you may not have the same person each day. This way you acknowledge each one.

Pascomom
02-26-2005, 01:50 PM
Here's another recent thread on tipping.

Tips on tipping (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showthread.php?t=36386&highlight=tipping)

My custom is to tip each day, whether I'm staying one or 10 nights, not at the end of my stay. Housekeeping staff changes each day so you may not have the same person each day. This way you acknowledge each one.


Do you tip the CM for carrying bags and such. We are staying Conceirge at GC in April and are alrealy paying a lot. When is tip expected and when not?

Wendi
02-26-2005, 01:59 PM
Yes, tip the bellperson $1 per bag for bringing them up for you. You can tip the valet if they valet park your car. I agree that you should tip the housekeeping staff on a daily basis instead of at the end of your stay as well.

sdfilmcritic
02-26-2005, 02:41 PM
Don't forget to tip at Blue Bayou.

rentayenta
02-26-2005, 04:58 PM
I thought it was $5 per day for housekeeping and to make sure to tip daily, not at the end of the trip. The reason for this is that the maid who cleaned all week may not be the same one on check-out day.


We tip $1 per bag.

I Heart Disneyland!
02-26-2005, 05:06 PM
I usually tip a couple of bucks a day to housekeeping. $2-3. I think $5 is a lot, you are generous Renta!!! :)

PsychDoc
02-26-2005, 05:06 PM
Glad to see my fellow MPers aren't "cheap" and tip the hard working DL staff. It's so sad to see a big, messy party get up and leave nothing but dirty dishes. I once tipped our server at Ariels Gratto a little over 20%. She came over, practically in tears (I'm not exagerating) and thanked me "so much for [my] generous tip." I was floored. She was so sincere that I think I even left her another 5$. For the sit-downs (except for character buffets that include the tip in the price) I'll leave 18-21%. When we check-in with tons of kid and baby items (diapers, snacks, several bags) I usually give 10$. I prefer the bell/hotel staff at the Pier vs the DL Hotel, just seem more willing to help. I feel bad though that I've forgotten to tip the housekeeping staff. I'll make sure to do so when we go at Easter. Since I have 2 kids (one a toddler) I'll leave 5$ a day since the room is pretty trashed.

rentayenta
02-26-2005, 05:17 PM
I usually tip a couple of bucks a day to housekeeping. $2-3. I think $5 is a lot, you are generous Renta!!! :)


Here's my view on the tipping thing; a couple extra bucks won't effect my day either way, but it might someone else's :)


I forgot to add that I tipped the VP guy that was such a great help on our Christmas trip. They can't accept cash, so I got him a g.c. with an undisclosed amount so he wouldn't have to share it if he didn't want to.

I Heart Disneyland!
02-26-2005, 05:17 PM
Glad to see my fellow MPers aren't "cheap" and tip the hard working DL staff. It's so sad to see a big, messy party get up and leave nothing but dirty dishes. I once tipped our server at Ariels Gratto a little over 20%. She came over, practically in tears (I'm not exagerating) .

This is SO true! My daughter is a server and she said that some people are so cheap, they hardly tip her even when she's knocked herself out for them. She is shocked by people like you, who DO tip her more and she is so grateful. That's how these folks make a living, it sure isn't their hourly wage!

PsychDoc
02-26-2005, 05:20 PM
My sister was a server at Chevy's for many (too many) years. She'd come home and cry about having to "pay" to work. She has to tip out to the bussers and bartenders then take a cab home. Even if the service is "bad" I never leave less than 15%. Many things that make the service "bad" is really out of thier controll. How the food is cooked or in what order.

Drince88
02-26-2005, 05:57 PM
I usually tip a couple of bucks a day to housekeeping. $2-3. I think $5 is a lot, you are generous Renta!!! :)

I'd always heard about $1/person, so the number of people in the room would affect the tip as well.

SCUBAbe
02-26-2005, 07:04 PM
the tips on tipping says a chambermaid should receive 50 cents to 1 dollar a night.

I use to be a server also. Here in california they get min wage plus tips. So,. $6.75 per hour plus their tips. On a busy night ay Olive garden 9which is not the nicest place) I would aberage 15 to 20 dollars an hour in tips. At Blank angus on busy nighte I would average about $215.00 in tips. So, yeah the money is in the tips, but even with low tippers it' still averges out OK. I no longer do that type of work ...I don't have the patience to deal witht he public that the job requires..:)

adriennek
02-26-2005, 07:09 PM
I once tipped our server at Ariels Gratto a little over 20%. She came over, practically in tears (I'm not exagerating) and thanked me "so much for [my] generous tip." I was floored.

Tourists in Anaheim must be really cheap! My mom has always been a good tipper. She regularly leaves 20% (even when I've thought the service wasn't up to snuff!)

Last weekend she and her friends stayed at the Coast Hotel for a conference. On Thursday night they ate in the Hotel restaurant (the nicer one, not the diner.) She left what she thought was an "ok" tip. The server was good but she didn't think she left an 'outstanding' tip.

He came back to their table and thanked them profusely for the tip they left!! She was floored, too! I told her that Disneyland tourists must not tip well or something.

Adrienne

SCUBAbe
02-26-2005, 07:16 PM
He came back to their table and thanked them profusely for the tip they left!! She was floored, too! I told her that Disneyland tourists must not tip well or something.

Adrienne

it's not just Anaheim. A lot of people think 5 to 10 percent is a good tip to leave. Also, some people will only tip so much no matter how high the bill is. That amount is usally $5.00 and they like to hand it to you while telling you how great the service was. I always end up tipping to much...unless the service was awful then I just double the tax...:)

rentayenta
02-26-2005, 07:26 PM
Here in Utah the locals seem to confuse tipping and tithing. It's supposed to be 10% to their church and 20% to their server. It's usually the other way around :rolleyes:

I think it's great to give your church whatever you want, but please don't rip off your server/stylist/nail person/valet/housekeeping/maid etc. in the meantime.*






* you and your is the collective you and your and not anyone in particular :)

nvmom
02-26-2005, 07:59 PM
Well I'll be certain to tip housekeeping on this trip... other tip amounts seem pretty typical of what we're used to. We tip about 15% in a typical family style restaurant - more for excellent service (which we rarely get here in our small town.) I have no problem leaving 20%+ for a server that I think went above and beyond. We tip about $1.00 per bag at most hotels for bell service, somewhere between $2-5 for valet. Don't deal with taxi/cabs here much. Thanks for the info.

nvmom

adriennek
02-26-2005, 08:04 PM
it's not just Anaheim. A lot of people think 5 to 10 percent is a good tip to leave.

We regularly leave 20% and we haven't been thanked but since I heard these two stories, I have to wonder if Anaheim tourist areas are 'worse' than typical?

5-10% is just pathetic! Gosh, if I have HORRIBLE service, I'll tell Doc: Ok, we're "only" leaving 10%. I feel guilty leaving that little and hope they understand that it's because I was so dissatisfied. I guess not?

Adrienne

SCUBAbe
02-26-2005, 08:22 PM
We regularly leave 20% and we haven't been thanked but since I heard these two stories, I have to wonder if Anaheim tourist areas are 'worse' than typical?

5-10% is just pathetic! Gosh, if I have HORRIBLE service, I'll tell Doc: Ok, we're "only" leaving 10%. I feel guilty leaving that little and hope they understand that it's because I was so dissatisfied. I guess not?

Adrienne

yeah..people think thats a good tip. I've had people thank me for great service and tell my manger how wondeful it was and they have left a barely 10% tip. I once handed a tip back and told them to please keep it. they probably needed it more than I. (they had left $6.00 on a $150.00 check and they also were rude the entire time.) I got in trouble for that though. (I sometimes react before I think...thats why i don't do that job anymore...LOL..my face expressions also tell excatly what I'm thinking. So although I was using a nice tone and saying nice things my expression showed I was thinking that they were an idiot..LOL. I have yet to learn how to mask my expressions.)

The tipping guide says when you get bad service to leave a quarter. It shows you didn't forget to tip, but did not like the service.

adriennek
02-26-2005, 08:32 PM
yeah..people think thats a good tip. I've had people thank me for great service and tell my manger how wondeful it was and they have left a barely 10% tip.

How often do people compliment managers? Is it at all normal?

I think I do it 'often'. My theory is that managers always here complaints, I want them to know when the staff is doing it right.

I will admit this story: Usually I wait until the end of the meal to thank the managers but recently I did it in the middle of the meal for the first time. Now I don't compliment looking for handouts at all. AT ALL. I think once I got some coupons for free guacamole at Chipotle, but that's all I've ever gotten, so that's REALLY not my motivation! But I realized that our server was grateful that we said something and her already great service got even better after we complimented her! That was nice.

Adrienne

cstephens
02-26-2005, 09:56 PM
I've had people thank me for great service and tell my manger how wondeful it was and they have left a barely 10% tip.

We have a friend who's a server who refers to that as a "verbal tip", that often, the more they go on verbally about how great the service was and shake their hand, etc., the less monetary tip they leave.

I used to have disagreements with my parents about tipping all the time, as they tip very little, as seems customary. Finally, the solution we settled on is that whoever is paying gets to determine the tip, no hassles, no arguments. So whenever they pay, the waiters get much less.

SCUBAbe
02-26-2005, 10:16 PM
We have a friend who's a server who refers to that as a "verbal tip", that often, the more they go on verbally about how great the service was and shake their hand, etc., the less monetary tip they leave.


That is so true. I got to the point to where I would not even look at the tips. I just put them away and counted them all at the end of the shift. I had no idea who was leaving what and I really didn't care. I gave the same level of service to every table regardless....I'm so glad I don't do that job anymore..:)..I do miss the parttime shifts though and the weekdays off, but I love having all the holidays off now..:)

rentayenta
02-27-2005, 06:12 AM
I used to have disagreements with my parents about tipping all the time, as they tip very little, as seems customary. Finally, the solution we settled on is that whoever is paying gets to determine the tip, no hassles, no arguments. So whenever they pay, the waiters get much less.


We have the same agreement with my inlaws but I always leave extra $ after my inlaws leave the table :)