Mousekeeping Tipping

[goofygonewild]

I read on another forum that they would leave a tip envelope for Mousekeeping every morning when they leave. Is this common even in value resorts and what is an appropriate amount to leave. I am not up much on gratuity for services and would appreciate any suggestions on what other guests do. Thanks!!

[McLiberal8]

I usually leave $2 a day at Pop. I love the mouskeeping there - they will make fun towel animals and set up scenes with your other souvenirs

[nfrustaci]

i usually leave a $1 a day per person in our room. we also decorate the envelope with disney stickers and a disney thankyou card, i get them from the local party store usually out of the discounted - discontinued bins.... around a dollar for a pack of 8 - 10 cards. i also address the card to mouskeeping and a personal handwritten note saying thank you so much for keeping our room clean. and i sign it The Frustaci Family. not sure if that makes a difference but it made me feel good. we have a 2 year old and they always arranged our sons toys on the bed for him. we got towel animals 3 times in 8 days. we stayed pop century on our last visit.

[Jillirose]

Check out info central information on money and tipping at Disney. There was also another chat on this theme that you can also check out.

Personally, tipping mousekeeping was part of the magic. It felt good to express gratitude to them for their hard work. We organized it ahead of time like others mentioned and put the money in envelopes. My kids were in charge of leaving the tips. We left a buck per person, per day.

[gardenia]

Most people don't tip housekeeping because it's not a tipped position at WDW, <snip>

[eam]

to Intercot!! We generally tip the day we leave, but never a set amount. Have fun!

[DizneyRox]

Dean Wormer's response when asked about house cleaning tipping at WDW: Zero point zero...

In the 15 plus years of frequenting WDW and 40+ someodd trips that's exactly what I have left. Never had a problem with them not performing their jobs, never had anything go missing on me, nothing.

[brownie]

Welcome to INTERCOT!

We'll leave a tip of $1 per person in the room each day.

We generally tip the day we leave, but never a set amount. Have fun!

You might have different housekeepers each day. I like to tip each day to try to make sure I get all the people who take care of our room.

[gauvin4]

We always leave $1 per person per day in a disney decorated envelope just like some of the other posters. Mousekeeping may not be a tipped position, but in high school I worked as a housekeeper and not only is it hard work, the job doesn't pay well either. I know what the job entails and I tip no matter what when I stay in ANY hotel.

[mouseketeer mom]

I respect Mousekeeping and we tip daily. We make mousekeeping envelopes before we leave. My kids decorate them with Disney themes, and we leave $5.00/day when we leave in the am. There are five in my family. Staying club level, we also leave envelopes in the evening with 2 bucks in them for the turndown mousekeepers in the evening.

[sorcerer fan]

we always tip $5 a day and we get envelopes on line for disney mousekeeping. they have them for all yearly occations. we leave the envelope on the sink every morning when we leave for the parks. if you wait till the end of your trip to tip you probably won't be tipping the person who's been in your room all week, as they rotate their days off.

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

We leave $1 per day per person

[dbright]

We always tip...on our last visit each of my twin granddaughters suffered a stomach bug...on different days. At least one comforter had to be changed for each bout and the mousekeeper, a very nice gentleman, happily responded! When we were able to get them out of the room, we returned to a toy for each girl on the days they were sick. We got towel animals every day of that visit and they'd would frequently rearrange the kids toys. It was a lot of fun and his cheerful smile and well wishes for the girls made a potentially bad situation bearable. I tipped VERY well that trip, but I typically leave the tip at the end of the stay. In my experience we had the same mousekeeper the whole time.

[BrerGnat]

Tipping is a very personal thing. I do it because I appreciate anyone who does a job that I would not do. I'm happy that while on vacation, I don't have to be responsible for cleaning a bathroom, doing linen changes/laundry, vacuuming, etc. My tipping is an expression of my gratitude to those who work for a very low (in my opinion) hourly wage.

Some things to keep in mind if you decide to tip:

1. You may not have the same housekeeper every day, so it is appropriate to leave a daily tip, before you leave the room in the morning.

2. Leave the tip on your pillow on the bed. A nice simple note of "Thanks!" along with the money assures the housekeeper that the money is for her/him.

3. A good rule of thumb is, $1 per person in the room, per day.

4. The housekeepers at WDW *sometimes* make cute towel animals and arrange your children's toys, but this is NOT to be expected. Tipping should not be done in order to expect this special service. Not all housekeepers know how (or have time) to do these fun things. If your housekeeper does fun things, consider it a "magical moment".

5. The housekeepers at ALL levels of resorts are paid on the same pay scale, so the services at the Value resorts should be the same as those at the Deluxe resorts. Ideally.

[AllDisney]

We tip $1 per person per day. This way we are tipping the person who actually was there for the day.

[kemps@wdw]

it's not that mousekeeping won't do their job and do it well, but tipping daily will make them feel more appreciated. These are hardworking people with families to support also, so any extra is welcome. And common sense will tell you that anyone that feels and is told often how much they're appreciated will obviously respond to the praise. I LOVE coming back to a cool, clean room, and the wonderful little towel animals they make. $5 daily for our tip, in an envelope with our mousekeeper's name on it. Rarely, have we been disappointed.

[Pop Centurion]

We tip $2 per day.

[JPL]

I usually tip dailly around $2-$3 per day. I just find it the right thing to do since I know how poorly they are paid for their hard work.

[WDWdreamer87]

If you really enjoy the service the housekeeper provided, also leave a note thanking them. These notes can be put on their record card, which in turn shows their hard work to the superiors. I've kept all my little "thank you notes" from guests since I started working at ASMu.

[Ramblingman]

We have always left $1 per person per day, and we have always tipped daily because of housekeeper rotation.

The last few times we have decorated the envelopes with stickers. My daughter has them all prepped for our trip.

This year we are adding a little special treat. Each envelope will also have a $1 lottery scratcher ticket with the money.

I hope one of them hits a big payday.