Hotel tipping standards are mandatory in the sense that hotel attendants assume you can afford to tip the services your are being provided on a daily basis. The work done by hotel attendants is no less in clean affordable hotels than it is in boutique hotels or luxury hotels. Still, appropriate tipping is always a personal decision.
No need to look for a place to park. The valet parking attendant is responsible for parking your car, retrieving your car and providing you with a valet parking receipt. Valet tipping conveys your appreciation for the luxury of the service provided by experienced and skilled attendants.
Tipping the valet $1 or $2 on top of the parking fee for parking or for returning your car is considered appropriate tipping and within usual hotel tipping standards.
The tip is given when your car is returned. You are not required to tip for parking your vehicle, but your are for returning it.
When using the parking attendant services, you might consider tipping the valet when s/he takes your car. It provides him or her with an incentive to take extra care. However, tipping the valet is still required when s/he returns it.
The valet parking attendant holds all the keys and is able to move cars around when needed. If you think you may have to leave in a rush, than tipping the valet parking attendant upon arrival becomes mandatory. Valet tipping is still required when the valet parking attendant retrieves your car and brings it to you. Remember to ask that your car be placed where it can be retrieved quickly when you arrive.
Lobby attendants assist you with your luggage and bring them to your room. Tipping amounts are $1 to $2 per bag or $5 to $10 for bringing all your luggage from your car or from the front desk to your room.
Your tip is given when the lobby attendant has shown you your room. Tipping amounts are similar upon checkout except when your luggage is out of the ordinary or when it must be retrieved from storage.
Desk clerks take your reservations and confirm your bookings. They register your room, assign your living quarters and issue your room keys.
They also receive and transmit your messages, keep records of your account and collect your payment when you depart.
A tip is always appreciated, especially if the desk clerk surpassed your expectations. However, good service and a courteous attitude still go together and tipping lobby attendants is not always necessary.
Doormen create a welcoming environment for hotel guests and facilitate your arrival and your departure. They greet you, carry your bags into the hotel, open doors and hail taxis.
If he or she just opened the door, tipping not required. If s/he hails you a taxi, $1 to $2, if s/he helps you with your bags in or out of your car, about $1 per bag, if s/he carries your bags to the front desk, about $2 per bag. If the doorman has been exceptionally helpful with directions and suggestions, usual hotel tipping standards are between $2 to $5.
The hotel room attendant is responsible for keeping your hotel room clean, safe, stocked, maintained and safe. S/he is expected to be friendly and engaging when s/he is interacting with you. Usual hotel tipping standards for tipping hotel maid are between $1 to $10 per night. It often depends on how large and how expensive your room is and on how messy you are.
We recommend that you do your tipping hotel maid on a daily basis since the room attendant often change everyday.
A nice touch is to jot down a thank you note on the hotel stationery and to use one of the hotel tipping envelopes.
Another example of a pleasant touch is to leave behind your metro passes and other unused tickets at the end of your stay.
If you requested a toothbrush, an iron, extra towels or extra pillows to the room attendant, tipping for deliveries is $1 per item received, maximum $2. When tipping included, you may add $1 or nothing.
The room attendant and the hotel housekeeping attendant are two different persons with two different job descriptions. The hotel housekeeping attendant rewires faulty electrical circuits, handles broken plumbing, cleans large areas and responds to guest concerns. No tipping hotel housekeeping is required to replace a light bulb, fix the air conditioning or repair the shower or the faucets in the bathroom.
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