Originally Posted by jr1202sr

Why can't Marriott pay a real salary/hourly wage? If they were really interested in the Maids making more money. Also, Marriott caters to Business travellers. With this system there is no way to expense tips to your company. Average business traveller will then need to pay about 100 per month out of his/her pocket.

Couldn't they just add 1-5 dollars to each room rate and pay their people and leave me out of it? Marriott is going the way of the airlines/cruise lines. Pay for internet, Pay for snacks/coffee in lobby, Pay for airport "courtesy" shuttle, Pay for resort fees, pay for tips for maid, etc.

Another option would be to add a line at check in or check out where you could add a "tip" to the bill. I rarely have spare cash to the exact amount I want to tip. Very often I either have to leave "too much" or "less than I wanted too" because I am a huge hurry. There is a reason the bell man always has change on him. To make it easy to break a bill or give change.

My guess is Marriott will begin to track who tips and who doesn't soon.