Originally Posted by
jr1202sr
They also could pay their employees a livable wage and leave me out of it.
The difference is you carry your own bags, Get your own food, pretty hard to clean your room without a vacuum, chemicals, etc.
Exactly. I'm American and think the U.S. tipping culture is out of hand.
I do not tip for room service. I try not to use bell service but will tip a $1 / bag if I do. I do not tip housekeeping. I expect a clean and fresh room as part of my room price.
Originally Posted by
joshua362
Indeed. That is why room service is joke and only as a last resort even if someone else is paying the tab. And often the same exact items being offered downstairs from the same kitchen are marked up a dollar or 2 in RS menus.
I'd like to know who woke up one morning and decided that the standard 15% server tip wasn't enough and got everyone to buy into 18-20% + ? If anything, this adjusts automatically to the servers benefit. If food prices spike mid year, I don't get a wage increase, I might not even get one annually. If 15% of $5 was adequate in 1900, why isn't 15% of $100 today?
I still tip 10-20% depending on service. I probably average 18% but will tip less or not at all if service is poor. If I tip more, then it is out of my pocket and I refuse to lose money on a business trip
Originally Posted by
cyclogenesis
THIS..
First thing I check is how much I am tipping already..
I never use bell staff.. BUT if one opens door on arrival and grabs bag from boot usually it is two $1 bills depending if I have them in the wallet... I then take my own bags through..
Bell people often try to grab my bags when I arrive. I always politely tell them no thanks and take them myself.