Originally Posted by
Anna Phor
I tidy up after myself.
Housekeeping refreshes the coffee, makes sure the room is stocked with enough toilet paper, empties the trash cans -- even if I've tidied up. And the folks that do that work, they do harder work than I do, for less money. I can afford to leave a couple of bucks, even if there isn't a whole lot of work to do.
So to answer your question, I leave the money AND lessen the workload.
Agreed. That is what I do. I also make a point of telling the cruise stewards/ess that they do not have to turn down my room at night. Less work for them, they get a few more precious minutes so they can get off duty earlier and I get to skip a chocolate on the pillow. When I stay at hotels that offer turn down I put the do not disturb sign on the door so they don't have to come in and turn down a bed that I am perfectly capable of turning down myself.