Originally Posted by htb
Maybe because you already paid $100+ for the room plus 10-15% service charge? It should be up to the hotel to pay the employees (an appropriate amount) and check if the work is done right. It should not be up to the individual, already paying, guests.
Having said that, I usually leave some token of appreciation at the end of a stay, but not much.
HTB.
10-15% service charge? Is this common somewhere? I haven't stayed that many places outside the US, but in the places I have stayed both here and abroad I've never paid 10-15% service charge for a room. (10-15% room tax, well, that's another story, but that's going directly to a local government.) If I did, I would indeed think twice about leaving something for the housekeeping folks, but barring that I do tend to leave 2-3 bucks/night particularly if I'm staying more than one night.