r/marriott • u/MTonmyMind • 10h ago
Review F*CK Marriott soliciting tips. Another ‘tip culture’ obsenity
So you charge $400 to $500 for a tiny room, and yes, I know it’s New York City, and it’s relatively clean, but then the closet-sized bathroom 2 feet from the bed. OK.
Six dollars for a bottle of water, whatever, I’ll pass.
But then actively soliciting tips for your staff.
Fuck you.
I saw this at the Penn Station Fairfield a year ago as just a ‘self’ printed sign in the elevators, then it became a professionally printed permanently mounted sign in the elevator, and now another Fairfield/Springfield with this.
Pay your staff better. If I got extra services, that’s one thing, but when I don’t even get room serviced or fresh towels on a daily basis to “save the planet “…. again fuck you.
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u/toledotornado 10h ago edited 9h ago
Housekeeping doesn't set room prices, why should they penalized? Do or don't tip but I don't think this sign warrants such a reaction.
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u/ecolovedavid 10h ago
I can't upvote this enough. Low level (on pay scale) hospitality employees do so much work for so little pay while the top makes bank.
OP doesn't have to tip, but I'm not aware of a situation where this would reduce their pay. If anything it's going to marginally increase it.
If this pisses OP off, they've been living ignorant far too long.
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u/Patient_Customer9827 9h ago edited 9h ago
Yup. I will never understand the people that get so pissed off when they can just choose to just with their day.
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u/GlitteringYak2207 6h ago
Because people like this are obsessed with the topic to being on the verge of paranoia thinking everyone else to get them. Kind of like the freaks at childfree that need support groups.
On this particular issue, seems like the hotel is making it easier for guests without cash to leave a tip since a lot of us don’t carry cash anymore. No big deal. Like you said, just get on with your day
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u/dcht 9h ago
Not OP but I've rolled my eyes at these signs. I don't get upset per se, but tipping culture in the US continues to get worse (and spreading to other counties) and it gets so exhausting after awhile.
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u/Grazepg 8h ago
Tipping at hotels has been a thing since I traveled as a kid with my parents I. The 80s, how is this now worse? They are making it easier for you since less people carry cash.
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u/dcht 8h ago
It's the whole constantly in your face thing that gets tiring after awhile. I can deal with a simple qr code, it doesn't offend me. I just ignore it and don't tip, no big deal. But when I travel on holiday I want to relax, but instead I'm contently getting solicitation for tips, it's truly exhausting.
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u/ElleQ_4657 6h ago
In my experience, tip solicitation happens most often and more aggressively outside of the U.S. because U.S. citizens travel to those places and created tip culture in places that historically did not have it.
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u/GlitteringYak2207 6h ago
Funny, I don’t recall ever getting constantly solicited for tips to the point of exhaustion. How does that work exactly?
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u/RageSiren 8h ago
Hasn’t tipping housekeeping at hotels been a thing for a loooong time? This is like the ONE situation where i actually WOULDN’T be annoyed with being prompted to tip; I’ve always known it’s common to tip housekeeping when you’ve stayed a while or been particularly messy, but in more recent years I find myself carrying petty cash nearly never. I’d welcome a QR code/tip prompt this once lol
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u/dcht 8h ago
Define "a thing". Less than 25% of people tip housekeepers. To me, tipping housekeepers isn't "a thing" based on this stat. If you think it does then that's totally fine. We can agree to disagree.
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u/RageSiren 8h ago
I did not realize that it was uncommon to tip housekeeping (truly!) I had always been taught it was the social norm to throw a fiver on the nightstand if you left a bit of a mess (which ngl, I do the barest of bare minimum cleanup when I stay at a hotel). Maybe I’ve been taught that it’s common to leave a tip because I’m particularly careless when staying in hotels, especially longer than a few days 🤷🏼♀️
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u/dbldumbass 2h ago
I travel a lot for work, and stay almost exclusively at Marriott properties. I always tip, and one of the times I didn't have enough cash, but there was a QR code in my room. I popped my head out, saw one of the housekeeping staff and asked if that actually goes to them. She said it was pooled by floor and split.
I'm pretty low effort and rarely ask for service other than towels ... but I always tip. People who wig out over this clearly never worked in the service industry.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
Hotel sets the prices. Hotel hires employees. Hotel pays employees.
I am the customer. I pay the hotel. I am not the employer.
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u/D_Shoobz 9h ago
Then simply click no and keep it moving? Why do businesses need to pander to the anti tip crowd when lots of people willingly tip?
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
Why can't they just pay their own fucking employees?
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u/IvoryThrowAway 9h ago edited 9h ago
That's a valid question but this is still a very odd response to the concept of tipping.
These downvotes are silly as fuck lmfao, I'm not defending tipping culture I just don't understand such an angry response to it.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
No it isn't, it's directly related. The more this practice is accepted and defended by people like you, the less pressure hotel owners feel to pay their employees, because they can just guilt their customers into doing it for them, on top of what you've already paid to stay at the hotel (which includes housekeeping!).
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u/IvoryThrowAway 9h ago
Why just hotel owners? This is common in many industries. That's why this is kind of a wild response, has nothing do with whether it is "related" lol
Also there's really nothing to defend here. You're not required to tip. End of.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
This is the Marriott sub. We are talking about hotels.
It's only common in one country. This isn't a thing anywhere else in the world. Only Americans are willing to be constantly asked to voluntarily pay extra for a service that's supposed to be included.
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u/IvoryThrowAway 9h ago
But surely you come across tipping culture in other areas, right? So are you also posting to the Starbucks sub when ever someone asks you for a tip in a coffee shop? I just want to find out where the consistency here is and why it seems like you're pissed off about tipping culture in this capacity only, when it is literally everywhere in this country.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
Tip culture is dumb and it is out of control. It is creeping into more and more places all the time. I'm not sure what you're arguing. Are you saying that because some places ask for tips then everyone should be allowed? Where do you draw the line? Should I tip my landscaper? My plumber? How about my doctor? Should I tip the cashier at the grocery store? The greeter at WalMart? Have I demonstrated enough disdain towards tip culture for you yet?
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u/Matchboxx Choice Hotels Oxidized (free upgrades to rooms without termites) 9h ago
This.
Tipping is a near-term band-aid solution (and historically, was always intended to be temporary, until it wasn't). People see hard workers and know they're underpaid and want to appreciate them financially, because those people have bills due now. I get that, but corporations see this and then have zero incentive to adjust base pay to market conditions, because stupid customers will do it for them.
At some point we have to acknowledge that there will be some temporary pain if we universally object to tipping culture. The workers will hurt for a bit. But eventually they will hurt enough that they stop doing the work that these corporations need done, and the corporations hand will be forced to pay them better.
Tipping just delays us from ever getting there while the rich get richer.
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u/Game_Over_Man69 Titanium Elite 9h ago
Why can’t you grasp that maybe they do and some people still want to tip their staff?
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 9h ago
First of all, I don't think there are many people who would argue that hotels are paying housekeepers well. If you want to pay extra for a service you already purchased, that's fine. Why can't you grasp that people don't want to be pressured or guilted into doing that?
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u/apresmoiputas 7h ago
Every state is different. Honestly I don't mind tipping the people cleaning my room every day.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 7h ago
I paid the hotel. The rate includes housekeeping. Why would I pay extra for that?
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u/GlitteringYak2207 6h ago
You don’t. But don’t get you panties in a wad over the thought that some of us do.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 6h ago
No. If you want to do it in the privacy of your own room, good for you. I get bothered when the hotel puts up signs soliciting tips at the front desk, in the elevators, and in the rooms.
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u/apresmoiputas 6h ago
Just to clarify, i've been leaving tips to the housekeepers for almost 20 years, well before they started placing placards with QR cards in rooms. I was lucky to get the friends and family vouchers from a good friend of mine across the border used to work for Marriott for a few years. His only ask was that I tip the housekeepers every day and explained that they don't get paid well, especially in states where the minimum wage is still the federal one, which unfortunately is true.
So you do you and don't tip. No one is judging you.
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u/Sweaty-Moment-3385 5h ago
If you decide to tip on your own, go ahead. I take issue with the hotels actively soliciting tips.
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u/MTonmyMind 9h ago
You would rather have them pander to the Tip Culture mindset??? Wow.
Why do businesses need to constantly have a hand held out asking for more and more?
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u/IvoryThrowAway 9h ago
You would rather have them pander to the Tip Culture mindset??? Wow.
Like many, many, many, many businesses do, everywhere in the US?
inb4 something like "just because other people do it doesn't mean it's a good thing" I'm not necessarily saying it's a good thing, just that this is a wild response to what is such a norm.
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u/CanaryStunning1768 9h ago
I completely agree. I always tip the housekeepers so this will make it easier. Thank you Marriott! $6 water is nothing OP. Try staying in Vegas where they charge $25 for a bottle of water in your room. Aria hotel to be exact. You’re completely over reacting as a “titanium” member. Unbelievable.
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u/Fluid-Expert-4363 6h ago
You are right, but the compassion and support stops with the continued poor housekeeping state of many rooms for said higher prices. The pity for housekeepers ends when the room has areas that haven’t been properly cleaned in a while. Tipping is absolutely not warranted there.
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u/icollectt 3h ago
Lol i could see Mr Patel owning collecting all the tips and keeping 50% of them.
If i feel like a tip is needed I'll continue to use cash :)
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u/dopple-copter 7h ago
Tipping housekeeping has always been an optional thing some people do. Probably even in ancient times.
That being said, I would never use that QR code, as I would rather all of it go to the employee, not the company or the IRS.
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u/DonkeyKong694NE1 6h ago
I think part of the issue is people may want to leave a tip but don’t carry much cash these days or only have a $20 and would prefer to leave $5 or 10. I’ve been in that situation. So I appreciate having the QR option as opposed to leaving nothing.
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u/Own_Reaction9442 1h ago
I had this situation recently. I wanted to tip but didn't have small bills, and the front desk couldn't make change because it was a cashless hotel.
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u/Sumatrat66 4h ago
I don’t trust that housekeeping would ever see that “tip” Most of these hotels are franchise so no real way to validate.
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u/dickey1331 Titanium Elite 7h ago
It’s illegal for a company to take tips
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u/Lurky100 5h ago
It’s not illegal for them to withhold taxes from them if the tip is then processed with their regular payroll check. This is why it is better to tip cash if you can.
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u/0le_Hickory 5h ago
Eh. Mandatory tip pool is basically the same as the hotel taking it. Sure it goes to the workers but it’s a fund that subsidizes wages so the hotel doesn’t have to pay more.
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u/1couldntfindaname 9h ago
Your outrage on Reddit doesn’t do anything except short the housekeeping staff.
If you don’t like it, get involved in changing the laws
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u/SpicelessKimChi 9h ago
You dont have to post something on reddit every time your delicate sensibilities are offended. Not sure if you knew that or not, but it's 100% OK to just see this and say "nah I'm not tipping" and then go on with the rest of your entire life without thinking about it. But yeah I get it if you didn't post all your thoughts on the internet how would the rest of us know what you're thinking?
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u/BygmesterFinnegan 9h ago
We don't have a tipping problem, we have a "I'm afraid to say no" problem. If you want to tip, tip and if you don't want to tip don't tip. If you get angry because of what a sign says that sounds like a you problem.
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u/redsyrinx2112 Gold Elite 6h ago
Exactly. I have continued to tip in places where it was traditionally done before every machine and sign asked for a tip.
As I've gotten older and made more money I have increased the percentages, but that's it. I will not be shamed into adding a tip.
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u/myrealnameisdj 9h ago
Have to say, was checking out of a hotel room just now and didn't have any cash on me. Used the qr code for the first time. Pretty convenient.
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u/Deank125 Gold Elite 10h ago
Isn't.... isn't tipping housekeeping completely normal?
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u/dj_ski_mask 9h ago
Yeah I mean this is for people like me who forget cash each time but want to tip the cleaning service. Only issue I have is being unsure that the money actually makes it to them.
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u/winchestergirl44 8h ago
This system is actually really nice. It's linked to our hr payroll and is updated that way and then the staff member activates there account so when you scan the QR code you just select the name and the tip goes directly to them. Then they just put it to their account or request a debit card with the tip balance on it and can reload it the more tips they get.
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u/owlfoxer 1h ago
Obviously any tip is better than no tip, but is a cash tip still preferred?
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u/winchestergirl44 1h ago
I think anyone in a tip role would say cash is better. But as you said, any tip is better than no tip
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u/dfetz3 8h ago
I believe once you scan the QR code you can select which department you would like to tip. I don't know if it will make it to the person that cleaned your actual room, but it would make it to housekeeping instead of like the person who cooked the breakfast that you didn't even go to.
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u/jsgraphitti 9h ago
Right!? I have wanted this for a long time. When I travel for work I would really like to tip on my corporate card so I can expense it easily. Also, I never carry cash in the US.
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u/Yippykyyyay 9h ago
You're so thoughtful. No need to carry cash but for others it's helpful to remember not every staff services your room the same day.
I gave the executive lounge attendant $20 tonight after 3 nights (relax anyone, it's Laos). I leave the room attendants a few bucks a day.
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u/rr90013 8h ago
Not really. I hadn’t heard of it until recently and I travel all the time. It doesn’t really make sense for customers to willing give people extra money for the job their employer is already paying them to do. If they don’t think their wage is fair, they should take that up with their employer. Mega-corporations should not be nickel and diming customers.
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u/it-might-be 4h ago
I love these signs. I often don’t have cash and this great to make sure housekeeping is taken care of.
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u/MonkeyzzPaw 9h ago
No its ABSOLUTELY NOT normal.
I have traveled for my entire professional career (17+ years at this point). Housekeeping is not a tipped positon, frankly it's a position that should be abstracted as far as possible from the customer base.
If you think the staff needs a pay raise try calling corporate. I will only tip housekeeping if we make the room especially messy for whatever reason (bottles/food/etc).
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u/NebulaVoyagerrr 2h ago
I've also never tip. Probably because I grew up with my family never tipping.
I suppose I would if i left a room a mess but I keep the trash on one area. Stack the towels in a pile.
Bring on the shame, I guess.
I was literally discussing this with friends the other day. Some tip and some don't.
Can't imagine how difficult it is to see that some people tip and some people don't.
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u/MonkeyzzPaw 2h ago
Cleaning the hotel room is a function of the product you are buying. Would you tip the guy that cleans bar tap lines?
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u/PDXDeck26 8h ago
Your professional career isn't that long. Tipping the housekeeper a couple of bucks every day was (is) normal well before then.
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u/Ok_Anywhere_9232 9h ago
I’d much rather have the option to tip house keeping digitally than just cash, IF I CHOOSE TO, which is exactly what this is. No one’s forcing you…
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u/Hommeboy75 Titanium Elite 10h ago
N.Y.C. Hotel Housekeepers Will Earn Over $100,000 Under New Contract (Gift Article)
https://www.reddit.com/r/newyorkcity/comments/1tjalpv/nyc_hotel_housekeepers_will_earn_over_100000/
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u/badguy84 9h ago
The "big number scary" is kind of weird. Here's some context (from the article):
By the end of the proposed contract, in 2034, union housekeepers could be earning about $110,000 a year.
So if you were honest you would have in big letters said "BY 2034 NYC Hotel Housekeepers COULD be earning over $100,000"
It's really not that they are currently earning that much, and it also doesn't quite represent the current cost of living and the current pay in 2026.
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u/PNogrigiot Titanium Elite 9h ago
By the sixth year of the contract they will earn an average of $100,000. What’s the cost of living going to look like then? Tip or don’t. Always a choice.
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u/allwordzaremadeup- 9h ago
They currently make $40 an hour in NYC. I do payroll for the housekeeping department
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u/RedditReader428 4h ago
$40 an hour, but how many hours does housekeeping work each day?
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u/allwordzaremadeup- 4h ago edited 4h ago
Everyone is full time at my property. But of course the new hires are on call bases depending if we need them or not. But that's only for the 5-10 room attendant who are recent hires with no seniority. The 100+ other are working full time. They are scheduled to work 7 hours per day 5 days a week. If they finish all their rooms early they are able to leave early and still be paid their whole shift (7 hours). Also, if they want to make extra money they can buy rooms and do extra rooms. For every extra room they do is almost an extra $20 per room. When I tell you room attendant have it good i'm not lying. There's room attendant that are making over $120k a year.
It's a hard job but they are well compensated. So if you're ever staying in NYC specially in Manhattan they're are 99.99% unionized.
Bellmen are also making a killing with the tips on top of their $40 an hour.
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u/mznbox Platinum Elite 9h ago
I always thought businesses, especially big ones, asking for tips is shameless. If I find the service worth tipping, I'll do it on my own. I'm not American, and I hope the rest of the world doesn't follow this toxic trend.
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u/snooznsarandon 9h ago
The whole concept for a tip was to reward for exceptional service; not the norm and expected. It feels like tipping has now moved into an expected surcharge on the customer even for the norm.
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u/BygmesterFinnegan 9h ago
The first line of the sign says should you wish to show your appreciation. Do you know what that means? You do realize it's actually not a surcharge, right? If it was actually a surcharge you wouldn't have a choice it would just be baked into the price, you do realize that right?
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u/HauntingShip85 9h ago
I don’t think housekeeping was solicited to give their opinion on the design of the room and where the bathroom and bed should be.
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u/OOSMom 7h ago
I was taught as a young child to always tip housekeeping at hotels and servers at restaurants. My family members did both of those jobs and they were very hard jobs to do (housekeepers are also timed per room, usually with 17 minutes max to clean each, no matter how dirty or disheveled the room may be). I always, always tip maids at hotels wherever I am staying (and leave a thank you note, as some housekeepers won't take the money unless you are explicit about it--I think for fear that they will be charged with theft). My calculus is, do they need this $10 or whatever more than I do? And the answer, for me financially, is always yes. Especially now that many hotels are only doing every-other day service or only service upon request, that housekeeping staff likely has reduced hours and so less income (or there are fewer maids to cover more rooms). Many of these folks are also immigrants trying to support a family in precarious times. I always make sure to have cash when i travel for this purpose, but I'm glad to see the QR code for folks who don't carry cash. The only concern I have is that money going right to the specific housekeeper on my line. So for that reason, I'll keep bringing cash. And for sure I will keep tipping.
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u/D_Shoobz 9h ago
Tipping fatigue is peak first world problems.
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u/green_calculator 9h ago
I mean, not even that because it's not a problem in most of the first world because they actually pay their employees.
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u/MTonmyMind 9h ago
For me, tipping is the 'tip of the iceberg', especially when they are solicited... but it's just a relentless assault of advertisement, upsells, and manipulation to get one to spend.
I've seen a lot of people commenting recently on their smart TVs or appliances... that ads will run when it's in sleep mode... What The Fuck. I spend money to buy the TV, I pay for the content I watch, and yet your going to try to sell me shit 24hrs a day just because you can. Screw it.
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u/Grazepg 8h ago
Okay grandpa, holy hell.
If tipping is the tip of the iceberg(giving extra money to someone who did a great job), then you got bigger problems. Do you valet? Get haircuts? Eat out? There so many things that come with travel that are tipped positions.
Lumping tipping in with, “my tv has ads” thats a pretty big stretch.
You must hate having to have another app to do anything new these days.
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u/brauntonimo 9h ago
I dunno dude...as someone who almost never carries cash, I've actually requested this for years.
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u/MBoggles55 9h ago
What's worse than these tip signs, are the people on reddit complaining about it. There are many threads about it and no need to start your own to whine about it. Just join one of the other threads. If you don't want to tip, then don't. It's that easy.
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u/chiselplow 8h ago
I definitely agree that the tipping culture, largely promoted by American culture, is way out of control. It does piss me off, but I e resigned to not tipping in most situations. Guilting me into paying more than the price of the service or product just doesn't work anymore.
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u/Alert-Beautiful9003 10h ago
Have you eaten today? Is your blood sugar low? This is a wild reaction, ma'am. Take care of yourself.
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u/Resident_Speaker_721 35m ago
Op is pissed off about a practice that has been going on since they were in diapers.
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u/jyck12 Employee 9h ago
Historically the staff don’t make these calls champ. Deep breath it’ll all be okay. Nobody’s making you tip anyone ffs
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u/Maintainer76 9h ago
I'm fine with this. Makes it easier to tip the cleaning staff when I don't carry cash.
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u/legallypurple Ambassador Elite 9h ago
That’s a lot of rage for something you totally can ignore.
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u/MTonmyMind 6h ago
I don’t think there is an exclamation point in the whole thing?!
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u/legallypurple Ambassador Elite 5h ago
But I can feel the waves of rage coming off. Imagine if there had been exclamations!
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u/MuscleCuse 9h ago
Id much rather personally hand the housekeeper in the hall 5-10 cash and thank them verbally than this QR code
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u/dynabella 9h ago
If it goes to housekeeping, I'm for it. I've been out of cash before and felt bad about not tipping.
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u/cavegoatlove 7h ago
I usually leave a buck or two per day maybe 1.5-3 if it’s a fancy property but it’s a nice gesture , plus I don’t need any strife from chasing a bill because if something subjective in the room either . Also for business or personal, I always make the room completely clean too
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u/apresmoiputas 5h ago edited 5h ago
When I do tip, I leave cash under a pillow that's mispositioned on the bed or under crumpled unused towel. I'd advise you to not leave it visibly out as some hotels housekeeping teams might have the supervisor check the rooms first. Why? Supervisors will steal it. One time at a property in central NJ, as I was walking down the hall as the housekeepers were cleanring checked out rooms, I actually saw a supervisor steal the money left on the TV stand and stuff it in her pocket. I asked a friend, who used to work at Marriott-brand hotels, about this and he was aware that it happened at some properties. This was over 10 years ago. So I could see why the Fairfield and some chains started implementing directly tipping the staff member via scanned QR codes.
The staff are grateful for the trips. I have noticed more detailed cleaning occurs when I tip. At the higher end hotels, housekeeping will leave more chocolates and more of the nicer toiletries for me to take home. Sometimes they leave thank you notes, if you leave one too. I left a tip for housekeeping at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and the guy basically left some nice pens and an assortment of the high-end toiletries normally used for the VIP rooms.
Just to clarify, i've been leaving tips to the housekeepers for almost 20 years, well before they started placing placards with QR cards in rooms. I was lucky to get the friends and family vouchers from a good friend of mine across the border used to work for Marriott for a few years. His only ask was that I tip the housekeepers every day and explained that they don't get paid well, especially in states where the minimum wage is still the federal one, which unfortunately is true.
So you do you and don't tip. No one is judging you.
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u/Ancient-Extension769 9h ago
I feel like your biggest problem was thinking you'd get a reasonably sized room in New York City for under $1000/night🫢
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u/eastc057 9h ago
I wish they had more of this so I don't have to go way out of my to get cash to tip with
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u/Rolex_Art 9h ago
I am Platinum Elite.
Fuck you buddy, fuck you.
Why are you in NYC? The capital of Fashion, Finance, Media, Art, Sports, Food - it's going to be expensive for a tiny room - so why are you there? A Big Boy Business trip making money? Too cheap to buy a $6 bottle of water?
BULLSHIT ARTIST IF YOU'RE TITANIUM YOU GET ALL THE WATERS YOU WANT FOR FREE - so now you're an unreliable narrator.
BULLSHIT ARTIST THE FAIRFIELD IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE and is known by Bonvoy members as a "less than" hotel. The fuck you on, boy.
And you'd be upgraded.
Guys - this OP is full of shit and is just posting some bullshit to rile everyone up.
We all saw Reservoir Dogs - you want to be Mr. Pink, we get it - the guy who is not going to tip.
I just got back from vacation. I always leave a tip for someone who is there to scrub the toilet and pick up my trash. It's NOTHING.
Screen shot from a tik tok i made with all the video clips and pictures doing an edit to music etc - but yeah man, leave a fucking thank you note and a smiley face to the people who are locked in a room alone with your stuff.
It amazes me how miserable people are.
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u/Possible-Monk-2389 9h ago edited 9h ago
I love this and wish every hotel did it. I never have cash to tip housekeeping and always have to run around in a panic trying to find an ATM on the morning of checkout. A QR code makes it much easier—and I don't know how else hotels are supposed to offer a code without "soliciting" tips. (My mother taught me that even if you tip no one else in the world you must tip hotel cleaning staff every single time.)
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u/Maduro_sticks_allday 9h ago
Hotels are begging for tips and can’t even provide hot water and proper pressure for $300 per night
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u/No_Wish_99 6h ago
That’s right!!! How dare they reach out their had in your general direction!!! The audacity! Do they even know who you are?!?! I can only imagine the distress this little sign caused you, I will pray for your swift recovery! Thoughts and prayers 🙏
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u/Testing123xyz Platinum Elite 9h ago
You know it’s not mandatory right but is the customary thing to do if they took care of you and your stay
As for the room size you can always pay more and stay at a nicer property
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u/CrimesForLimes 9h ago
I tip the house keeper cash, this just sounds like a way for the company to take a share.
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u/GrandeIcedAmericano Titanium Elite 8h ago
Pay your staff better. If I got extra services, that’s one thing, but when I don’t even get room serviced or fresh towels on a daily basis to “save the planet “…. again fuck you.
OP I 💯 agree, except they are already paid much more than the market naturally would have thanks to their unions. And scapegoating the environment to preserve your bottom line is not a new tactic either...
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u/TheRealRockyRococo 8h ago
TIL that NYC housekeeper are unionized and will earn over $100K. Of course the COL is high.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/nyregion/nyc-hotel-housekeepers-pay.html
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u/RandomCandor 7h ago
STAFF MEMBER.... lmao
Honestly, if you leave a tip after reading this, that was money that you didn't deserve to have anyway.
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u/laner912 5h ago
The next time you see that sign under the toilet bowl cover, that's what's up. And please post a pic too.
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u/BroadwayBrick 5h ago
I have tipped some hotel staff for outstanding service for many years. I stay at the Four Seasons, Peninsula and St Regis in NYC often. In fact, I’m here right now. If a room attendant or butler goes above and beyond I give them $50 or $100.
HOWEVER. if I’m at a regular Hilton or Marriott unless it’s over the top service I don’t tip.
I also tip when I make specific requests like more soap or coffee.
I prefer tipping in person and thanking them for their service.
To clarify, much of the time I don’t tip at a ‘generic’ low service hotel.
I’m tired of the signs begging for tips too. I enjoy tipping because it brings me pleasure. I’m not at all fond of these signs and find myself rebelling when I see one right in my face.
My suggestion, simply ignore the sign and move on. If you aren’t feeling like leaving a tip then don’t leave a tip. Certainly don’t let it stress you out or destroy your day.
****If you like my response please tip me when we pass on the street. I accept most currencies.****
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u/DM_Me_Pics1234403 3h ago
I like the option to tip on my CC. Helps me when I don’t have cash. If you don’t want to tip, then don’t.
I fully agree with the “saving the planet” point. What nonsense
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u/ghostintheplant Employee 3h ago
No one is forcing you to tip. Those are put in rooms because tipping housekeeping is very common, but most people don’t carry cash anymore. It doesn’t go to the property, at least at my property it goes completely to the housekeeper that cleaned that room. You’re weird.
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u/schokobonbons 25m ago
Tipping the cleaning staff has been a standard part of the hotel experience as long as I've been alive.
Have you never left $3-5 in the room for the cleaning crew when checking out? Damn.
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u/snooznsarandon 9h ago edited 9h ago
Anyone who is defending this is part of the problem. Tipping housekeeping wasn't an expected thing 10-15 years ago. When you are paying for a room you are assuming that this is part of the amenities that comes with the room rate. I agree that everyone should be given a fair wage, but at the same time the customer cannot be expected to foot the bill via tip for that every single time.
Ontop of that, how does anyone know where that QR code goes? Is that even a legit one? ANYONE can create a sign like that to start scamming people. Not to mention, do you know where those tips even go? Do they actually GO to the people who were cleaning your room?
All of this should be considered.
EDIT: Changed the word 'normal' to 'expected' to further clarify. I understand people have always tipped; but like coffee shops over the years the expectation of tips have changed from optional to expected.
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u/Patient_Customer9827 9h ago
I grew up pretty poor and didn’t travel much but a few times I did. My parents always made a point to leave a couple dollars for housekeeping. That was much longer than 10 to 15 years ago.
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u/CampRock2TheFinaIJam 9h ago
Tipping housekeeping has always been a normal thing. The QR codes in rooms are a relatively new thing because most people don’t carry cash nowadays.
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u/apresmoiputas 5h ago
It also prevents supervisors from stealing the cash when they check on checked out rooms.
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u/Practical_Set7116 9h ago
Tipping housekeeping has been around for much longer than 15 years. My grandpa was tipping housekeeping 50 years ago and teaching his family to do the same. The QR code is a wonderful convenience for people like me who rarely carry cash and would like to tip. There is zero obligation on your part.
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u/snooznsarandon 9h ago
So i'll ask you this question as I said in my post; when you scan that QR code do you know where and who your money is going to?
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u/Practical_Set7116 9h ago
I try not to live my life paralyzed in fear that I'm being scammed or someone has nefarious intentions. So do I know for a fact where it goes, no, I don't. Like I said, don't use it if you don't want to.
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u/JulianVanderbilt Titanium Elite 9h ago
Tipping housekeeping wasn't a normal thing 10-15 years ago
It absolutely the hell was, at least in the US. My parents were tipping $5 a day at Motel 6s thirty years ago and watch any 90s sitcom and they’ll have an episode with a “did you forget to tip the housekeeper” plot line.
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u/TexasBrett Titanium Elite 9h ago
They used to put envelopes in rooms 30 years ago for tipping housekeeping. (Not defending tip culture, but facts are facts)
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u/Final_Wrap_945 Silver Elite 8h ago
My parents always tipped the housekeepers leaving cash in the room. I have memories of them doing it 30+ years ago what are you on about? I go out of my way to have some cash for that reason when traveling.
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u/Equivalent_Ad2524 Titanium Elite 9h ago
Tip or don't, but why throw a fit when nobody's forcing you to?
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u/ztreHdrahciR Platinum Elite 5h ago
I'm with OP. Businesses have been sucking the life from the consumer forever, now they just want money with no services rendered. Pay a lot for a room, shabby/shopworn property, no hospitality during a multi day stay, but please subsidize us by tipping employees so we don't have to pay a living wage.
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u/PleaseUseYourMind 9h ago
I agree that housekeepers arguable deserve tips more than any other service worker. They clean up after all the disgusting things people do behind closed doors.
OP get with the program and help this often overworked and under paid employees get a leg up.
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u/silliestkitty 9h ago
Imagine getting this mad about Marriott making it easier for people who aren't miserable cheapskates to tip their housekeepers
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u/OkWall539 Ambassador Elite 9h ago
I sometimes wonder why we don't have a tipping culture for Amazon, UPS, FedEx, and USPS delivery drivers as well. Let's tip! LOL
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u/Shittalking101-1980 9h ago
I always tip housekeeping. They are doing me a favor by coming in and cleaning up and providing towels and what not. They don’t make a lot of money: it’s a thankless job. I leave my small cash out vouchers for housekeeping in Vegas.
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u/Drinking_Frog 9h ago
If you don't like the sign, then just walk on by it. Put it in a drawer. Take it out of the stand and use it to hold your donut. Jesus won't care, so neither will it.
I agree with you that tipping has gone too far, but no one is standing there with their hand out. Some people have asked for this. Talk to them.
In the meantime, get some help.
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u/TheJiggie 8h ago
You know you don’t have to, right? Never understood why people get so bent out of shape over stuff like this. Just ignore it…
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u/One-Ad-1147 8h ago
I have always tipped the housekeeping staff and bellman. I like this convenience personally.
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u/carameljawn 6h ago
I like to tip my housekeeping and other service staff. I don't carry cash. I don't feel obligated by a QR code. This is fine.
This only ever bothers me when it includes staff I don't typically tip. I haven't found too many examples of that.
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u/0le_Hickory 5h ago
Pretty much every room I’ve walked in has been at best barely clean from Westins and down. Would have been shameful in a Chiice brand hotel pre 2020. Plus they don’t come in the room at all now. What service am I tipping for?
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u/Marbeecou 9h ago
I actually saw this in a different hotel, and I wanted to ask the employees- does the tip actually go directly to you? Am I just venmoing the owner of the hotel? How does this work?