I usualy tip daily due to it's not always the same gal. If you were to tip at the end of your stay, you may be tipping someone who is cleaning your room for the first time. I usualy tip about ten-to twenty dollars a day. It also depends on where I'm staying. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I've found that the housekeepers if they are used to my tips are more forthcoming with extra towels and sheets etc. It also in my humble opinion helps them turn a blind eye.

Re: tipping (related but different)

I'm in agreement with all.  Funny Story.  I had a lil hotel party w/ a few of my friends at the end of a 3 day stay at a local Hilton.  When we were getting ready to leave standing at the elevator I remembered I forgot the tip and ran back and left it.  (the amt depends on service and type of hotel but as a provider always leave extra!!! and develope a repore with the ladies there)
One of my New friends who I became good friends with in the time after...always tells me that's how he learned about my character.  That I was an honest and classy person...cause I made sure I left a tip.  
I talk to the ladies and often will walk thru the halls to find the ones I know have been working on my room to make sure the right person gets the money.  They tell me that most people don't tip them...ever!!!  That's a shame.  They work hard and often the rooms are trashed.  

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Personally, I tip daily and it usually varies between $5-20 depending on the services rendered.  If I know ahead of time that I'm going to ask for additional services, e.g. extra towels, toiletries, etc., I'm more generous with my tips.

If I'm still in my room when housekeeping comes around, I like to give the tip in person.

Here's a link (see below) to some hotel tipping guidelines.

-TheKarateKid-

Usually between $10-$20 (daily) depending on the level of service.  I noticed I have a tendency to tip less when I am just staying for pleasure and not for "work".  Gotta correct that trend.

XO
Melanie

My daughter worked housekeeping at a Super 8 as her summer job a couple of years ago.
While this isn't on par with the properties we are generally talking about, her experience was that almost nobody tips.  Her compensation for cleaning up whatever kind of mess anyone felt like leaving?  A whopping $3.00 per room.

Yep, I generally leave something (each day)...

I always give it to the lady when she is on my floor.  It helps to get extra service like cleaning the room earlier than normal because I have a 10 a.m. guest coming to see me.  LOL

I don't tip period.  The maids working their job are paid a fair hourly rate.  They accepted that rate when they took the job and understand what their job duties are.  I feel I have no responsibility whatsoever to tip because they made my bed or cleaned the bathroom.  That's their job and the hotel is compensating them fairly already while charging me a rate that I fairly agreed to pay.

Same goes for valet parking, restaurant servers, escorts, etc.  Everyone gets a wage that they fairly agree to.  If they don't like the wage, they should get more education and find another job, or if they have the education, find another job.

I'm not tipping, period.

Tipping the maid isn't really the done thing is the UK.

We tip far less than our american friends across the board I think. In the US I leave a 20% tip in a restaurant but in the UK, 10% is the norm.

I don't have a tipping jones' on hotels. I'd rather clean up myself the best I can, and call it a day. At my timeshare I use the room to it's fullest, but I pay 65 bucks a stay for maintenance, so why tip?

-M