Post by Owen on Sept 25, 2020 20:01:27 GMT
1 ~~~ How Much Should You Tip Housekeeping If They Don't Enter the Room? ~ Conde Nast ~~~
www.cntraveler.com/story/how-much-should-you-tip-housekeeping ~ 17 September 2020 ~
In our Ethical Traveler advice column, we tackle the tricky moral dilemmas and questions that arise when traveling during a pandemic.
Right before the pandemic hit New York, I stayed at a hotel. I had an expiring certificate and was upgraded to a suite with a rainy view of Manhattan’s midtown. Still, a staycation. And it cost me next to nothing.
I ate dinner at the hotel restaurant (I tipped 22 percent; the server never made me wait) and watched RuPaul’s Drag Race at a gay bar ($7 in tips; the bartender remembered my order each time). An old ex was in the neighborhood, and we grabbed cheap tiramisu from an Italian kitchen, open late. He stuck a fiver into their jar at the till. I’d always liked him; he was good with the tip.
The next morning, I put $5 in an envelope and placed it in the pristine bathroom. Out of habit, I left a note: For housekeeping 
Thank you!
Thank you!www.cntraveler.com/story/how-much-should-you-tip-housekeeping ~ 17 September 2020 ~