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Originally Posted by christiangirl
Do you remember to tip housekeeping?
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Always. I learned this from my first job out of college (which required weekly travel). My parents never tipped housekeeping when we traveled
but I was specifically told that I could expense $3/day as a housekeeping tip ... so I left the specified tip and I expensed it. A good thing too... that company did a lot of business with that hotel, and I was there practically every week, so much so that the front desk staff would see me walk in on Monday evening and immediately print up my sign-in papers and keycard. (They got very confused when I got married and they looked up my reservation under my maiden name and didn't find it... and the usual Monday evening front desk clerk couldn't pronounce my married name (it's not that difficult, really!) so she insisted on calling me Ms. Maidenname...)
I usually picked up a taxi at the taxi rank at a hotel near my apartment building, so I tipped the doorman (if present) as he would load my bags into the trunk.
I briefly dated a guy who would.not.tip.a.taxi.driver. Ugh. That should have been a sign that he was an ass and deserved the royal kick to the curb... well, live and learn.