Do I Tip the Maid & How Much, Paris 3* Hotel?
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Do I Tip the Maid & How Much, Paris 3* Hotel?
Ok. I know you don't tip the waiter beyond a bit of change or a euro or two. And I don't have to tip the cab from the airport on a fixed fare unless there's a lot of baggage handling. How about the maid that cleans our room every day? Tip or not? How much, how often, and how to leave it? It's a 3* (French official rating) hotel in the Latin Quarter, if that makes a difference. We'll be staying 10 nights, by the way, so that may affect the answers.
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All French workers if legally employed get a decent wage and benefits - use same logic as with taxi drivers and waiters I would say - that said don't hurt to leave some little change but I do not think they depend on tips.
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Maids are not dumb - Americans staying she/he expects such tips.
Or just write a note "Thanks for the good service" -in French of course. Fractured French - "Merci pour la bonnne service"
Awaiting French Fodorgarchs to give their two euro cents' worth on this!
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...m#last-comment
Or just write a note "Thanks for the good service" -in French of course. Fractured French - "Merci pour la bonnne service"
Awaiting French Fodorgarchs to give their two euro cents' worth on this!
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...m#last-comment
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I have stayed more than 300 nights in 200 different hotels over the last 4-5 years in paris.
In 2,3 stars mostly.
My accumulated tips for maids or other staff is : 0.
No tip is expected and none given.
But since you are US you will not listen so do as you wish.
Just now you know the rules : 0.
In 2,3 stars mostly.
My accumulated tips for maids or other staff is : 0.
No tip is expected and none given.
But since you are US you will not listen so do as you wish.
Just now you know the rules : 0.
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<<Maids are not dumb - Americans staying she/he expects such tips.>>
How would a maid know someone's nationality, are you saying he/she would check the reservation system
<<So if the nightly room charge is 155€ I would round up with a 5€ tip>>:
You've misunderstood, you always round up to the nearest hundred or you'll be considered really cheap and I would attach a personal note "Merci pour la bonne service"
How would a maid know someone's nationality, are you saying he/she would check the reservation system
<<So if the nightly room charge is 155€ I would round up with a 5€ tip>>:
You've misunderstood, you always round up to the nearest hundred or you'll be considered really cheap and I would attach a personal note "Merci pour la bonne service"
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We always leave 2€/day for the maid, with a note thanking them for picking up after us, and in exchange always receive the best of service. If you are too cheap to leave such a minor token, that speaks more about you then any tradition.
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We Europeans are so cheap.
On the other hand we have universal healthcare and don't ask a credit card before dispensing medicine.
Robert : you donate money to hospitals I hope or would you be cheap on that account ?
Having different cultures is normal.
Using one's to tell others from a different they are cheap is arrogant and stupid.
On the other hand we have universal healthcare and don't ask a credit card before dispensing medicine.
Robert : you donate money to hospitals I hope or would you be cheap on that account ?
Having different cultures is normal.
Using one's to tell others from a different they are cheap is arrogant and stupid.
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As an American, I would never tip a maid in Europe out the window or otherwise. But really just do what you want to do, tip or not tip and get on with it. It's hardly a worth a lengthy discussion or any discussion at all for that matter.
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European here. Never tip the maid.
" If you are too cheap to leave such a minor token, that speaks more about you then any tradition".
What's tradition in one country may be a major blunder in another. Giving a buch of chrysanthemums to your hostess in France is considered as very gauche (chrysanthemums = flowers for the dead). Thank God Europe does not follow blindly US traditions YET.
" If you are too cheap to leave such a minor token, that speaks more about you then any tradition".
What's tradition in one country may be a major blunder in another. Giving a buch of chrysanthemums to your hostess in France is considered as very gauche (chrysanthemums = flowers for the dead). Thank God Europe does not follow blindly US traditions YET.
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Just imagine you went to a country for the first time and you had some shiny glass beads in your hands and a native gave you all his land for those shiny glass beads.
Now did you destroy his culture or just "do what I do at home"? ;-)
"Take nothing but photos and leave nothing but foot prints" might be a good motto
Now did you destroy his culture or just "do what I do at home"? ;-)
"Take nothing but photos and leave nothing but foot prints" might be a good motto