Thanks for all the responses. The idea of five dollar bills sure makes it easy. and I like the idea of every day, so the right person gets the tip
Thanks for all the responses. The idea of five dollar bills sure makes it easy. and I like the idea of every day, so the right person gets the tip
$5 is appreciated and keep in mind that your housekeepers can usually be a great source of procurement. Flowers, fresh squeezed OJ, etc. Another way for them to make a little more money and yet another easy way to get what you need. No worries Mon.......
It depends...sometimes it is easier to tip daily if there are several people involved. If it is the holiday season, which we often travel, we may tip earlier so that the $$ can help before Christmas. Otherwise, along with cash, we generally share our food or drink, depending on what they may want...with our housekeepers, gardeners and other staff. Being from a small rather "country" state, we were brought up to share what we have. So, we are very comfortable with always sharing drinks, food, fruit, etc... with the staff of the resort. It's just the way we roll here in our likkle state. My grandad was a Methodist minister here and in Virginia...food was a staple that was shared with others. SO, I guess I am just continuing the old traditions of West Virginia.
I guess everyone has their own ways of giving. They are all good as long as we give back to others. I feel blessed to be able to travel and I sure want others to benefit As one of my dear friends said, "Jamaica has been good to me" ....Yeah mon, it has been good to me too.......so let me give back!
Hopefully, you're using larger denominations than your avatar, Captain! lol Respect is a wonderful thing to genrously show people. I have several of those old bills that I use for bookmarks. I haven't figured how to use them with my Kindle though!Originally Posted by captaind
We're all in this together and none of us is getting out alive.
As long as were talking tipping. Throughout the year I put money from various sources in my "tip" can. I use this for tip money in Jamaica. I usually wind up with ~$200.00. A few 10's, more 5's, a lot of 1's. I use them for bartenders, maids, porters, wait staff, etc...
I've never given much consideration as to whether U.S. is harder to use for them. Would They prefer to be tipped in Ja dollars? I know U.S. is widely accepted but would the workers rather have Ja dollars?
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I was wondering the same thing about the US vs. JA currency. I always tip in US dollars. Perhaps JA would be better? IDK...
I bet the people will tell you it doesn't matter if it's JA or US. My wife and I have been setting aside our $5's since August. We now have more than $500 set aside. First time we ever did that and I'm sure we will be doing it again. It was a great idea!
YES...get to know the person assigned to you room They appreciate the interest you have in them. Even if it's just to ask their name and the days they work.
I tip daily. $5US plus a little treat like chocolate, tasty cakes, cookies, nuts or mints.
When you are tipping your housekeeper, where is the best place to put the tip?
I personally like to put it directly into their hands, which is why I get to know my housekeeper, confirm THEY are the one there every day and which is their day off, then generally tip larger amounts when I see her rather than leave it on the bed. I do this only because I stayed somewhere once where I happened to be coming back to the room and someone OTHER than the housekeeper was coming out of the room. I inquired as to who they were and she was a manager of some sort who said she checks all the rooms before and after they are cleaned (for quality control). But it made me wonder if the full amount of the tips left on the bed for the housekeeper truly did go to the housekeeper. My mind began speculating all kinds of things including that perhaps she collected all tips and distributed them evenly to all staff. I have no way to know for sure what happened to the tips I left so now I just prefer to put it directly into their hands.
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