How much money?

[Yvonne]

If you're tipping $2 per day, you're not cheap. I stay for weeks (5-7) every summer & tipping $5 per day would be unreasonable for me. I should add, I also give extra $$$ at the end of my stay for ALL my housekeepers plus bring/leave them items they can use. I also tip the beach staff & adding all the daily tips... really boosts my room rate.

For those of you who tip at the end of your stay, please don't do that. Tip daily. You may not - probably won't - have the same housekeeper every day. You may very well be leaving a big tip for someone who has provided service to you for a day, maybe two. I don't know where this concept came from but it is very inaccurate.

Long ago I worked in housekeeping (one summer while in college) at a resort hotel so I know how hard people work for you. I was actually surprised when I received tips. I was doing my job but it was also of top quality. Once I knew what the deal was, had my relief been collecting my tips, I would have been unhappy. I literally was expected to vacuum walls as well as the carpet in every room I cleaned, clean the bathroom floors w/ a toothbrush. I'm not kidding. I know that's not the way it is in Negril, but I do know the housekeeping staff works hard to do the best for you, their guest.

[Jamerican71]

If you're tipping $2 per day, you're not cheap. I stay for weeks (5-7) every summer & tipping $5 per day would be unreasonable for me. I should add, I also give extra $$$ at the end of my stay for ALL my housekeepers plus bring/leave them items they can use. I also tip the beach staff & adding all the daily tips... really boosts my room rate..

Hi Yvonne! I usually stay in a 2 bedroom unit and we have the same housekeeper but you're right, I will start doing it daily rather than weekly. I also tip the beach staff especially during busy season as my beach lounger is always set up and ready for me.

[Mike_D]

For those of you who tip at the end of your stay, please don't do that. Tip daily. You may not - probably won't - have the same housekeeper every day. You may very well be leaving a big tip for someone who has provided service to you for a day, maybe two. I don't know where this concept came from but it is very inaccurate.

This is a good point. We stay at a small resort, and we know there is only one housekeeper. So at the end of our stay I personally give her a tip for our entire stay. My only concern about leaving a few bucks each day, is that our room gets pretty cluttered and if I leave a couple dollars on a table or nightstand, I'm not sure she would know to take it. I just prefer to personally hand-over the tip for any service.

At large hotels, especially in the States, you will find a "tip envelope" for housekeepers in the room. In this case, I have no problem leaving a daily tip, because they know its for them. Also, we will often put up the "DO NOT DISTURB" sign, and if we sleep in too late the housekeeper may never come. If this is the case, they won't get their daily tip. However, in Negril I don't see these envelopes in the rooms.

[Craig123]

My only concern about leaving a few bucks each day, is that our room gets pretty cluttered and if I leave a couple dollars on a table or nightstand, I'm not sure she would know to take it. I just prefer to personally hand-over the tip for any service.

I always tip daily about $400j per day. Simply leave it on the foot of the bed so it's very obviously intended for the cleaning staff. I sometimes wonder though if an unscrupulous employee might enter rooms ahead of cleaning staff and steal the tips for themselves. Possible but unlikely, i hope.