House Keeping gratuity how to pay question

[mom2rose&john]

I am planning on paying the majority of my expenses with a gift card. Is it possible to pay the housekeeping gratuity at the front desk using a gift card?

 

[zoo2tycoon]

I am planning on paying the majority of my expenses with a gift card. Is it possible to pay the housekeeping gratuity at the front desk using a gift card?

You want to pay daily as you might not have same mousekeeper each day. We always just leave envelope with $ in it clearly marked each day.

 

[AngiTN]

I am planning on paying the majority of my expenses with a gift card. Is it possible to pay the housekeeping gratuity at the front desk using a gift card?

No
You will need cash for all resort gratuity. Housekeeping, bell services, etc
Only dining can be added to a bill and paid with a card. And I guess stuff like BBB

 

[rwdavis2]

Just take a bunch of $5 or $10 bills. One per day.

 

[Lynne M]

You can tip servers that way by just adding the tip to the bill, but no, cash is expected for all other tips. There's no mechanism for charging housekeeping/bell services/valet parking/etc tips.

 

[ErinsMommy]

Just take a bunch of $5 or $10 bills. One per day.

This - before we leave I stop by the bank I ask for $5 bills enough for mousekeeping and bell services based on the nights and resort arrivals/departures when we're there.

 

[Ninja Mom]

Another reason to do it daily is that you can leave a note by the money (or in the envelope that can be printed up labeled "Housekeeper" in English and Spanish) asking for anything that you might need, like extra towels, trash bags or toiletries if they are still provided separately and not in a wall dispenser system.

~NM

 

[tnolan]

What we do is as described by several posters here, we simply leave cash each day in a folded piece of paper marked mousekeeping. Its the easiest way.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Housekeeping is a non-tipped position.

 

[MarkinNM]

There are other sites out there that have some cool FREE printable envelopes for you to choose from, look for them....

 

[Nancyg56]

I put tip money for housekeeping in envelopes before I leave home and leave one on the bed each day. I also get some $5 and $1 bills to tip the skycaps, bus drivers (DME) valet and bell services and just keep that money in a separate pocket of my bag.

 

[WEDWDW]

And if you forget your "Tip Money",the Front Desk can make change for you.

 

[AngiTN]

Housekeeping is a non-tipped position.

Just to clarify in case there's confusion among readers since there are some classified as not able to accept tips at Disney, this is not one of those non-tipped positions such as a GS CM
It's a position that doesn't make a wage supplemented by tips such as a waitstaff CM.
They can accept tips.

 

[AngiTN]

There are other sites out there that have some cool FREE printable envelopes for you to choose from, look for them....

We've done this too when DGD was too young to do it herself
As she got older one of her jobs was to decorate the envelopes for each day. Now that she's a tween her job is to write their note and put the money out each morning.

 

[100acreHiker]

Housekeeping is a labor-intensive job. They do not *expect* tips, but I think they certainly do appreciate them. We don't have tons of disposable income, but I always leave a little bit-- $4 or $5 a day--as a thank you for cleaning up my kids' and my mess. Occasionally there's a day I have no small bills on me or we rush out to the park and I forget to leave a tip, but I make sure to remember the next day. Sometimes I feel like the guy who rushes out to my uber car to open the door for me expects a tip, and I feel odd about that--I can open my own door--but housekeeping is genuinely tiring and sometimes gross work.

 

[scrapquitler]

Cash in an envelope taped to the bathroom mirror every day. I write "FOR MOUSKEEPING. THANK YOU!" on the envelope so that there is no doubt that it is a tip for the housekeeper. If I need something extra, I write it on the envelope as well.

 

[bumbershoot]

To help with confusion on the part of the staff, their position is "housekeeper", not "mousekeeper". If you're worrying about the housekeeper not reading english well, it's best to use their actual position's name.

I mention this because sometimes people label envelopes with "mousekeeping" and the envelopes aren't taken.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I never go to Disney without cash. I get a stack of ones before we leave town.

 

[VAfamily1998]

I just put cash down on the dresser before I leave for the day. No evelopes or notes (unless I need something, but 99% of the time I don’t.)

 

[SaintsManiac]

I just put cash down on the dresser before I leave for the day. No evelopes or notes (unless I need something, but 99% of the time I don’t.)

I always leave a note, because in the past they haven't taken the money if I didn't.