Tipping in U.S. Hotels

[Saint in Paradise]

http://www.tipping.org/tips/bellman.html

 

Lets start with some basics for the beginners:

 

The Bellman IS the most important staff member in any hotel. The bellman has the ability to make or break your stay, making it either enjoyable, or a living hell. How you tip him/her is tantamount to the outcome of your stay.

 

If you carry your own bags when you stay at a hotel, you are a loser. You probably went out and bought suitcases with wheels on them just just you wouldn't have to part with a few precious dollars as a tip to a bellman. Many Hotel's Bellstaff's are currently installing small devices in the floors of their lobby that will melt any and all suitcase wheels that pass over them. So you better use a bellman any way before those cute little wheels become a black smear on my lobby floor. I wouldn't want to have to bother housekeeping with cleaning up your ignorance.

 

Don't even bother to ask if you can borrow a Bellman's cart. This is comparable to approaching a Taxi driver, telling him you need a ride to the airport, and when the driver says "hop in", you say "No, I just wanted to borrow your car". See the similarities? If you borrow MY cart, how the **** am I supposed to make any money? Get a clue.

 

Don't make the assumption that just because we're polite to you means that we like you. Its our job to suck up to schmucks like you because we works for tips. Nothing is worse than sucking up to real loser upon check-in, working your ass off, only to receive a ONE DOLLAR TIP! That will NOT help me make my Mortgage payment this month.

 

Here is a little guide so that you are aware how we will think of you after you close your door

$20 or more You are now a God in the eyes of the entire Bellstaff. They will hide dead bodies for you if asked.

$10 You are a very generous individual. The bellstaff will be at your mercy, but will stop short of illegal behavior. (See Above)

$9 Spare the extra buck and make it $10.

 

$2 This was an appropriate tip in the early '50's. Get a grip.

$1 This is an appropriate tip for merely looking in your general direction.

Less than $1 You are obviously from a foreign country, where your inferior schooling has taught you that Tipping is a City in China.

 

:lol:

[John Boy Saint]

Had a Bellman called Benny in Guangzhou, China, in a great hotel called Chime Long, the Boss greased his palm when he took us to our rooms, he looked after us a treat.

Pays to part with a few shekels to smooth the way.

[dronskisaint]

http://www.tipping.org/tips/bellman.html

 

Lets start with some basics for the beginners:

 

The Bellman IS the most important staff member in any hotel. The bellman has the ability to make or break your stay, making it either enjoyable, or a living hell. How you tip him/her is tantamount to the outcome of your stay.

 

If you carry your own bags when you stay at a hotel, you are a loser. You probably went out and bought suitcases with wheels on them just just you wouldn't have to part with a few precious dollars as a tip to a bellman. Many Hotel's Bellstaff's are currently installing small devices in the floors of their lobby that will melt any and all suitcase wheels that pass over them. So you better use a bellman any way before those cute little wheels become a black smear on my lobby floor. I wouldn't want to have to bother housekeeping with cleaning up your ignorance.

 

Don't even bother to ask if you can borrow a Bellman's cart. This is comparable to approaching a Taxi driver, telling him you need a ride to the airport, and when the driver says "hop in", you say "No, I just wanted to borrow your car". See the similarities? If you borrow MY cart, how the **** am I supposed to make any money? Get a clue.

 

Don't make the assumption that just because we're polite to you means that we like you. Its our job to suck up to schmucks like you because we works for tips. Nothing is worse than sucking up to real loser upon check-in, working your ass off, only to receive a ONE DOLLAR TIP! That will NOT help me make my Mortgage payment this month.

 

Here is a little guide so that you are aware how we will think of you after you close your door

$20 or more You are now a God in the eyes of the entire Bellstaff. They will hide dead bodies for you if asked.

$10 You are a very generous individual. The bellstaff will be at your mercy, but will stop short of illegal behavior. (See Above)

$9 Spare the extra buck and make it $10.

 

$2 This was an appropriate tip in the early '50's. Get a grip.

$1 This is an appropriate tip for merely looking in your general direction.

Less than $1 You are obviously from a foreign country, where your inferior schooling has taught you that Tipping is a City in China.

 

:lol:

 

I'd wondered what you did for a living in Paradise;)

[sambosa75]

I did a stint as a "bellman" when I first moved to London, although it's called Luggage Porter over here. I've never earnt so much money. In the summer, the Al-Maktoum and Al-Thani families would each take a whole floor at the hotel and sometimes I used to be able to make a months wages in a day. It was insane. Used to see their limo pulling in to the drive way and it was a race to get to the limo with the other porters every time. Open their door - £20. Take the shopping out of the boot on to the luggage cart - £20. Take luggage up to room - £20. They used to go shopping about 4 or 5 times a day. I once took the Sheikh's wifes bag to her room after it had been lost at their airport and was tipped £200. I got promoted to concierge shortly after and would have made a career out of it aside from the crap hours. Concierge is a great job and being a luggage porter is the easiest way in to it.