Should I tip if I get free amenities delivered at a hotel?
I'm staying at a nice hotel which has adopted the increasingly common approach of stocking only the absolute basics like soap & shampoo in the bathroom. They do offer a long list of other freebies (razors, Q-tips etc), but they request that you call to ask for them and then they'll be delivered to your room.
Assuming I'm in the US/Canada, do I need to tip the delivery person, and if yes, how much?
I'm assuming the answer is "yes", because in North America you need to tip for everything and I would tip for eg. room service food, but I find this more than usually grating because here the hotel is providing a worse service (compared to having a pre-stocked drawer) and I need to pay for it. Grumble grumble.
Best Answer
In this case you actually don't need to tip, but a small gratuity ($2ish) is always appreciated if someone brings you up shampoo, soap, towels, anything that you used up in your room or anything that you need more of. For larger items like cots or rollaway beds I might tip a little more, but it's not totally necessary in these cases.
That being said, usually it will end up being one of 2 or 3 people who will be delivering stuff to your room, so I tend to either tip the delivery person a bit extra the first time and then not the rest of the time, or I'll work something out with the housekeeper where I'll tip her $5-$10 and she'll leave extra stuff like toiletries for me.
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