Customers can tip if they want to but are told when they book the room and check in that tipping is

Part of the hidden expense of staying at a luxury hotels is tipping but one hotel, the Elysian in Chicago has done away with it. USA Today's Hotel Check-In column reports that the hotel has adopted a no-tipping-necessary policy. David Pisor, enterprise rent a car in arcata ca the developer behind the 188 room hotel says that he finds thinking about tipping detracts from the luxury experience. The article points out that Pisor is also the nephew of Alice Waters whose Chez Panisse has had a service charge in lieu of tipping for years.
Customers can tip if they want to but are told when they book the room and check in that tipping is not necessary. The Elysian isn't the first hotel to have this property. Some resorts have adopted the policy to help contribute to the total relaxation of the customer. Other city hotels enterprise rent a car in arcata ca like the Seaport Hotel in Boston also have done away with tipping.
The Elysian is an ultra-luxury hotel where rooms cost around $350 per night. The hotel includes large residence-styled guest rooms and suites. The hotel has two restaurants, a bar and a health club and spa. It offers 24-hour room service and a 24-hour doorman and security. A private fleet of luxury automobiles are available for local transportation and airport transfers. The hotel is currently offering a special that provides three nights for the price of two.
No tipping policies at hotels are not new. 20 years ago, Doubletree Hotels had a no gratuity policy for its employees. Employees were not allowed to accept tips/ gratuities enterprise rent a car in arcata ca from guests. Employees had to refuse tips, and tell the guests that "tips were unnecessary and that they could not accept gratuities". Only if the guest insisted and offered a gratuity a second time, could the employee accept a tip. Furthermore, employees could not solicit a gratuity from a guest. Employees that accepted gratuities on the first offer from a guest, or solicited a gratuity from a guest, were subject to disciplinary action from Doubletree. Doubletree also had "mystery guests" enterprise rent a car in arcata ca who were the hotel's corporate employees or contracted employees who checked on Guest Services employees to insure these and other hotel policies were being followed. I don't know if these policies are still in effect at Doubletree, since they have gone through several enterprise rent a car in arcata ca changes in ownership since the nineties. But no tipping policies are nothing new in the hospitality business. Reply KatieCouric'sNemesis Mar 20th 2010 3:41PM
So, ban tipping altogether. We should not have To Insure Prompt Service (TIPS) for any reason. Staying at a hotel costs $100 or more a night. Tipping is simply bribery by the hotel employees so you THINK you're getting better service. You're not. Reply Terry Mar 20th 2010 3:51PM
Alot of hotel employees work for minimum enterprise rent a car in arcata ca wage it's hard to make ends meet. If this hotel has a no tipping policy then they should give their employees a raise for compensation. Tipping is always an option or a suggestion by the hotel. I believe it shows what class of person you are, if you have no class and look down upon hotel employees like KatieCouric'snemesis and have no appreciation for them and don't tip that's just rude, if youre a decent person and believe that hard service work for little pay to make your stay more comfortable then tip it shows class. Reply Gerard Mar 20th 2010 4:24PM
Ok, who suffers and who benefits? Well its obvious who suffers, and its the lowest paid workers on the payroll, the bellmen and valet workers. Who benefits? NOBODY. The people who do the tipping are not going to go somewhere based on the fact that tipping is not required. Its a small part of the overall expense. And people tip for different reasons. Some do it as payment for services rendered, some do it out of a sense of guilt, ie "I really don't want you to feel that I think I'm better than you." and some are the of the reverse school enterprise rent a car in arcata ca of thought, " I am better than you, and here is a few bucks for doing my bidding. The REAL reason for the "no tip" policy is probably because the guy is reaching the end of his rope(with the economy this bad) and hes getting desperate. Next he'll be giving 4 nights for the price of 3;-)
If you read, you would see that it clearly stated that tipping is being replaced by service charges. So yes, the people who were tipped are still getting money. Reply Richard Hamilton Mar 20th 2010 6:03PM
First, NO, it doesn't say that. It says that his aunt's place has a service charge policy. Second, most hotel service charges DO NOT go directly to the employees involved. At best, they are shared by all - good and bad alike - as well, usually, with the property itself (I guess as a reward for administering this). The tipped employee still loses out. Linda Mar 20th 2010 6:28PM
enterprise rent a car in arcata ca How hard can it be to what? Have you ever cleaned rooms, especially some of the ones we have seen? Trying cleaning toilets and showers and changing beds day after day, then ask how hard can it be? These people who do perform these services deserve all the tips they can get. besides waitressing, housekeeping is one of the hardest and most thankless positons out there. enterprise rent a car in arcata ca I wil always tip these people. Been there, done that. Reply billgolfnut Mar 20th 2010 6:48PM
Tipping in Hong Kong or the rest of Asia is not the usual,,If I wake a cabbie up at 3 AM for a ride to my apartment he's getting a tip! Tips are usually reserved for the exceptional and even then discoraged by management. Melody enterprise rent a car in arcata ca Mar 20th 2010 7:16PM
I probably overtip ,but, remind myself Thank Goodeness it's not me taking your order, or fixing your hair, or driving your cab or fetching your drink or fluffing the pillow you lay on each night, or just doing a good job because it gives me a sense of satisfaction.
enterprise rent a car in arcata ca I don't tip. In WA the law is set up that people who are in the service industry do not make less than the state minimum wage. The state minimum wage is the highest in this country. Right now it is at 8.55 per hour. First responder emts and many cna's make this same amount, yet they don't get tipped by the people enterprise rent a car in arcata ca they help. So, I say get over it. I could tipping in a state where the minimum wage is not held for the service workers and they get paid less, but where it is the same as any job...no tipping.
On the other hand, I rarely go anywhere or do anything that tipping is required so in this regard I am not ticking anybody off. I just happen to think that sometimes people get this idea that they are owed something and really...they aren't.
enterprise rent a car in arcata ca People who work in the grocery stores and fast food stores earn the same as the hotel servers and the restaurant workers yet they don't get tipped either. At least this is true for the state of Washington. Reply
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