Any recommendations? Along side cash, does anyone have idea's of what the staff like to receive or/need? Stuff they may not be able to get or afford themselves? Inexpensive goods, ie: womens personal products, hair elastics, mens items..........are these good suggestions?
with the tip money they get they could buy those items. I know 2 days last October we had a young man cleaning our room so if you want to leave a gift instead or in addition to a tip probably a good idea to not make it gender specific. Also might want to leave a note it's a gift as the cleaning people won't assume you didn't just leave something out and put it on the dresser.:icon_lol:
We bring along bars of Chocolate as a little something extra. I have been told it is a treat for them and one that is expensive for them to buy.
We found that the same girl cleaned our room every morning, so we tried to not leave a mess for her. We're adults, so we picked up after ourselves and wiped down the counters if we soiled them. Then we left her a good sized tip on the second day. She made sure our room was spotless and we had extra stuff ie; toilet paper, beer, soap shampoo. She also went over the top creating towel sculptures for us. Every time we would see her in the room or the halls she greeted us with a big smile. As for wait staff, we would sit in the same section as the one waiter we had on the first day. We tipped him very well, so we got EXCEPTIONAL service from him. The bartenders are always tipped well by us, they are the link between being sober and not remembering the night before. I like not remembering the night before or at least being able to use that as an excuse for my behavior. LOL Be sociable and take care of your hotel staff and I promise they will take care of you.
I seem to remember Steve once posting that it's not a third world country and they can buy most things with the cash you leave, but I might be wrong. At 52 my memory likes to play a little game of "I'm adamant but wrong" occasionally lol
Thanks Everyone, been to the Riveria Maya twice but wasn't sure if anyone had some this staff particularly likes.
Cash is best, and yeah you can get pretty much anything here at prices similar to the US. I remember one person bringing a whole load of plastic bags (like you get at a supermarket) to give away as gifts. I think the recipients might have found that a little insulting. Sports jerseys / caps etc always go down well though.
