Tip your server.

[MadCardDisease]

The one place we don't tip and I am hearing that you should is when you stay in a hotel. Does anyone here tip the cleaning crew? How much?

Yes you should tip the maids at a hotel.

We always leave $2-5 dollars a night on the pillow depending on where we are staying. Usually our first night we will be a little more generous (we've had good experiences with this). Then depending on the condition of our room we will change the amount left accordingly. The nicer the hotel the bigger the tip generally, but only if the room meets your standards.

The cleaning staff can change so it's good to leave your tip each night instead of just at the end of your stay.

Don't leave a tip on the night stand without a note. They usually won't take the money without a note saying it's for them as you might just have left you spare change there and forgot about it. Usually it's safest to place it on the pillow. But again a quick thank you note removes any question as to who it is for.

 

[Bada0Bing]

we tip well....start at 29% and go up or down from there... part of it is for selfish reasons,...live in a small town...go to the same places all the time...
at our favorite restaurant, El Dorado,... the other servers do not even try to seat us they just yell for Larro. He is our guy. Treats us like kings... I like fresh cilantro with my tacos but being a small town it is not always available...so I do not order the tacos much.... Larro always lets me know when they have cilantro,.. and he chops it himself....On the rare occasion we show up when Larro is not there...Oscar is the backup....

The Mariachis?? Good dudes, they know not to come over if I am tired....generally tip them $1 per song when they stop by...then maybe a couple more bucks in their jar by the register.

Buffets....a buck per person for getting the drinks.

generally you can tell if poor service is due to the server or the kitchen... no point holding it against the server if it was out of their control.....

never send food back. the kitchen staff is either busy, or bored...I am not going to be the guy causing them grief in those circumstances,...I cant see them and they have my food..... if I get crap food, I choke it down...mention it to the manager.....I have a three strikes policy....if a restaurant hits their strikes in a short period...I don't go back.

I love a decent steakhouse.... Santa Fe Steakhouse in McComb, MS suxx ass...been there twice since I moved here and the food was poor each time....will give them a shot again in six more months,...but I am expecting it to be their third strike.....I can overlook a lot...but not a screwed up steak

Agreed. I worked in kitchens during college. I've seen some interesting things done to the food when the cooks aren't happy. I've seen the most sensible guys lose their minds during a dinner rush and do the funniest stuff.

Consider it a sunk cost at that point.