Room service waiter delivers food to your room at hotels with a restaurant.
Room service tipping etiquette service charge.
Fifteen to 20 percent of the total charge.
Check the bill to see if gratuity has already been included but don t.
The service charge is not only equivalent to a tip it is the tip.
If you re unsure whether your hotel has them just ask.
If your specific attendant was.
Partition effects in tipping when you order room service in a hotel the bill often includes a delivery charge of a few dollars plus a service charge of close to 20.
When you sign the bill there is always a blank that says additional gratuity.
The receipts still have a tip line.
Even though it states that there is a 5 service charge and 18 gratuity added to the bill only the service charge was on the bill.
The service charge has been added already so you re under no obligation to tip more.
Room service tip dilemma you bite the bullet and order room service.
Always check the bill first.
Then expect to pay a service charge and gratuity says danziger who rarely sees such fees omitted from bills.
Booked a room at the ritz.
Personally i will generally leave as is no additional tip unless the service has been truly outstanding or if i expect to be ordering room service often at the same hotel in which case i m trying to encourage good service in the future.
Other hotel tipping tips shuttle service to and from the hotel should run you between 1 to 2 per person in tips or 4 to 5 per party according to the american hotel lodging association.
Was just at the rio last month and ordered room service for dinner.
Though the exact definition varies from hotel to hotel service charge usually indicates a pooled tip to be divided up by the entire room service department.
The last time i ordered room service my 27 78 bill included 21 00 for the meal a 3 00 delivery fee and a 3 78 service.