Let's begin from the entrance.

Parking Valet …………………………….....….... (when the car is returned) ……….....…….…………………………. $2 to $5

Porter ……………………………………………….. (tip more for inclement weather) …………...........………… $2.00 per bag

Doorman …………………………………………... (hails cab for you) ……………………………………..…………………. $1.00

Maids …...........(place tip in envelope; write "maid" on it, & leave envelope on pillow or near sink)…............. $2 - $3 per night

Concierge ……………………………………………. (if particularly helpful)………………………………..……………….. $5.00

Room Service …………………………………..…. (if not included in bill ) ……........……………………….. 20% of meal total


A more in depth look at tipping can be found in these two books, Authoritative Revelations on Tipping: Guidelines & Solutions and Fodor's FYI: How to Tip,(Special-Interest Titles)

Money Humor

When a man is short of money he finds most of his friends whom he meets short-sighted.
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PETERSON the comedian lent a brother actor two shillings, and when he made a demand for the sum, the debtor, turning peevishly from him, said, "Hang it! I'll pay you to-day in some shape or other." Peterson good-humoredly replied, "I shall be much obliged to you, Tom, to let it be as like two shillings as you can."
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IT was said of one that remembered everything that he lent, but nothing that he borrowed, "that he had lost half of his memory."
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"Why so glum, Blumly? Anything gone wrong?"
"Yes, I've just lost two of my best friends."
"By death or marriage?"
"Neither. I loaned them money."