Marriott hotels launch envelope campaign to get guests in the habit of tipping maids

[Not Me]

106. I tip regularly, and a few times a year do a very large tip.

It's is something that a friend and his wife do, that I have picked up on.

The last time was recently at a destination wedding for my niece that was held in an all-inclusive resort in Mexico.
We stayed a week, and had planned to go into town a few evenings for dinner, but found that the food and company at the resort was quite good, and stayed put. Toward the end of the week, I realized that we had a bit of cash left over, and the housekeeper who had kept our room up for the entire stay (read: worked 7 days in a row) was working down the hall.

I took $200 and handed it to her and tears rolled down her face. Twenty minutes later, she showed up at the door with her husband and young son. They wanted to thank us. That amount that we would have spent on two evenings dinner is probably what she makes in a week, and their gratitude was heartwarming.