Bell Staff Tipping

Etiquette guides such as the Emily Post Institute suggest about $1-$2 per bag, with AAA citing up to $5 per bag when luggage is delivered - and a few dollars is a sensible minimum even for one light bag. Tip more for heavy, awkward, or numerous bags, or when the attendant escorts you to the room.

Per bag is the most commonly cited basis, with a reasonable floor for small loads. In practice many guests round to a flat few dollars for a couple of bags - the per-bag figure is a starting point for the guest’s judgment, not a fixed charge.

They scan the attendant’s personal QR badge and tip from their phone browser - no app, no account, no cash. The tip is attributed directly to the person who carried the bags, and the whole flow takes less time than the goodbye at the room door.

Each attendant carries an individual QR code, so a scan routes the tip to that named person rather than an anonymous jar. Properties that prefer to share tips across the bell desk can use a pool instead, distributed evenly or by percentage.

Yes. Group tipping lets a guest tip multiple staff in one flow - useful at arrival, where a doorman, a bell attendant, and sometimes a shuttle driver all helped within a few minutes of each other.

Tips settle to the property’s Stripe account in 1-2 business days, and staff are paid through payroll. Each attendant tracks every tip on a personal dashboard - today, this week, and this month - with per-tip detail.