"One of the most appreciated gestures is when guests gather their beachwear or damp towels and hang them on the provided ...

Leaving out the "do not disturb" sign during your entire stay does not make a housekeeper's job easier. Catherine McQueen via Getty Images Being a hotel housekeeper is hard work. The job can involve ...

Remember the days when returning to your hotel room meant a perfectly made bed, fresh towels, and spotless surfaces? That ...

A hotel room may look freshly cleaned, but this could be misleading. With tight cleaning schedules and constant turnover, some items are touched by dozens of people but rarely get a proper scrub.

Staying in a hotel is part of the travel experience that offers comfort and service. However, there is hard work behind the ...

You probably do a lot of tipping these days, at restaurants, hair and nail salons, even if you ride in an Uber or Lyft. But do you leave a tip for housekeeping when you stay in a hotel? And if you do, ...

We’ve all been there – standing in our hotel room wondering how much (and how often) to tip housekeeping. For many travelers, the unspoken rules around tipping the housekeeping staff at U.S. hotels ...

Cristina Velasquez has cleaned up almost every imaginable mess during her 21 years as a hotel housekeeper, but the scene awaiting her when she opened the door to a room at the Hilton Garden Inn in ...

Moving swiftly, Felicitas pinched the pillows in half with her forearm so they slid smoothly into the pillowcase. She flung the double-sized mattress up as if it didn’t weigh over 50 pounds and tucked ...