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Originally Posted by MWSP
I have a question for the experts on the forum. We spent a weekend at an inn up north recently with a large group of friends and at checkout time, a question about gratuities arose.
The inn automatically added a $40 room gratuity to everyone's bill and said this was standard practice.
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I have seen this before. It depends on the facility. If you stayed a 3 night weekend at $185/night with 4 people in a room and full maid service then maybe it is reasonable. It may be a gratuity for more than the maid service like maybe morning newspapers or complimentary breakfast servers or other workers. I do not see it often for rooms.
In any case I would expect it to be a posted policy divulged before you commit to the reservation. Otherwise, I would complain about the policy to management and the local BBB.
Where I stay for a week there is no maid service. No cleaning no towels or linens. I do not feel it necessary to leave any housekeeping gratuity.