--- title: "Tuesday Buzz: Fighting for Hotel Housekeepers" id: "40356" type: "post" slug: "tuesday-buzz-fighting-for-hotel-housekeepers" published_at: "2017-10-31T21:31:36+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-09T16:14:25+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2017/10/31/tuesday-buzz-fighting-for-hotel-housekeepers/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2017/10/31/tuesday-buzz-fighting-for-hotel-housekeepers.md" excerpt: "Most hotel service workers get a tip, with housekeepers being a notable exception. The New York Times explores why and shares how one nonprofit group is working for housekeepers. Also: spooky stories from the nonprofit world guaranteed to give you..." taxonomy_category: - "Membership" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Leadership" - "Member Engagement" - "Membership" - "nonprofit" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Tuesday Buzz: Fighting for Hotel Housekeepers When travelers stay at hotels, they probably know to tip the bellhop or valet attendant, but, all too often, hotel housekeepers get left high and dry. One nonprofit is fighting on behalf of housekeepers to promote better tipping. According to a [New York Times article (opens in a new tab)](https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/business/hotel-housekeeper-tipping.html) , people may be less likely to tip a housekeeper because they don’t have face-to-face interactions with them like they do a bellhop. “Tipping norms, or the lack of them, may be especially unfair to housekeepers, who arguably do more for guests than park their cars or push the cart containing their dinners,” writes Tammy La Gorce. So, how much should you tip? The American Hotel & Lodging Association suggests [$1 to $5 per night of your stay (opens in a new tab)](https://www.ahla.com/sites/default/files/guestGratuityGuide.pdf) [PDF]. ### Boo! > 7 terrifying stories for Halloween. Beware, they’re scary. One involves the [#OxfordComma (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OxfordComma?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/ReG5VZzR3r (opens in a new tab)](https://t.co/ReG5VZzR3r) > > — Vu Le (with one E) (@NonprofitAF) [October 31, 2017 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/NonprofitAF/status/925406552923803649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **On Halloween, people are enjoying frights from supernatural tales about vampires, ghosts, and werewolves.** But the nonprofit world has a whole host of spine-tingling issues that can give you a scare. *Nonprofit: Always Fresh* [shares seven spooky stories (opens in a new tab)](http://nonprofitaf.com/2017/10/7-nonprofit-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark/) to mark the holiday, including the tale of a review proposal gone wrong. “The last trustee, who had been scanning the proposal, lowered his reading glasses. Several seconds passed, marked by the ticking of the clock. ‘It is innovative,’ he said, ‘but I don’t see a track record.’ From somewhere in the distance, in the night, Henry could almost hear it—a faint, mournful wailing of an executive director.” ### Other Links of Note **Many associations are struggling to recruit young members.** The Wild Apricot blog shares [one simple reason why young people aren’t signing up (opens in a new tab)](https://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2017/10/27/not-joining-associations) . **What does servant leadership require?** *Forbes* shares [characteristics of successful leaders (opens in a new tab)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2017/10/31/servant-leadership-who-is-ultimately-responsibility-for-your-peoples-success/#57fb842b86cb) . **We’ve all been told that short content works better online.** But *NiemanLab* reports that [some people prefer longer content (opens in a new tab)](http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/10/longer-content-isnt-wearing-audiences-out-and-they-may-even-be-hungry-for-more-two-studies-find/) . 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