Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaving out the "do not disturb" sign during your entire stay does not make a housekeeper's job easier. Catherine McQueen via ...

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 ...

Most hotel guests remember to tip the valet, acknowledge the concierge, or thank the front desk staff. Housekeepers, though, ...

It’s well-known that hotel housekeepers don’t have a lot of time to clean each room. There can be literally hundreds to take care of, without many hours between checkout and check-in. For this reason, ...

The travel and hospitality industry is full of unsung heroes. These people are often overworked, under-paid, and under-appreciated, but they show up every day to make sure guests have the best ...

With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud's job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. There was the time she found three days worth of blond dog fur clinging ...

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 ...