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 ...

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 ...

Hotel guests are encountering unexpected charges for amenities traditionally included in the room rate. The debate over what constitutes basic amenities in a hotel room is intensifying, with items ...

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 ...

Mary Taboniar has been working as a hotel housekeeper in the Waikiki district of Honolulu for three years. When the pandemic hit she was furloughed, and she’s now an on-call worker. She wakes up early ...

Think your hotel housekeeper doesn't notice everything? Think again. I wish people knew that housekeeping is a very physically demanding job. I had to clean 16 rooms a day, and we had to have all our ...

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 ...

Being a hotel housekeeper is hard work. The job can involve long hours and intense physical exertion. Cleaning rooms in a timely manner demands an attention to detail and an ability to work under ...