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 ...

A hotel manager and housekeeping staff in a hotel corridor - Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Hotel guests often try to get on the good side of hotel staff in hopes of upgrades or late checkouts, but most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...