But there's one important place they're often forgetting to pay gratuity altogether amid the "tipflation" debate, according to one etiquette expert: hotels.
Hotel housekeepers are often stiffed on gratuities — but it's a service you should "always tip on," Diane Gottsman, founder of The Protocol School in Texas and a nationally-recognized etiquette expert, tells CNBC Make It.
Plus, like many service workers, some hotel housekeepers might rely on gratuities to help make ends meet, Gottsman points out.
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Persons:
Diane Gottsman, Gottsman, They're
Organizations:
Protocol, CNBC, housekeepers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Hotel Association
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Texas, …, U.S