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Aug 8, 2021 85 Comments

At hotels I like to tip the maid like $5 a night. But I usually don’t have the right cash.

Mail out business cards with QR code’s for the housekeeper to leave in the room and do a tip via the app with CC, PayPal, Venmo. Charge $1-2 service fee to the hotel guest on top of the tip.

Beyond the poll, what am I missing here? Would it work?

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  • OnDeck
    cheesypun

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    cheesypun
    Couldn’t the housekeeper just leave their Venmo/cash app user name and that would basically be the end of your startup?
    Aug 8, 2021 4
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      🥜tc🥜

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      OP
      Do it through the app and add service fee
      Aug 8, 2021
    • Visa
      RBcr44

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      RBcr44
      Dinnerly delivery left a card with his venmo one week so I tipped him through that. Surprised my milk delivery doesnt do that at christmas. I hate leaving a lump of cash in the milk box over night
      Sep 1, 2021
  • Yext
    iPqb56

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    iPqb56
    No reputable hotel chain would want their housekeeping staff to leave these, if they did they would implement their own system
    Aug 8, 2021 2
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      🥜tc🥜

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      OP
      Or whitelabel ours?
      Aug 8, 2021
    • Yext
      iPqb56

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      iPqb56
      Why whitelabel? They already are setup to bill their customers in the room/express checkout, adding tip capabilities is trivial
      Aug 8, 2021
  • Amazon
    nashedi

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    nashedi
    Yes. This could be the genesis of a housekeeper providing diversified services - if you know what I mean.
    Aug 8, 2021 2
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      🥜tc🥜

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      OP
      Heyyyyyoooo!
      Aug 8, 2021
    • New
      wivf63

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      wivf63
      That's how blind helps make world better! You just decriminalyzed "services" and made them taxable. Do it, it will fly
      Aug 8, 2021
  • New
    🥜tc🥜

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    OP
    If you say awful, pls tell me why!
    Aug 8, 2021 2
    • Centro
      av7mpe4

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      av7mpe4
      Because I am stealing your idea
      Aug 8, 2021
    • New
      Jessica_92

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      Jessica_92
      Reverse your idea. Pre-programmable QR code cards that are left by guests. Instructions on the back for the housekeeper to redeem cash into whatever bank/fintech product they use.
      Aug 9, 2021
  • Highly seems you are promoting more tipping culture at hotels, which more people have started to hate anyways with restaurants. Why don’t you provide a room booking startup and end of the trip you can update how much of the fee should go to maids
    Aug 8, 2021 0