We will be going to Hedo for our first trip 8/3 with the SLIH gorup. We were wondering if guest tip the staff for drinks, food, etc?
Thanks.
We will be going to Hedo for our first trip 8/3 with the SLIH gorup. We were wondering if guest tip the staff for drinks, food, etc?
Thanks.
The staff are not allowed to accept tips. They could actually lose their job for taking one. Instead, a comment to the management highlighting their excellence is always appreciated and rewarded.
We will be at Hedo Aug. 7th to 17th, for our fourth trip. We were not aware of a no tipping policy there. We most certainly have tipped staff, and they always accepted.
Agree with NCcouple43 - staff are not to be tipped, but a comment to the front desk, usually upon leaving, is appreciated and rewarded. Any tips received may have been accepted in a more private setting (?) but at the risk of being reprimanded or terminated. Harry and Co. have gone a long way in beefing up the employee perks so as to not make accepting tips as enticing. The right thing to do is to abide by the rules of the resort and not tip, it can promote negative or unintended results if you do.
Many times in life we may feel the need to offer something a little extra - I can provide a sermon of the unintended consequences of "charitable giving" to local charities or in lesser developed countries, all with initially good intentions - but it's best to hold back at times.
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I always note the names of staff who I have been very impressed with and very much appreciated and write their names down on the comment card when checking out. If you want to recognize staff privately Harry is okay with leaving a small gift (candy, snacks, bath and beauty products, new clothes, work gloves, batteries, CD's etc) with an attached card with the staff's name, your first name and room number and the item(s) you have put in the gift bag.
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I don't think of this as charity, more like a little gift to someone that feels like family.....
Harry has a bonus system (the amount contingent on occupancy to encourage staff to make the Hedo experience well worth returning for) that rewards everyone EQUALLY, whether you work in the garden or in the kitchen or you are out front all day as a bartender or EC.
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"Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful ....Would you meet the sun and the wind with ...your skin..? For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.." Kahlil Gibran
Ooops.
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Like I said, we were not aware of this policy. It is strange that none of the employees mentioned it when we gave them the tip. We will be sure to follow the rules this time.
I always leave a few $ on the pillow for the maid. Just a thank you and a hope it finds its way into the local economy.
You're right Juicy, poor word choice on my behalf. Sincere apologies to anyone offended by the use of the word in this context.
2021 Nov 20 to Dec 4 (15 days) Hedo II (Covid pandemic)
2020 Nov 21 to Dec 5 (15 days) Hedo II (Baz Adv Dive cert-Pandemic)
2019 May Secrets Hideaway FL
2019 Dec 6 to 16th (11 days) Hedo II
2018 Dec 26 to 2019 Jan 7 Hedo II (13 days) Happy NYE
2017 Nov 22-Dec 2: Hedo II (11 days)
2017 Sept 14-16: Sandy Bottoms Resort
2017 Apr 28-May 8: Hedo II (10 days perfect) New friends, experiences and great times along with OW Scuba cert
2016 Jan 1-Jan 8: Hedo II (8 days) newbies and enjoyed
For the official word on tipping, you can go to the Hedonism 2 web page and look up the FAQ section.
https://www.hedonism.com/what-is-hed...m-resort-faqs/
Second item is the tipping policy. Do note that there are more security cameras at Hedo these days.
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The staff also has a retirement plan that the resort makes contributions to. Tipping them risks their being fired. They get fired for accepting a tip and they will never get another hospitality job in the country again. Their employment record goes from employer to employer.
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Wasn't aware of the policy, I had assumed as with other resorts in the Caribbean that it was 'normal' to tip the staff.
Thank you, everyone for your replies. So much appreciated. Only three more get ups, and we are on our way!!
What we do is take small gifts for the staff we see every year, which is allowed. We also take two backpacks filled with school supplies and leave them with our house keeper. They always enjoy that and the supplies get into good hands.
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