Poll Results: Tipping

September 18, 2014, 8:14 PM GMT+0

These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed September 17 - 18, 2014 on tipping. The results show that if people don't tip hotel workers, it's because they either haven't been in that situation or didn't know they were supposed to. The margin of error is 4.6%.

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Which would you say is the biggest reason why you don’t usually tip hotel housekeepers?
Asked of those who don’t tip hotel housekeeping staff
Tips hotel housekeeping staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46%
Never been in this situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%
I intend to leave a tip but I forget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1%
I didn’t think I was expected to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
I don’t think they deserve it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3%
I am opposed to tipping in general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2%
Something else . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%