Gifts for hotel staff

[Lorraine]

cash is always good but toiletries are appreciated as they are expensive in cuba,sunglasses to.as you cannot buy them(believe it ir not).

[Virg]

THANK GOODNESS FOR DOLLARAMA!

Bringa bout 10-20$ worth of goodies from there and they will LOVE you!

[Sah]

So interesting. I always thought you give a cash tip. I never even thought of giving gifts. What a great idea! Some people are so thoughtful!!!

[DanielleNDerek]

Interesting thread. I think i'll just be bringing cash this time and maybe leftovers toiletries from my oot bags.

[Amarillis]

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Originally Posted by teacherbride To my dear friend ____ (insert name if you know), please accept these gifts from your Canadian friends, A&C. Queridos amigos, reciban estos obsequios de parte de sus amigos de Canada, A&C.

WOW thanks! That is amazing!

I am definately adding that to my welcome packages!

[Lorraine]

Toiletries are always welcome but we got married at pp last march and my (now husband) forgot to take his sunglasses,we could not buy any at all at the resort or in Holguin,It ended up with one of the barmen on the beach offering to lend him his for the duration of our stay,apparently the only way they have sunglasses is due to the kindness of guests who give them to them on their departure.xxx

[sally]

We travelled to Varadero in Cuba last year,

We tipped the maids with toiletries and they loved them, with the waiters we found a few peso's each day kept our glasses full and the service good, this also applied to the waitress in the dining area who made me flowers from napkins and reserved our table for us each evening.

 

Hope this helps

[teacherbride]

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Originally Posted by Amarillis WOW thanks! That is amazing! I am definately adding that to my welcome packages!

You are very welcome. I had thought about using this little message myself but I think it would be a good idea to make little cards with instructions for leaving tips in the OOT bags.

I am also going to add a little blurb on our wedding website closer to the date.

[Erin6341]

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Originally Posted by teacherbride To my dear friend ____ (insert name if you know), please accept these gifts from your Canadian friends, A&C. Queridos amigos, reciban estos obsequios de parte de sus amigos de Canada, A&C.

Thank you for posting the translation!!

We often bring toiletries as gifts for the hotel staff, especially when we travel to Cuba. However one year when we went to Dominican we brought old baseball gloves and balls to give out. They loved them!!!

[DWbride09]

What a great idea about putting them in the OOT bags with instructions!!!

 

I'm definitely going to do that!

 

Thanks!!!!