hi mom's i was wondering how much tip should i leave for luggage, housekeeping etc. at disney resorts staying 14 days... thanks
hi margaret! i don't like to carry lots of cash on my walt disney world vacations, so it's always a good idea to budget for tips ahead of time. typically, the rule of thumb for bell services or porters that will be helping you with your luggage is $1 per a bag, for any particularly heavy or cumbersome bags i would suggest $2.for mousekeeping (housekeeping) i will typically leave $1 per a person per a day. there are lots of wonderful templates for mousekeeping envelopes that you can make before your trip, i make these ahead of my trip so i'm not scrambling for tip money on my way out the door each morning. other places that you will need to tip is for table-service restaurants, typically 15%-20%, although if your party is 6 or more you will automatically be charge 18% gratuity. if you plan on taking advantage of any of disney's spas, you will also typically add a 15%-20% tip for your services as well. any cast member that has gone out of their way to make your trip extra special also, in my opinion, deserves a tip. the only exception to this is cast members within the parks, they are not allowed to accept tips, but feel free to let someone know of your wonderful experience. i hope this helps, margaret and please let me know if you need anymore advice or have any questions! happy planning! mandy
thanks for the tip it depends how much you would have to pay out on your current lease. that is still 135 more than i'd pay you. depending on the hotel, it can take 1 to 8 business days from the end of your stay for the hold to be released and your funds to become available again. you can sign up for automatic account notifications to find out immediately when your money is released: https://www.greendot.com/greendot/account/alert. what’s your day rate. i can only give you estimates based on what we spend with a family of 4. i am a stay at home mom, my husband commutes about 20 minutes to work and i have a teenage driver (16 year old girl) and a teenage boy with a huge appetite. i am now spending about $200 a week on groceries with two teenagers. gas is costing us about $100 a week. car insurance is about $400 per year. our housing runs about $1,800 per month with insurance. we live in a nice neighborhood but our house is only about 2200 sq. ft. you can definitely get larger homes for less money in a less expensive neighborhood, but i would defintely stay on the east side -- sandy and draper are nice. if you go on the west side, be sure it's southwest -- south jordan, riverton, bluffdale. 

since i'm digressing, i'll just continue on this bent. your better schools are on the east side -- anywhere on the east side. if you want to go north of salt lake, consider bountiful, and fruit heights (good schools, but slightly more expensive) stay away from ogden, woods cross and layton. traffic into and out of davis county is horrendous.

if you go one county south (utah county) you have an excellent school district with alpine. avoid lehi. alpine and highland are lovely little suburbs with great schools and a great atmosphere nestled right up against the mountains. home prices and taxes are higher than other places (like american fork, pleasant grove and orem) but they are very sweet places to live. if you're not mormon i probably would'nt consider them -- they're about 98% mormon. mormons are very nice people typically (i know -- i am one) but you're kids might feel a bit left out not being one of the majority.

ok, back to the topic at hand. if you would like to email me, i would be happy to tell you what we make and how we live, but i'd rather not broadcast that all over the internet. email me at daves\_comet@yahoo.com. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have about moving to salt lake. let's just say that i moved here 20 years ago and i have never found a place i like better. i have lived in many cities in different parts of the world, but this is where i hang my heart.

good luck. take a cruise from san diego. holland america line travels to mexico for 7 - 10 days from san diego. great food, great prices, and lots of touring in each city they stop in. i just went on the 7-day and i loved it. i got to see puerto vallarta, mazatlan, and cabo. mazatlan was my favorite. so beautiful and cultural. don't go through a travel agent that is going to charge you for their services. most agents are paid from the company they book you with and should not be over charging you for the same thing you could book on your own. they will charge an extra fee for airline reservations just because the airlines do not pay them commissions anymore. if you go on a cruise you can call the company direclty. answer: `1.00` 1) add a comment to your reservation that it a birthday is involved. 
2) email/call the gm or concierge and let them know when it comes to planning your renovation project budget you should look at allocating around $250,000 to $500,000+ . this is an approximate for excavation renovations and basement conversion costs.