Time Your Tipping
Sometimes the tipping can be a reward, while sometimes it could be a subtle bribe. If you are using the service of one person repeatedly throughout your trip (say, a doorman) feel free to tip all at once at the end of your stay. If, however, you would like to ensure special service throughout your stay (say, from the doorman), a larger tip up front is a good idea.
Keep Bills Handy for Tipping
Keep several one-dollar bills handy in an accessible pocket. You don’t want to be searching for them when you’re taking luggage. Keep the bills neatly folded in groups of one or two bills.
Don’t Ask for Change
According to tipping etiquette, it creates a very awkward situation to ask for change from the person you are tipping. If for some reason you don’t have a tip ready, it’s better to skip it, particularly if you can get change from somewhere else and return with your tip at some point in the future.
Know Your Tipping Tendencies
Be aware of your own unconscious tipping tendencies. Studies show women tend to tip men more generously (and men tip women better). Tipping goes up universally when the weather is good, lower when it is not. Attractive women earn higher tips, as do attentive men who don’t make mistakes.
Know the Tipping Policy
Increasingly, high-end hotels are instituting “no tipping policies” that include gratuities in the price of the room. Some, particularly resorts, are charging a daily fee that covers all gratuities. However, if you sign up for outside excursions or tours (even those that don’t cost extra), chances are the drivers and /or the tour guides will expect tips. Ask about it when you book.
Bed and Breakfast Tipping Etiquette
In general, tipping etiquette dictates that business owners are not given tips. Most B&Bs fall under that category, and indeed, most have “no tipping policies” in place. If you are in doubt, ask about their tipping policy when you book your room. (If the housekeeping staff is not part of the family, do tip them as you would in a hotel.)
Don’t feel obligated to give a tip if the service given is bad. On the other hand, consider giving a larger tip for those who go out of their way to provide personalized or standout service. Although it is not required, tipping etiquette says that unless service is severely lacking in some way, do give a tip of some sort (or at least a smile and a thank you). Tipping etiquette varies worldwide. These tipping guidelines are for the United States only. Expectations (and tipping amounts) can vary quite a bit from country to country. Check a travel guide for the particular country you will be visiting for the proper tipping etiquette. Now that you know the secrets behind tipping etiquette, check the Hotel Tipping Guide for whom to tip at a hotel (and how much to tip them).
1. Tips are not only required but also expected by the people in the service industry.
2. If people order a number of bottles of wine during the course of the meal, the final tip should exclude the wine costs.
3. In some cities, taxi drivers must comply with riders’ requirements, or they’re likely not to get tips.
4. Every person who provides services at beauty salons and barbershops will be tipped 15% of the bill.
5. At hotels, the appreciated tip is 10% to 20% of the bill for more complicated services.
6. Sometimes tipping can be a bribe. If you want to get special service, you can tip ahead.
7. People tend to give more tips when the weather is good because people are in a better mood in good weather.
8. Now, more and more higher-end hotels are instituting ________ in which tips are included in the price of the room.
9. Consider _____ for those who provide you with personalized or impressive service.
10. Before you go to a country, you can check a travel guide for _____.
Sometimes the tipping can be a reward, while sometimes it could be a subtle bribe. If you are using the service of one person repeatedly throughout your trip (say, a doorman) feel free to tip all at once at the end of your stay. If, however, you would like to ensure special service throughout your stay (say, from the doorman), a larger tip up front is a good idea.
Keep Bills Handy for Tipping
Keep several one-dollar bills handy in an accessible pocket. You don’t want to be searching for them when you’re taking luggage. Keep the bills neatly folded in groups of one or two bills.
Don’t Ask for Change
According to tipping etiquette, it creates a very awkward situation to ask for change from the person you are tipping. If for some reason you don’t have a tip ready, it’s better to skip it, particularly if you can get change from somewhere else and return with your tip at some point in the future.
Know Your Tipping Tendencies
Be aware of your own unconscious tipping tendencies. Studies show women tend to tip men more generously (and men tip women better). Tipping goes up universally when the weather is good, lower when it is not. Attractive women earn higher tips, as do attentive men who don’t make mistakes.
Know the Tipping Policy
Increasingly, high-end hotels are instituting “no tipping policies” that include gratuities in the price of the room. Some, particularly resorts, are charging a daily fee that covers all gratuities. However, if you sign up for outside excursions or tours (even those that don’t cost extra), chances are the drivers and /or the tour guides will expect tips. Ask about it when you book.
Bed and Breakfast Tipping Etiquette
In general, tipping etiquette dictates that business owners are not given tips. Most B&Bs fall under that category, and indeed, most have “no tipping policies” in place. If you are in doubt, ask about their tipping policy when you book your room. (If the housekeeping staff is not part of the family, do tip them as you would in a hotel.)
Don’t feel obligated to give a tip if the service given is bad. On the other hand, consider giving a larger tip for those who go out of their way to provide personalized or standout service. Although it is not required, tipping etiquette says that unless service is severely lacking in some way, do give a tip of some sort (or at least a smile and a thank you). Tipping etiquette varies worldwide. These tipping guidelines are for the United States only. Expectations (and tipping amounts) can vary quite a bit from country to country. Check a travel guide for the particular country you will be visiting for the proper tipping etiquette. Now that you know the secrets behind tipping etiquette, check the Hotel Tipping Guide for whom to tip at a hotel (and how much to tip them).
1. Tips are not only required but also expected by the people in the service industry.
2. If people order a number of bottles of wine during the course of the meal, the final tip should exclude the wine costs.
3. In some cities, taxi drivers must comply with riders’ requirements, or they’re likely not to get tips.
4. Every person who provides services at beauty salons and barbershops will be tipped 15% of the bill.
5. At hotels, the appreciated tip is 10% to 20% of the bill for more complicated services.
6. Sometimes tipping can be a bribe. If you want to get special service, you can tip ahead.
7. People tend to give more tips when the weather is good because people are in a better mood in good weather.
8. Now, more and more higher-end hotels are instituting ________ in which tips are included in the price of the room.
9. Consider _____ for those who provide you with personalized or impressive service.
10. Before you go to a country, you can check a travel guide for _____.