Comments on: How Much to Tip When Travelling?

By: How Much Does it Cost to go to Dubai? - Money We Have

How Much Does it Cost to go to Dubai? - Money We Have — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:20:00 +0000

[…] I just wanted to give you a reference point for your planning. One thing I should mention is that tipping in Dubai is not common. Most people will just leave the coins or 10 dirhams regardless of how much the meal […]

By: Mary L McKeen

Mary L McKeen — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:15:37 +0000

In Switzerland wait staff are also paid a living wage and tipping is not expected, except for a large group where 10% may be added.

By: Ken Penton

Ken Penton — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:14:24 +0000

Anyone have inside on tipping in Portugal

By: Coliin Elliott

Coliin Elliott — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:10:11 +0000

David Selley is correct; absolutely no tipping in Australia/New Zealand. There isn’t even a category (line) for it on restaurant bills/checks. or on the debit/credit machines they hand you.

In countries where I do tip, it is ALWAYS pre-tax amount that I calculate .I would never dream of tipping on an amount that includes identified and added on, taxes

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:04:37 +0000

In reply to Tom. at the 2 extremes, 10% of the pre-tax price is very different from 20% of the post-tax price - so I guess the article above does not reflect current practice/ expectations

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:38:54 +0000

In reply to David. To hope you don't bother manually entering a lower value.

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:17:00 +0000

So why are card machines in Canadian restaurants often set up to take 15,18 or 20% of the price (with tax)?

By: David Selley

David Selley — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:00:51 +0000

You don’t mention Australia and New Zealand, where tipping is mostly unnecessary in restaurants because staff are by law paid a living wage. An Australian friend was very upset with me because I paid a small tip to a Sydney taxi driver. He said “don’t ever do that!” One time in Dunedin New Zealand I ate in a restaurant on a Sunday and they put a 50% price increase on every item because by law they had to pay staff double time. Local people just took that as normal and it seemed reasonable to me. No tips were required or expected.

By: David Selley

David Selley — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:54:35 +0000

I must disagree on tipping in Europe. In many countries, a service charge will be on the bill and no tip is necessary. In France, this is invariably the case and the French people I know say they would never dream of leaving a tip. In the UK, where there is often no service charge, most locals tip 10% or less in a cafe or restaurant except for the most upscale places where they might go up to 10 or even 12. And in my experience the ONLY way to tip is in cash. In Germany, it varies. Mostly, no service charge is added and a 10 to 12% tip has to be paid in cash.

By: Barry Choi

Barry Choi — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:16:06 +0000

In reply to Wendy.

Wendy,

I’ve never been to Tanzania but when I’ve been on group tours in the past, I typically tipped about $5-10 USD per person, per day. I found this old thread on Tripadvisor which may or may not be helpful.

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g293747-i9226-k3472555-Tipping_on_Safari_in_Tanzania-Tanzania.html