{"id":5039,"date":"2013-08-09T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2013-08-08T04:09:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T08:09:18","slug":"how-much-should-you-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/08\/09\/how-much-should-you-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Should You Tip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that &#8220;tip&#8221; is an acronym? Do you know what &#8220;tip&#8221; stands for? \u00a0Tip stands for &#8220;to insure promptness.&#8221; \u00a0 Today, &#8220;tip&#8221; has become synonymous with gratuity and is widely expected among those working all types of service industries &#8211; no matter how prompt or good\/bad their service was.<\/p>\n<p>So how much should you tip when you travel? \u00a0RealSimple.com recently wrote an article about how much they think travelers should be tipping. \u00a0 Personally, I think tipping is an individual thing and you should do what you&#8217;re comfortable with and can afford. \u00a0I also think that where you are in the world should determine how much you tip. \u00a0Some cultures don&#8217;t expect tips. Some people are offended by tipping. It&#8217;s always best to research in advance, ask people who have already been to a destination or ask someone at the hotel (like a manager who doesn&#8217;t expect to be tipped) what is customary. It&#8217;s also worth noting that in countries where tipping isn&#8217;t expected, staff at many brand name western style hotels may expect tips.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to compare my tipping habits to the list RealSimple came up with.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>RealSimple List:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><label><label><strong>Doorman<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$1 to $3 if he brings your bag to the front desk or flags down a cab for you. Up it to $5 if he hails a taxi for you in the rain.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Bellhop<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$1 to $5 per bag delivered to your room.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Housekeeper<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$2 to $5 a day for chain hotels and B &amp; Bs. For luxury resorts, where rooms require more upkeep, tip $5 to $20 a day.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Service<\/strong><\/label><\/label>15 to 20 percent of the cost of the meal. If a service charge appears on your tab, the gratuity is included.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Concierge<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$5 to $50, depending on whether the service was minor (booking you a restaurant reservation) or major (scoring hard-to-get tickets).<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Valet<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$2 to $5. Tip when you pick up the car, not when you drop it off. But if you just got a new set of wheels, you may want to hand the first valet a few bucks, too.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Delivery<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$1 to $2 per delivery for items that don\u2019t come with the room, such as a razor or a tube of toothpaste.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Spa Staffers<\/strong><\/label><\/label>10 to 20 percent of the treatment cost. Leave the tip with the receptionist.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Repairs<\/strong><\/label><\/label>Zero. There\u2019s no need to pay someone who fixes things (the TV, the AC) that were supposed to work already.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Airport Shuttle Driver<\/strong><\/label><\/label>$2 to $3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VeryGoodPoints List:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><label><label><strong>Doorman:\u00a0<\/strong>I mostly agree with RealSimple (RS for short) &#8211; I would tip\u00a0<\/label><\/label>$1 to $3 if he brings your bag to the front desk. I would tip $2 if \u00a0flags down a cab for you. Nothing extra for the rain &#8211; the hotel should\u00a0have umbrellas and ponchos for the rain.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Bellhop: <\/strong>I don&#8217;t agree with RS on this one. I would tip max $1 per bag<\/label><\/label>\u00a0delivered to your room and tip $1 extra if a bag is extremely heavy or awkward size and requires special handling.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Housekeeper:\u00a0<\/strong>Again, I don&#8217;t agree with RS. I think there will be a lot of varying opinions on this one, and that&#8217;s why I say tipping is an individual thing. \u00a0Personally, I don&#8217;t tip housekeepers unless they do something extra for me or unless I make a huge mess in the room.\u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Service:\u00a0<\/strong><\/label><\/label>I agree with RS with one addition. If no service charge is included in the bill, I tip 10-15%. I don&#8217;t think room service delivery requires as much as traditional dining does because they&#8217;re bringing you a tray one time. They don&#8217;t have to get refills, they don&#8217;t have to check back with you, and so forth. \u00a0Therefore, 10-15%. \u00a0However, when I am in a country where 10-15% is less than $1 USD, I will always round up to at least $1 (usually $2).<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Concierge<\/strong>: Again, mainly agree with RS here, however, with the ability to get things online, I can&#8217;t imagine needing a concierge to find many things that we once would have asked of them. For example, I can find tickets to shows online. \u00a0RS recommends up to $50 and I think that&#8217;s quite high (this coming from someone who worked as a concierge at one of Orlando&#8217;s largest hotels while going to college.)\u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Valet: \u00a0<\/strong>I agree with RS here. I usually tip when I pick-up the car and I tip based on weather. \u00a0Standard tip for me is $2-3 and $1 for extreme heat or rain.\u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Delivery\u00a0<\/strong>I&#8217;ve never had anything delivered to my room (except when housekeeping hasn&#8217;t put something in at check-in. For example, I checked into the St Regis Bangkok last weekend and there was no soap or shampoo in the bathroom. I didn&#8217;t tip when they brought that.) \u00a0I typically would go to the front desk to pick up an amenity item if I needed it.\u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Spa Staffers:\u00a0<\/strong> For spas, it&#8217;s important to check if the hotel automatically applies gratuity. Some spas automatically put 18-20%. \u00a0If they do, I ask in advance of confirming a booking if I can change the amount. If they say no, then I don&#8217;t book. \u00a0For exceptional expericnes, I tip 15-18%. For good, I tip around 15% and for fair I tip 10%. \u00a0If it&#8217;s a bad service or experience, I may not tip at all, but in that case, I explain to the staff why I&#8217;m not.\u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Room Repairs\u00a0<\/strong><\/label><\/label>Totally agree with RS here. I don&#8217;t tip anything for room repairs.<\/li>\n<li><label><label><strong>Airport Shuttle Driver\u00a0<\/strong>I don&#8217;t agree with RS on this one. I would only tip an airport shuttle driver if they help me bring my bags on\/off the shuttle. In that case I tip $1-2 per bag. \u00a0If all they do is drive the shuttle, I don&#8217;t tip. \u00a0<\/label><\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, how do you determine what tips to leave?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that &#8220;tip&#8221; is an acronym? Do you know what &#8220;tip&#8221; stands for? \u00a0Tip stands for &#8220;to insure promptness.&#8221; \u00a0 Today, &#8220;tip&#8221; has become synonymous with gratuity and is widely expected among those working all types of service&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,96],"tags":[452,754],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Much Should You Tip? 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