Tipping in the US

Do you tip?

And how much?

And where do you tip?

Just trying to find out if what I was told is correct and the same all over the US.

 

Interesting thing I learned after pretty much my entire *Life*...

Tipping is Expected in the U.S. and not so much in other countries...

When eating in a Restaurant the tip if I'm not wrong should be about 20% of the total Bill, make sure that it was not "Included" and you just didn't see it...

Tipping at the Hotel for someone parking your car or carrying your bags to the room...

Use your own judgement, I'd say maybe $5 (USD) at the most... Room Service as in Food... I'd wait until you finish the meal then decide...

Funny thing is, My Roadie that used to setup my Amps & Guitars nearly made as much as I did...

hahahaha...

 

Thanks!

Anyone else?

 

generally tipping in the us should be between 10-20% at a restaurant. If service is extremely poor give them nothing. If the place is just fucking awesome u can give something higher..

Other places like room service, or taxis often will get a round dollar amount as a tip, like 1$ or 5$

Here in china you dont tip.. once i saw a waitress running away from a guy trying to give her a tip.

 

About 15-20 percent is standard. Funny to see how different things are in Amsterdam. Americans who come to Amsterdam are known to tip what locals consider outrageously high. But then again waiters in Holland seem to make a lot more wage-wise while US waiters and waitresses depend on the tips as income. But once American tourists are oversees for a while and realize that they're the only ones tipping, they too become "cheap"

 

Yes

15-20% @ restaurants depending on quality of service recv'd.

$3-5 valet, porter, bellman, housekeeping staff, taxi service, etc.

 

Man, these days it's tipping everywhere, even at starbucks. Anywhere you go, there are tip jaws. People feel guilty putting the change in their pockets

 

Darn! I'm going out for my 25th wedding anniversdary in a couple of weeks, the restaurant bill will be high, I'd better start saving for the tip now.

 

Know what you mean, but I really hate having a bunch of coins in my pocket.

If it's a large group, some restaurants will add a 15% gratuity to the bill depending on their policy.

 

In Japan they have hotels where tipping is not allowed by the customer, sounds like the place I want to go to for my hollies!

 

Put it into your wife's pocket.

 

Me, too! That's why I use it for cigarettes

 

Usually a 10% service charge is included in the bill, so you don't have to pay

 

What if the service really sucked? Do you get a 10% rebate?

 

nope, no matter how bad the service is, you still have to pay. However, service usually are good unless you give them trouble.

 

btw, is there any country tip is not necessary?

 

Well I doubt I would tip would have to be one hell of an impressive place for me to want to tip even then I doubt I would.. I live where you don't tip.
It would be out of the ordinary.. maybe the pizza delivery boys if you could be bothered.

 

Well in Portugal it's "not necessary".
If you like the service you give a tip high or low... you decide. 1, 2, 3 or 5 €
If you don't like the service you don't.

If its a good service i give 1€
if its a awsome service i give 2€
if i don't like i give them nothing

 

(letas, is that a boxer in your avatar?)

Back to the subject, I remember I was told to tip in Germany, 15% I think.

In England I usually round the bill off at restaurants.

In the US I tip 20% at restaurants, a dollar or 2 for valet parking, taxis.

In Portugal I tipped all the time because life was cheap and people incredibly honest, at least that's the impression I got in a week in Lisbon.