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Old May 14, 2013 | 9:43 am
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FlyingDoctorwu
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Just got back from China.. saw the service charge pretty much everywhere...

what's confusing is that they also list an area for gratuity or tips on the CC slip... or on all the slips at the hotels i signed... I never added anything because I felt that the service charge should cover it but there was a specific statement on one of the Spa menus that state "gratuity not included" but they also tacked on a service charge... the weird thing is that when they presented the bill they made a point to tell me that the service charge was included....

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