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Old Aug 29, 2025 | 5:50 am
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
I will tell you my experience at Inn at Newport Ranch, a Mr and Mrs Smith property. We stayed 2 weeks ago. It charges 20% on all cash charges including the room. We used a ton of Hyatt points and had no room charge. We had meals and an activity and were charged 20% on that. I paid nothing more than that nor was I expected to do so.
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Originally Posted by hotscot
Isn't tipping supposed to be voluntary?
Wouldn't be concerned
I am not concerned. Apologies if I made it sound like that. It was just unclear to me what one is supposed to do in such cases

Originally Posted by starsdesktravel
If they include gratuity in the bill, you likely won’t need to tip much beyond that, if at all. From what I’ve seen, ranches like this don’t push for extra cash tips
o.k., so my bill is zero because it is all paid with points. You would thus give zero tip on service?
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