FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - How do I tip a concierge?

Jun 29, 2007 | 10:51 am

#34

jib71

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jun 2005

Location: NRT

Programs: Tokyo Monorail Diamond-Encrusted-Platinum

Posts: 10,045

Quote:

Originally Posted by LapLap

Thanks! - that should be authoritive enough

Err thanks....

BTW - Pochi-Bukuro (spelling).

Quote:

Originally Posted by LapLap

(There have been some viscious fights over this subject on the China forum, I'm just hoping to 'contain' it here so it doesn't get out of hand)

Depends what you mean by "this subject"
I know that the China forum has seen disputes about whether it is right to tip in China. But I doubt the folks there have ever been locked in a dispute about whether there is a tradition of presenting gratuities in Japanese Ryokan. Since the tradition of gratuities in ryokan is a pretty straightforward point of fact rather than an opinion, I don't know how long anyone could sustain an argument about it...

But FT is full of surprises like that, I suppose.

Last edited by jib71; Jun 29, 2007 at 11:03 am

Reply