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Originally Posted by Maji
(Post 17371947)
Wife and I will be taking a 5 day Kerala trip later this year. We will have a single car and driver who will drive us around and destination to destination for those 5 days.
1. How much do I tip the driver for the total trip? 2. We are going to stay overnight at a houseboat in the Backwaters. How much do I tip the attendants at the houseboat? 3. What is the amount of recommended tips for bellboys, housekeeping staff for hotels? 4. What percentage of restaurant bill is a recommended tip amount, given average service and food? Thank you for the tips :):) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/india...tes-india.html http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/india...ing-india.html |
I would say 5-10% range is appropriate.
Just double checks it has not already been added in some of the higher end places. |
Say goodnight nicely
Just a small piece of advice, give him something at the end of each day.
You may find he's sleeping in the car and a small token each day may just give him enough for a nice meal each night. (150-200RPS) |
Thank you for your replies.
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Tipping in India
I'm in the middle of a one month stay in India. Normally, about a third of the year in Italy, and two-thirds in the US. The tipping rules there are clear to me. In Italy there is essentially no tipping. When you ask for the check, there is not a line to write in a tip. It just isn't expected. In the USA you tip 15-20%, and there is a line for tips on every restaurant bill. I have no idea what the norm is in India. I'm staying in one hotel for the whole month. I eat almost all of my meals here, and use their various services. I've gone out a few times to eat, and until last night, haven't seen a restaurant bill with a line for tipping. What is the norm here?
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Originally Posted by Perche
(Post 21789231)
I'm in the middle of a one month stay in India. Normally, about a third of the year in Italy, and two-thirds in the US. The tipping rules there are clear to me. In Italy there is essentially no tipping. When you ask for the check, there is not a line to write in a tip. It just isn't expected. In the USA you tip 15-20%, and there is a line for tips on every restaurant bill. I have no idea what the norm is in India. I'm staying in one hotel for the whole month. I eat almost all of my meals here, and use their various services. I've gone out a few times to eat, and until last night, haven't seen a restaurant bill with a line for tipping. What is the norm here?
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Originally Posted by Perche
(Post 21789231)
I'm in the middle of a one month stay in India. Normally, about a third of the year in Italy, and two-thirds in the US. The tipping rules there are clear to me. In Italy there is essentially no tipping. When you ask for the check, there is not a line to write in a tip. It just isn't expected. In the USA you tip 15-20%, and there is a line for tips on every restaurant bill. I have no idea what the norm is in India. I'm staying in one hotel for the whole month. I eat almost all of my meals here, and use their various services. I've gone out a few times to eat, and until last night, haven't seen a restaurant bill with a line for tipping. What is the norm here?
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Originally Posted by Keyser
(Post 21794059)
i normally stick to inr 200 if the bill in under inr 5k & inr 500 if its over inr 5k....
Should I leave money each time? At the end, do I seek each person out who served me, and give them a tip? What if they are not working that day? Do I give a 5% tip to the front desk and tell them to distribute it to all the waitstaff, and assume that it will actually be done? What's different about my question is that I'm staying in one place, for one month, and am incurring virtually no outside expenses, except for the occasional yuk-yuk or taxi, and I can deal with that. I just don't know what to do at the end of a one month hotel stay. |
Originally Posted by Perche
(Post 21794623)
What if you don't get a bill until the end? I'm staying at a hotel for a month. At the end of the first week the front desk asked me to pay about $1300 USD, which was for the room and for what I had eaten in the restaurant, bar, mini-bar, etc. I just paid that. I did not include a tip. I don't know how giving a tip to the front desk would get it distributed to waiters, the bar tender, etc. At the end of my next three weeks I'll get the rest of the bill, probably about $4,000. In the hotel I have just charging it to the room. There is no line item for tips on the bills that they bring. I haven't been leaving money each time. Is this bad?
Should I leave money each time? At the end, do I seek each person out who served me, and give them a tip? What if they are not working that day? Do I give a 5% tip to the front desk and tell them to distribute it to all the waitstaff, and assume that it will actually be done? What's different about my question is that I'm staying in one place, for one month, and am incurring virtually no outside expenses, except for the occasional yuk-yuk or taxi, and I can deal with that. I just don't know what to do at the end of a one month hotel stay. |
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