Tipping Guide Around The World

Although the global economic crisis we are experiencing makes tourists more "stingy" and do prefer the new payment systems, such as credit card or debit card is not gone tip as a way of rewarding those who have worked for us, in hotels or especially restaurants.

To avoid problems when we are abroad, this article will be quite a valuable guide for those who has to go beyond our national borders.

In Europe the restaurant tipping guide the service is usually included in the bill, but you are free to leave between 5 and 10% of the expenditure as a tip. In the hotel to the messenger who brings good to leave the baggage is € 1.50 per bag.


In USA And Canada the speech is a bit 'more complex, there being the home of the so-called "scientific tip." In fact, it is common practice for the U.S. calculate with exactitude the percentage of tip to leave, they call tip, And varies from 15% of total food in a restaurant if we are normal up to 20% of the cost if we are in a fancy restaurant. In both cases, the percentages shall be calculated including all taxes. In cases of tables of at least 6 / 8 people is a bonus of 18% service charge, as is indicated on the menu. This is because the salary of the hotel staff also includes voice tips.

In hotels tip to give the boy and 1 or $ 2 per bag, 2 to $ 5 in luxury hotels.

For taxi drivers, you should leave 15% of spending on travel, plus 1 or $ 2 depending on the baggage that we have to load and unload from the taxi. In Central America or Mexico good use in restaurants is to leave between 15 and 20% tip, while the taxi drivers just round up. To the clerks of the hotel is fine to € 0.50 babaglio.


In Argentine and South America tip guide if you go to the restaurant there is no need to tip, including the service account is in, otherwise just leave 10%, while the porter of the hotel are enough here € 0.50 per bag .

In Australia or New Zealand tip is not necessary to be an offense and as a result. But not so in the luxurious rooms, where instead it is a custom. In restaurants the service is included in the bill, the bellboy a tip is $ 2 for babaglio. For taxi drivers is enough to take the fare rounded up.

In Africa in restaurants tip the service is usually included in the bill, otherwise it is acceptable to 10% tip. Same rate for taxi drivers, hotel porters while the tip is 0.50 € per bag.In Egypt but no precise percentage is not in force as to leave as a tip, although it is much appreciated and diffused and almost "mandatory". Exists throughout the Arab system baksheesh, Which translates to bribe or donation.

Speech for the particular China, Where up to the Olympics last year, the tip was very rare habit, was recognized as a bonus only to tourist guides, or for services received at the hotel. Since then, however, influenced by the custom western tip in this country has become commonplace, but always to a description of the customer and above all not mandatory. Still not there but for the drivers.

More or less the same thing in India tipping guide, Though here have not played in the Olympics. However, in the restaurants the service is included in the bill, if you really want to leave something € 2 are sufficient. If the service is not included in the bill, is appreciated the 10% tip. Taxi drivers are obliged to ask only the money shown on the meter and can not accept tips. As for the bellhops is customary to € 0.50 per bag.

In Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand tip guide it is customary to round up the bill you pay.

Finally, at Hong Kong tip is 10-15% of the planned expenditure is acceptable for taxi drivers and round up the fare of transport. In the hotel, but only in those luxury category, the porters, you can leave 1 to 2 € per piece.

Now, with this information, there are no more excuses not to tip, with the excuse that you do not know how to leave.