The mysterious tipping process. How do you know when, who and how to tip? Different occasions have different tipping ideas. You can use the following information to help you decide how to tip when you're on vacation.
Cruise Ships -- You can now pre-tip per a specified scale before you get on your cruise ship. Some passengers don't like this idea. They want their servers to earn their tips and give more or less dependent upon good or bad service. Tips on cruise ships go to: cleaning and maid service, head steward, table service waiters and waitresses and head waiters, and chefs. You can expect to pay roughly $350-$450 in tips on a weeklong cruise. If elect to tip more then you may pay more.
Resorts and Lodges -- Tips should go to your bellboy or girl. Recommended tip per piece of luggage is $5 each piece. Now a bellboy who does nothing more than remove a piece of luggage from your trunk, give him or her a $1 per luggage.
Restaurants -- You can tip your waiter or waitress the standard 15%. If they do an exceptional job, 20% is always a generous tip. In California, an easy trick is to simply double the sales tax to come up with your tip amount.
Spas -- Recommended tip for spa service is the same as restaurants, 15%. Spa services are generally pricy in the first place, so if you drop it to 10% you are still likely to be giving your service provider a healthy tip. Unlike waiters and waitresses who barely make minimum wage, spa providers make a decent income outside of tips. So a 10% tip still helps and keeps your services to an affordable level.
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