#Bellhop pay drivers#
Taxi or Uber drivers will expect 15-20 per cent of the fare. A recent article suggests 20-25 per cent as the going rate in the Big Apple. That’s because many bars, restaurants and the like are finding that overseas visitors aren’t used to / don’t like the practice, so the local operators get their retaliation in first. In many US cities, tips are increasingly included in the bill and often are well above 15 per cent. In the case of truly bad service, which is rare to be fair, you could try to leave without tipping or make your point by leaving, say, 10 per cent. Legally it’s voluntary but if you slink out of a restaurant without leaving a gratuity of between 15 and 25 per cent, you’re likely to be chased by a waiter demanding to know why” (see paragraph two). So, your tip is not a reward for good service – customer tips make up the larger part of their income.Īs Qantas points out in its Travel Insider pages, “In America, tipping is optional in name only. Wages are abysmal, there’s no minimums, there are no protections, sick leave, maternity leave, zero-hour contracts and at-will firing are the norm. It is also a sad indictment on the way the Land of the Free treats its workers. Yes, it’s against our nature but take it from a naive Kiwi, chased down an LA boulevard by an irate, cussing waitress on his first overseas trip, having not understood the local rules, tipping is part of American culture. We’re taking advantage of the new flights to the US and going for the first time later this year. It’s enough to make most Kiwis gasp, but if you’re planning a trip to the US, it pays – quite literally – to allocate extra money for tipping, writes Ewan McDonald
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