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Is it okay for a ticket seller in the USA to refuse to give you your change, keep it for themselves and claim it's a tip?
You were taken advantage of.
Tipping is very prevalent in the US, but it is extremely unusual to tip someone who sells you tickets to a tourist attraction. I've never done it or heard of it. Even if ...
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Is tipping mandatory at Restaurants and Bars in Germany?
Tipping is not at all mandatory in Germany and usually the service personnel does not rely on tips as much as in the USA, say. Usually, if you do not state the amount you want to round up to ("make it ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
Tipping is still the norm in any U.S. establishment where you do not seat and serve yourself—that is, everywhere except fast-food restaurants and places organized as food courts or cafeterias where ...
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How to avoid hotels with bellhops in the USA
You don't need to worry about this. Bellhops are always optional.
Usually when you check in at a place with bellhops, (and they really only exist in higher end hotels), a bellhop will approach you ...
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Tipping in Denmark
That's easy: Tipping simply doesn't happen in Denmark.
All of the places you list have posted prices that include all applicable taxes and enough profit to pay the entire staff full wages.
(One ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
As your main reason to shy tipping is ‘being uncomfortable doing it‘, I’ve added this answer, even though it misses the question given.
In sit-down restaurants, normally nobody sees you doing the ...
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Is tipping mandatory at Restaurants and Bars in Germany?
TL;DR
Tipping is never mandatory, but most Germans do it.
5%-10% is most common, round up to a whole number, or to 50 ct if amount < 10€
Not tipping does not automatically mean that you were ...
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How to avoid hotels with bellhops in the USA
I've only seen them in higher-end hotels.
I don't understand why it will/should scare people away. It is good customer service, and some people like that.
IMO, bellhops and porters are really useful ...
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How should I tip if the food is good but the service from the waiter/waitress is terrible in the USA?
Tipping is for the service, the menu price is for the food.
If the service is bad, leave a small tip. This will show the wait person that you didn't forget to tip, but felt that their service was ...
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Is there a polite and correct way to give the wanted amount of tip in the restaurant when you have no suitable cash?
Swiss resident here: when they tell you the amount you have basically the following options when paying with a debit/credit card:
show the card without comment → they will put the exact amount into ...
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In USA, am I expected to tip if a restaurant has no employee other than owners?
Yes, you are expected to tip in all American restaurants with table service, except in the rare instances where you are explicitly told otherwise.
This is the system by which restaurants, including ...
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What additional costs can I expect when visiting a restaurant in the US where service is included?
"Inclusive of service" should mean that you are not expected to tip. That doesn't mean that you can't tip if you want to, especially if the service was good. The US restaurant business is pretty much ...
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Why did the restaurant suggest I tip on the tax?
You aren't "paying a tip on your tax". All the percentages and amounts are just 'suggestions". You can ignore them and pay whatever you want and make up your own percentage calculations....
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What is the tipping process in restaurants in the US?
Normally, the sequence is this:
Get the bill from the server. Check it for any issues.
Give the server your credit card.
The server goes off and swipes your card, coming back with your card and the ...
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How much to tip in the United States?
I find this article, Everything You Don't Know About Tipping, by Tim Urban of Wait but Why, to be the best I've found.
Even those of us who are native US citizens like him (or myself) often find ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
Since no-tipping restaurants are very rare in the U.S., your best bet is going to be to find restaurants where you are doing much of the work for yourself - counter-service restaurants, for example.
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Tipping for takeout food in the USA
No. You don't tip unless it's a delivery charge. For example, if you order takeout food and have them deliver (especially common in hotels), then you'd want to tip the driver.
From Wikipedia:
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Tipping in Denmark
To slightly disagree with Henning Markholms answer, being a fellow dane.
Tips will not be frowned upon, but are definitely not expected and you would not incur any dirty looks for not tipping. The ...
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What is the tipping process in restaurants in the US?
First, ask for the check. If you're in a real rush and paying by card, you could hand the waiter your credit card at this point to speed up the process a bit, but the normal thing to do is to ask for ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
I am uncomfortable with tipping and would much rather eat at sit-down restaurants in the United States that pay their employees fairly without expecting customers to supplement with tips (as occurs in ...
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In USA, am I expected to tip if a restaurant has no employee other than owners?
As I understand, most tipping occurs socially in lower-paying jobs that require little skill or education.
This assumption might be leading you astray. It's not that waiting tables is a “lower paying”...
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How should I tip if the food is good but the service from the waiter/waitress is terrible in the USA?
cdkMoose is correct in that the quality of the food should not influence your tip. However, your question appears to operate on a bit of a false premise, and I think it should also be said that ...
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How should I tip for food in a UK pub? At the bar, or at my table?
Tipping is optional in general in the UK, rather than customary. Especially in a pub food environment, it's unexpected (much more common when the bill is brought to your table), although always of ...
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When you bring someone to a restaurant in Russia
Will the man order for both or will the parties order individually?
If it is a romantic/dating encounter, the man and woman confer over their choices and each makes their own selection, but then the ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
In general, you don't.
There are exceedingly few restaurants in the U.S. where a tip is not allowed. In most parts of the country, you won't find a single one. There are some where tipping is not ...
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What additional costs can I expect when visiting a restaurant in the US where service is included?
I dined at Per Se last night, so I guess there's a 20% chance that you'll be dining there as well (there are only 5 three-star's in New York as of 2018).
When the bill came, it was very clear that ...
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Is it normal practice to tip an Uber driver in London?
I will interpret your question as "is it normal practice to tip an Uber driver in London?"---otherwise it would be off topic as opinion-based.
No, it is not expected to tip Uber drivers.
It is also ...
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How can I find restaurants in the USA where tipping is not expected?
Direct answer: Limit yourself to less formal restaurants, which operate in "cafeteria style", where you go to a counter to order, and are given a pager to come collect your food, or a tent card to put ...
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Is tipping mandatory at Restaurants and Bars in Germany?
Others have explained how tipping works normally in Germany.
I'd like to add that what you describe would certainly be a reason for me to not tip at all, i.e. insist on my full change: refusing the ...
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