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Travel to far away, exotic lands and experience unique cultures. Sounds great, but you also have to have a handle on the day to day issues. One is whether you should tip or not and, if so, in what amounts. The first issue is figuring out what constitutes a reasonable tip. For the most part, you can use fifteen percent as a default figure. When in doubt, add this to the bill and you usually will end up okay. Okay, we know how much we will use as a standard tip. Now we have to decide which party initiates the process. Do you just add the percentage to the bill or is it already included as part of the basic meal service? To the surprise of many, the first place you will do some tipping is not the restaurant. It is often the airport. If you are lugging around luggage, skycaps will gladly take the burden. A tip of a couple dollars is an appropriate payment. You next tipping requirement will probably be your taxi driver. The baseline of service is the driver getting you from the airport to your hotel without any bodily injury. This deserves a tip of ten percent. You can add on for improved service. In every movie, you see the bellhop standing awkwardly waiting for a tip for carrying bags up to the room of the movie star. So, how much are you supposed to give? A couple bucks should cover it, but more gets better service in the future. Alas, you might be able to escape the world of tipping etiquette all together. In some countries, the culture is such that tipping is frowned upon as a matter of course. Any attempt to tip is considered an insult, so don't! An example of an upcoming tipping faux pas will be China. As you know, the summer Olympics are in Beijing in 2008. China has a unique view of tipping. It is seriously frowned upon! Imagine all those tourists and the confusion. China is hardly in the minority in its views on tipping when it comes to major cultures. Much of Asia holds with the view. Russia, the Swiss and Holland are other countries that also frown upon the idea. There is little reason to get caught up in the etiquette debate on tipping. Just use appreciation as a fall back position. If you appreciate the service provided, then show it with an appropriate tip.
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