Bonjour,
Is it appropriate to tip the maids in the hotel? If so, how much per person per day and do we leave it daily or at the end of our stay? (there are 2 of us staying 5 nights in one hotel and 3 nights in another)
Merci!
P.S. I read in the TA travel tips that is not necessary to tip taxi drivers. Is that true? Also, I understand that the tip for waiters in a restaurant is included in l%26#39;addition but that an extra amount may be appropriate for particularly good service. Any advice on when/how much?
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I leave 1-2 euro per night for the chambermaid. Sometimes if I haven%26#39;t been leaving anything daily, I will leave a bigger tip at the end of our stay, hoping that the person who gets is in the fact the same person who has been cleaning our room the previous days.
It is customary to round up for tipping taxi drivers, leaving them the change.
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Put tipping in the search box. You will find many MANY answers to this question.
The short answer: only Americans do it.
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No, more then Americans do it, its just the Americans over do it..
Round up for taxi( so if fare is 8;20 give 9 euros, same with tipping at cafes , just round up and leave change or a euro . At nice restaurants with full service I have left more, depending on many issues, up to 5-10%. Mostly I eat at cafes and bistros so tipping it no big deal.
I only tip maids for extras , at time of service, so if I request extra towels or something exception being if they do a nice job of tidying up room ( not just making bed) I sometimes leave 2 euros on pillow on a note that says %26quot;Merci%26quot;.
I don%26#39;t tip anyone else? ( or not true, we did tip our Fat Tire Bike Tour guide, I think I gave him 5 euros for night tour and 10 for daytrip to Versailles, but only because the guide was spectacularily good, very funny, very nice. If I had been just led around and had a dry commentary I wouldn%26#39;t have bothered.
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Joan - hate to worry you, but you count as american (just look at a map). I know I capitalised American, but that%26#39;s habit.
People from Australia, New Zealanders, most Asians and most Africans come from a culture where tipping isn%26#39;t common except for taxis.
Until I started reading stuff in TA I didnt realise anyone thought tipping hotel staff was normal. This was a strange thing to discover after 30 years travelling.
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Thanks very much to all of you! This is very helpful.
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If you type %26quot;tipping taxi drivers in Paris%26quot; in the TA search box you%26#39;ll get enough answers to make your head spin. I%26#39;m still confused. The answers run the gamut from %26quot;round up%26quot; to %26quot;10%%26quot;. So what is it? Paris experts?
Linda
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What about the Brits?
I consider myself to be a sensible tipper - a few cents per drink in a bar, a Euro a day on the pillow, and depending on the level of service maybe 5% - 10% in a restaurant. Never more.
I don%26#39;t want to start hostilities here, but it%26#39;s NOT just US citizens that tip.
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Wow....over reaction much? I think calling you an American a funny aside...and I didn%26#39;t think it was that big of an insult...
Anyway, in all my travels, round up is fine...and as someone else said, a little more for really, really good service. The chambermaids I tend to leave daily as they often change, and I always scribble a quick note, in this case in French. it goes a long way, and you know they are cleaning the same room that we all come on here and call small, and it is stuffed with tons of our stuff, so it is not so easy of a job...
Sean
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