What you need to know about tips when traveling

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For many travelers, handing out a tip during a trip turns into a real nightmare, since it is difficult to determine who and how much should receive.

Edition Time-out interviewed travel experts to find out how much and who needs to be given when traveling around the USA.

However, in another country there may be completely different rules, keep this in mind.

At the airport

Bus or rental car driver

The driver of the car is advised to give 1-2 a dollar tip, if he helps you with the luggage, if the luggage is very heavy, experts advise to be more generous. The shuttle bus driver can rely on a tip in 5 dollars for a short one-way trip, longer trips should be paid by customers better.

Airport Baggage Handler

Experts advise giving them at least 2 dollars for one bag, and if the luggage is very heavy, then gratitude can reach 5 dollars for the bag.

Airport employee assisting wheelchair users

Tips for them depend on the promptness of their appearance after the call, the distance and the period during which they helped you. In addition, it is worth considering - give more tips to such employees if you used their services on a weekend or holiday. Depending on the situation, gratitude can range from 2 to 20 dollars.

The hotel

Maid

Experts advise to leave a small tip every day instead of one large amount at the end of the journey, since every day the maids can change. Depending on the number of dirty rooms in the day is to leave from 2 to 5 dollars. If you have small children traveling with you, who are causing chaos in the room, then sometimes you can leave 10 dollars.

A concierge who books a restaurant for you or provides other similar services.

In this situation, there is no hard and fast rule, it all depends on how long it took to fulfill your request and whether you had to do something special for this (for example, the restaurant could be fully booked and the concierge resorted to a personal request for you). He should give from 5 to 25 dollars for personal service, depending on the level of attention and complexity of the task.

An employee of the hotel who brings ice, iron, etc. to your room

Experts say that in this case, you can not tip or restrict a couple of dollars.

A doorman who delivers bags to your room

In this case, it is worth giving from 1 to 2 dollars per bag. If your room is far away from the check-in desk and your luggage was delivered quickly, then you can give more generous tips.

Hotel doorman who helped you with a taxi

These are his direct duties, so you can stop giving tips, but if it is raining outside or you know that it is difficult to find a taxi at this time, then it is worth rewarding the efforts of the 2-3 janitor in dollars. If he also helped you with your luggage (looked after him or helped with loading), you should give him from 3 to 5 dollars per bag.

Trips and excursions

Taxi driver or Uber

Work system Uber is that you don't have to tip, but you can do so if you want by tipping in cash. Research says that a tipped taxi driver usually gives a higher rating to the customer. The amount is at your discretion. Taxi drivers usually receive between 15% and 20% of the total cost of the trip.

In addition, it all depends on the effectiveness of their work, friendliness, and traffic congestion in the city. In New York, it is better to give 15-20%, especially when moving through busy areas of the city, while 10% tips are enough when traveling from the airport to the hotel.

Guide

Museum guides should not give tips, although if you want to offer them a few dollars for an exceptional tour, then you can do it. For half-day or full-day tours, you can offer the guide $ 5 to $ 25 tips depending on the duration, quality and cost of the tour.

A large group tour guest can give a guide from 3 to 5 dollars per trip; if the group is small (from 6 to 20 people), each guest should give from 5 to 10 dollars tips to the guide. Although it all depends on the circumstances and quality of services.

Excursion bus driver

From 5 to 10 dollars for a one-day tour. If the trip lasts several days, then at the end you can give the driver a tip at the rate of 3-5 dollars per day.

On a cruise

Most cruises do not offer a tip and therefore the staff does not expect them. If your trip is something else, you will be provided with information at the time of booking the tour. However, it is customary to reward staff for special services.

Who should not tip

There is no need to tip flight attendants, airport check-in agents, airport security agents, airline pilots, car rental agents, reception desk administrators, or hotel owners.

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