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I was just have a couple more questions about tipping - hope they don%26#39;t seem too silly!

With regard to bar service - do you just leave say a couple of dollars sitting on the bar from the change you receive back from the bartender?

If we paid by credit card in a restaurant is that sufficient if we just add on an extra 15% -20% to the bill or would some staff expect cash for service - say as we would tip a porter a few dollars for delivering our luggage?

What would be a normal tip for a day tour for the guide and driver?

thanks for any replies.

Jem

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Rich Americans always leave a 20-25% tip, no matter what.%26#39;/]\

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But us regular people leave 15 to 20%.

Jemtide - yes to both questions. As far as for a tour guide, I usually don%26#39;t tip them unless they went out of their way and worked hard and/or they were really nice.

Standard safe tipping is a dollar on every five---twenty per cent. More if you feel the service was extraordinary.

I truly love my Aussie friends but jeez---just what is the tipping expectation in Oz?

I can only comment personally - not for all australians but we tip (at home in australia) if we appreciate the service or quality of food but it%26#39;s not compulsory and I don%26#39;t think service staff have an expectation to receive a certain percentage of the total bill as a tip - Restaurants/ cafes here commonly have a container of some description by the till for tips so when people go to pay they can tip what they can afford or want to.

The bar tender %26amp; waitress will still serve you in australia (from my experience) if you don%26#39;t tip them - you may receive better service if you do but they are supposed to be on a fixed wage and probably under the scrutiny of a manager who wants the customer to spend - so I guess it won%26#39;t win any favours with a boss for an employee to ignore someone trying to buy a drink or wanting service! that said we would leave change on the bar when we leave and hope the staff pick it up! So some of us tip - (but not all the time)it%26#39;s just not compulsory and basically what you feel is fair.

Jem

If you pay with a credit card you can just add the tip to the card, you don%26#39;t have to leave cash.

Yes, I you leave cash on the bar for drinks. I usually tuck it under my empty glass ($1 per drink).

It%26#39;s just fine to add the tip on the charge card. There%26#39;s a line just above, before you fill in the total, for that purpose.

Sorry, never had a guide or driver :) suze

If you use a credit card - it is very easy to just add the tip - whatever the amount - to the total. It%26#39;s the norm. You don%26#39;t have to leave cash.

Same goes when you sign off a bar bill to your room account.

Tour guides - it depends on the tour. If it%26#39;s a few dollars for a driver - great. Catamarans - for a good crew - $20.00.

You will find that on some tours, they are utterly shameless about asking for tips. Do what you feel is best.