Tipping etiquette...what do you think?

[TAH]

If you are not basing your tips on quality of service you only do harm to the whole industry in Negril. There are people that should get tips for their service and some that should not but if everyone based their tipping on service you would find the industry gets better. Do you ever go and offer the kitchen staff a tip?

I agree with this 100%, and practice it every day. It takes some really bad service for me to go below 10%, but great service gets 30% from me (depending on the total paid).

[Chris B]

Regarding the 10 o/o service fee... and I may catch some flak for this... subtract it from the bill before calculating a generous tip for good service.

[Hussyband]

Regarding the 10 o/o service fee... and I may catch some flak for this... subtract it from the bill before calculating a generous tip for good service.

I want to agree with you, but I have never been sure the servers even get the service fee. I guess if they do, I am over tipping. I understand the govt service charge,but that 10% service fee has never made sense to me. Honestly, I would almost rather pay higher prices than have that added on. Semantics, I guess.

[goldilocks]

I don't usually frequent places that have a service charge. I would still tip on the bill minus the service charge, but I'd rather any tip go directly to the server with no middleman.

Yes, tip for good SERVICE, not because someone has their hand out.

[Accompong]

I don't usually frequent places that have a service charge. I would still tip on the bill minus the service charge, but I'd rather any tip go directly to the server with no middleman.

Yes, tip for good SERVICE, not because someone has their hand out.

Exactly Goldilocks. BTW, do you know just how unsanitary it is to take words out of my mouth?

Peace and Guidance

[captaind]

Last visit I bonus tipped Alvin and Randy with a 3' cedar tree seedling each (Seastar barmen)

[TAH]

Last visit I bonus tipped Alvin and Randy with a 3' cedar tree seedling each (Seastar barmen)

I like this a lot. Our last trip I tried finding a small orange tree to take to the owner of the guesthouse we rented in TB, but couldn't find one anywhere.

[goldilocks]

[COLOR="#800080"]Exactly Goldilocks. BTW, do you know just how unsanitary it is to take words out of my mouth?
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LOL, I guess a little overproof rinse will fix that!

captaind: Love the cedar tree tips - sustainable tipping...I've tipped with solar radios and flashlights before

[KitchenBeeotch]

This might sound like a stupid question, but how do you tip the maids? We left money with a thank you note on the nightstand after the 1st day and the maids never took it the whole week. We went ahead & left it there when we checked out though. Should we hand it to them personally? A lot of times we miss them if we are out and about.

[nutz4travel]

This might sound like a stupid question, but how do you tip the maids? We left money with a thank you note on the nightstand after the 1st day and the maids never took it the whole week. We went ahead & left it there when we checked out though. Should we hand it to them personally? A lot of times we miss them if we are out and about.

Same as Flip, we leave it on the pillow and it's always taken. They usually won't take cash from anywhere else, although if you left a note, you would think they would.