There was me thinking everywhere in Europe expected a tip! I have always left 10% wherever I have been.
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Pete.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:19am
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There was me thinking everywhere in Europe expected a tip! I have always left 10% wherever I have been.
You learn something every day.
Pete.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:22am
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PeteinAberdare wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:19am:
There was me thinking everywhere in Europe expected a tip! I have always left 10% wherever I have been.
You learn something every day.
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Pete.
Hi Pete
What have you learnt?
KR
Andy
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:35pm
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That a tip is not expected in Spain.
This post that was quoted has been deleted.
I certainly agree that if service is substandard then you are within your rights to leave no tip. I personally would not go as far as paying below the listed price unless the meal was ruined or inedible.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:44pm
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PeteinAberdare wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 12:35pm:
That a tip is not expected in Spain.
I've also heard that it is not customary to tip in Spain.
We always do though as would feel a cheapskate if we didn't.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:49pm
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Will always leave a tip for good service, won’t if it’s bad.
John56 wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:29am:
Tipping should only be in appreciation of good service not a means of supplementing their income.
Hi John56. I totally agree. If I receive good service, I’m happy to put down 10% + for a meal in a restaurant. If it’s a quick coffee, I’ll usually leave the coppers
When shopping, if it’s going to be 5/10 cents change, I’ll leave that as well, I’m not filling my purse with all that shrapnel
Whilst I generally pay my restaurant bills by card, I leave the tip in cash. I understand (could be wrong) that tips added to card payments are taxable. My choice to tip and certainly don’t want the staff to have to pay tax on It.
We have friends who have had a home in Spain for many years and rarely, of ever, tip, regardless of the quality of the service. They say the Spanish don’t expect or leave tips. Has caused a few uncomfortable moments when it’s come to paying the bill when we’ve been together 🤪🥂
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:55pm
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PeteinAberdare wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:19am:
There was me thinking everywhere in Europe expected a tip! I have always left 10% wherever I have been.
You learn something every day.
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Pete.
Hi Pete,
I'm with you, we always leave at least 10% for good food and service. We've only been out for dinner twice since lockdown lifted and left 15% tips, delighted that our favourite restaurants are still trying to make a living, despite the new regulations to which they have to adhere, adding further cost to their already stricken businesses.
However, when we go out for dinner with Spanish friends, the husband tells us off for leaving a tip. If we insist, he takes it off the table and puts it in his own pocket - he says it's the only way we'll learn, LOL!
Kind regards,
Kim
Kimmy11 wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:55pm:
Hi Pete,
I'm with you, we always leave at least 10% for good food and service. We've only been out for dinner twice since lockdown lifted and left 15% tips, delighted that our favourite restaurants are still trying to make a living, despite the new regulations to which they have to adhere, adding fu...
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...rther cost to their already stricken businesses.
However, when we go out for dinner with Spanish friends, the husband tells us off for leaving a tip. If we insist, he takes it off the table and puts it in his own pocket - he says it's the only way we'll learn, LOL!
Kind regards,
Kim
I respect that Spanish people may not tip but if someone tried that with my tip I would break their arm, they should show the same respect to a different culture's customs.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:26pm
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John56 wrote on Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:01pm:
I respect that Spanish people may not tip but if someone tried that with my tip I would break their arm, they should show the same respect to a different culture's customs.
Breaking someone's arm who is in their own country trying to inform you (the foreigner) of local customs?
Respect. Really?
Pete.
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