Evening star., 1948-12-12
Tipping
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we can run tlpleSS noCel II we
want to-"
But we know" the code adds,
that a first-class hotel cannot be
maintained on a tipless basis, for
the reason that small but certain
per cent of its guests will tip. in
spite of all rules"
They urge the guest not to tip
unless you feel like it; but If you do
tip, let your tipping be yielding to
genuine desire-not conformity to
an outrageous custom"
First advice from the travel au-
thority on European hotels is to
keep in consideration that you are
paying something on tips when you
pay your BILL" In some instances the
per centage Of the bill for tips may
be up to 30 per cent.
On transatlantic ship crossing
the traveller should figure about 10
per cent Of the fare for tips, one
authority says, with the total dis
tributed among stewards. TIE
stateroom and table stewards get
the greater share-$10 to each, for
example. The table steward gets
his with the last meal aboard; the
stateroom steward any time during
the final day aboard.
There can be, Of course, no hard
and fast rules about tipping.
Wealthy travellers tip as often and as
much as they please. Budget
minded passengers generally join in
a pre-landing huddle with their
shipmates to arrive at a suitable
tipping scale for the liners person.
mel.
One veteran travellers recommends
his own system: He figures 10 per
cent OF the minimum fare in his
class to the nearest amount divisible
by three. One third goes to the
dining room steward, another third
to the stateroom steward and the
final third is split among others, de-
pending on the amount OF service
they have rendered.
A recent release by the American
Automobile Association suggests $6
to $40 for the stateroom and dining
room steward: 50 to IS for the deck
or lounge steward; boots, 81 to 81
and bath steward, $3.50 to IS when
travelling first class. Cabin class tips
run generally 81 to 50 lower, save in
the lower brackets.
Weekly Tips on Cruises.
Cruises usually see tipping by the
week-up to $40 per week each to
the table and stateroom stewards;
50 to the deck steward, on the more
expensive journeys. Less expensive
cruise tips see stateroom and dining
stewards getting about IS per week
the deck steward 81 and lounge
steward 81.
The AAA suggests that ships Of
fieers, "like railroad and Pullman
conductors" are never on the tip
ping lists.
The guide aboard a sightseeing
bus customarily gets Is cents fol
each member of the party, the
pooled amount being shared with
the driver. If a private auto is used
the chauffeur usually looks for
minimum daily tip of from 81 tt
$3.50.
AS the AAA points out, ito tip o.
not to tip still is the prerogative o.
the traveller"
But experience shows the ade'
ouately-t tipped employe Is more like
ly to be the pleasant employe.
Overtip Here, Too.
Another close observer OF the tip
ping habits says the American
"overtips at home. but he does il
ever more 50 abroad"
The same authority was emphatic
in his praise for the European anc
South American hotel service.
II was definitely impressed witt
the postwar service" he said. "Hote
employees over there may have
grown to expect a gratuity by the
very fact that Americans do over
do it.
But you'll get the same wonder
full service-tip or no tip"