Why tipping is all about the service industry in the UK?

Tipping is a common way to reward service personnel in the service industry. Tips, also known as small tents, are said to have been used in 18th-century London restaurants where a bowl was often placed on the table with the words "Guaranteed prompt service". Guests can simply drop small bills or coins into their bowls and enjoy the high-quality and fast service provided by the waiters, which some believe is the origin of the tipping "system".

In fact, in ancient China, there was already a habit of giving "rewards", and the objects of rewards were small shops.

2. Slaves, scholars, servants, heels, etc. At the end of the Middle Ages, it was common for German hoteliers to ask for tips from their guests, which were called "drinking money" because the ladies and men who worked as helpers in the hotel were not paid and were paid as a salary. Later, the range of tips was expanded, and many public officials were able to receive tinkling coins.

At the end of the 19th century, wealthy people often offered bribes to influential figures and members of the press in the name of tips in order to achieve certain goals.

About 100 years ago, there was an anti-tipping wave in the West, when the anti-tipping associations considered tipping to be a bad practice and called for people to boycott it, but it had little effect at first, because many waiters made a living from tipping. After the First World War, restaurants and hotels began to implement the "10% service fee" system, and increased the ** by 10% as a fixed salary for service personnel. Although income has been guaranteed, the new regulations are still difficult to overcome the old habits, and customers are still willing to donate to those who serve well, and the culture of tipping has not been eradicated.

In fact, tipping is a habit of a person, which is an evaluation of your service satisfaction, and an affirmation of your identity by a kind of psychologically noble person.

In the UK, many people in the service industry are paid partly from the workplace and partly from tips from customers. Since the salary is relatively small, it is subsidized by a tip. This is especially true in high-end shopping establishments, such as high-end restaurants, casinos, etc.

Tips are usually 7%-10% of the overall cost. Upscale establishments may be higher. In my experience in the UK and the US, tipping culture is more common in the US than in the UK.

In the case of tipping:

1 When staying at a hotel, even if it is very close. You should also tip the janitor who helped you carry Lee; When the luggage is heavy, you can give the porter a little extra tip as a token of appreciation.

2 The waiter's service charge is included in the accommodation fee, but he should still be tipped from the second night of your stay.

3 In addition, if you entrust the management of the matter, the basic tip is $5, and if you are very satisfied with the service, you can tip more accordingly, and you may get more rewards.

4 Purchases at restaurants, bars and cafes are generally subject to adjustment according to their tier. Generally speaking, the tip to be paid at a fine dining restaurant is about 10%-15% of the purchase. Taxis are usually tipped at 15% of the fare, but are usually only $1; In addition to 10-15% of the fare, it is enough to pay only US dollars elsewhere.

Tipping Culture:

China does have relatively little support for the tipping culture, and with the West, this culture has already been formed, and consumption in the United States is also an important income for many service workers, but in China, the income of service personnel is mainly achieved through wages.

So our consumption is actually already in the consumption of **, so our country does not need to tip, sometimes if the waiter asks the customer for a tip, it is also very impolite.

Tip method in cash.

In the United States, tipping is a very common and natural ritual behavior. Generally speaking, the tip is 10%-15% of the cost, but people are often happy to give more. Some restaurants have a special item at checkout that is "gratuity", which must be paid.

Other situations of tipping include taking a taxi and going to a hotel to ask someone to carry luggage. In these cases, a tip of a dollar or two will do, instead of 15%. Take a taxi and pay a 10% tip.

Strictly speaking, waiters should file taxes for tips. But many people underreport because they pay in cash.

Tips range from 10% to 15% in hotels in the UK and Ireland, up to a maximum of 10% in Ireland, and can be reduced if a separate "service charge" is listed on the bill. Tipping is not allowed at the club's bar, and guests can treat the owner for a drink if they want to thank him for his waiting. As for porters, the tip will not exceed £1, and change is also free for taxi drivers.

Credit card tipping method.

Credit card spending is a very common situation in foreign card purchases, you can write the amount in the tip field of the bill "tips", if you don't want to tip, just fill in the tip field "-" or "0". Then add up the amount and the tip, fill in the total amount field, and sign your name, so you don't need to have extra change to tip. In fact, most restaurants usually add a 10% service charge to the consumption amount, so you don't need to fill in a tip, you just need to look at the total amount on the total consumption column, confirm that there is no problem, and sign the payment slip to complete the transaction.

One of the benefits of paying with a credit card at a restaurant is that you don't have to worry about finding change, and you don't have to feel uncomfortable picking up the copper plates one by one from the money tray. Even if you need to pay a tip in addition, you can pay directly with a credit card, which is much more convenient than cash.

There are basically the following rules for tipping in the UK:

Restaurants: Lunch 10, Hail Dinner 15

Taxi: If the driver helps you with large luggage, a tip of 10 should be charged.

Hotel: 4-star or above hotels, if there is a salute to help you with the source of the imitation luggage, you need to pay a tip of 1 pound 2 pounds (Li Jing if you don't want to trouble others, just smile.)"thank

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Tips are saved, too! ）

I won't ask for it. It's all you who take the initiative to give. In restaurants, stay on the table. At the hotel, leave the pillow on when you leave, etc.

1. Calculated at 15% of consumption (not used for restaurants and taxi), unless you want;

2. The doorman, luggage, etc. are not needed (because the hotel has been included in your accommodation fee, and the person who said that he had to pay a tip must have watched too many movies!) Or maybe it's a lot of money! ）；

3. You'd better prepare a coin purse, because in the UK, £10 is a very large banknote, and some foreign travelers will use the £20 note exchanged at the bank, which seems to us to be a crazy act! And when you go to the bank to change money, don't change banknotes with too large denominations (such as 20 pounds, 50 pounds), because some shops will not be able to find them, he is not like us in China, where you can buy a lot of things for 5 pounds;

Good luck!

In the UK, it is limited to tipping waiters and taxi drivers, with an extra 1 10 or 1 8 on top of the meal and car fare. You will also be asked to tip a small amount after the innkeeper or railroad porter has served you. The tour guide also has to tip.

Don't do anything else, remember to say thank you

I have just returned from an exchange in the UK and hope it will be helpful to you.