Tips for tipping in Thailand
We Dutch are not known as generous givers, yet one is tip giving is common and desirable in many countries. But, nothing is as complicated as tipping. After all, it is a voluntary contribution to show your appreciation. How much do you enter Thailand and what is correct? Skyscanner gives a number of tips.
What is tip?
Gratuity is a small contribution that a customer gives as an extra for a service, whether it is for a restaurant or bar attendant, a taxi driver, a tour guide or even a luggage porter to the hotel. Tipping varies by country, but it is usually a small contribution in cash or a percentage of the amount of what you bought. Tipping is highly recommended in countries such as America and England, while in other countries it is considered impolite, such as in China.
Tipping in Thailand
Tipping is not customary in Thailand. The Thai himself leaves the exchanged coins behind - but that is purely out of convenience. Tipping is more common in tourist areas, but is not always expected. The thing is, in Thailand you never know if you tipped enough. The Thai is very modest and will never show his displeasure. This is because they are also afraid of losing face. Even if you ask point blank, they'll give an evasive answer.
- Taxi: It is customary to round up the taxi fare higher.
- Restaurant: It is recommended to leave a tip of some coins before departure. You can also leave a 10 Baht coin if you really liked the service.
- Hotel: A tip of 10 or 20 Baht per piece of luggage for the bellhop and chambermaid is recommended.
- Guide: It is not necessary to tip but a small contribution of around 50 Baht is appreciated.
What do you usually tip in Thailand?
Haven't been to Thailand for a long time now, but in the past I did tip. However, if people asked for a tip, I didn't give anything. or baht existed, then I wouldn't give a single baht. I said, damn that's handy for the taxi. Always nice to see those faces.
In such a case, if I received 2 coins of 10 baht, I usually gave a tip. And in a taxi I did indeed always round up. Unless the driver deliberately made a detour, he didn't get a tip either.
Those tip amounts always seem very arbitrary to me.
leaving some coins for the entire staff of a restaurant seems very little compared to 10, or 20 baht per bag, for a porter who probably spends most of the day doing little else than waiting for a bag.
Especially if you count that the minimum wage is about 300 Baht per day.
Then that is already earned with a few suitcases.
With the amounts mentioned, this seems like a piece of 20 years ago. Especially if one is also talking about a note of 10 baht!
Over the last 10 years, you have increasingly seen Thais secretly peeking at what tip is left at the checkout.
People often have to rely on tips, especially in restaurants and bars, to earn a reasonable income. Here I give 40 to 100 bath, depending on the quality of the service
If you have to pay attention when you come again, you will soon have an even better service!
Before, when I didn't have a house yet, I gave 50 baht for carrying the suitcase and for the chambermaids
I left 1000 bath when I left after 20 days.
My room was cleaned more than once and after showering (several times a day) I always got fresh towels.
I have agreed fixed amounts with Taxis, both moped and car. I know I pay too much, but they are there for me day and night!
I also give tips for chores and that has the advantage that they come very quickly if there is a malfunction that needs to be solved urgently.
I think just a euro or sometimes <2 is best to miss and really makes others happy and I also have an excellent service overall.
During my 4 weeks stay in Thailand with wife and kids I did the same. The taxi was ready for us every day for 100 Baht extra. Wherever we wanted to go and however long we stayed, he was always waiting. We had a wonderful feeling and he had a good income that month (which his wife was very happy with, as he indicated).
Same as 94-98 years, but as a "business taxi". Getting to know man because I thought he was driving too far. Yes, to deal with traffic jams and get to your destination faster. So we discussed all addresses with him for the next few days and made a different classification.
From then on: text weeks in advance and on the day of arrival. 07:00 in the morning with breakfast until late evening dinner. 2500THB per day + petrol; included tip. Until Rayong, Ratchaburi etc. His wife also came along on Sunday and sightseeing. Being able to do a lot more in the same time, as well as being a guide and occasional interpreter, so ultimately cheaper too. And…he also showed me more uses.
We also always give tips, but I have no fixed amounts. It depends on what I get. Whoever does good meets money for me. I also think that you cannot name amounts. It's different for everyone. Also depends on your own wallet what you can / want to spend.
I'm not cheap, not at all, but I'm not exaggerating either. They are always happy with it. Ltd
I give taxi Bangkok Hua Hin an extra 100 baht. Chambermaid using my app. 1 x p. week also cleans. And in restaurants 10/20 bath
I usually tip 10 to 20%.
People earn 300 baht a day and every little bit helps.
I do remember that on our first tour in Thailand (97) we did not know that a tip was expected for the guide. It was our first time doing a tour.
He called us on the last day after the farewell, at 23:00 PM to tell us that he had expected a hefty tip of several thousand bahts. I said with a sleepy head that I didn't know. Sorry. I thought it was kind of rude to ask in such a way.
We were also not very pleased with this guide. So I don't regret that we didn't give anything either. If we had been very satisfied we probably would have given something
Restaurant: 5 – 10%
Taxi: round up, minimum 20 Baht
Chambermaid: 30 Baht per day
Bellboy: 20 Baht per suitcase
Guide: 50 – 100 Baht
First check the bill of the restaurant whether the tip has already been calculated (10%) on the amount!
In principle, the Thai itself does not tip. It is us, the foreigners, who do that. I note that when I tipped 10 baht in a massage parlor 20 years ago, people were very satisfied and it showed. Today they no longer seem enthusiastic if you tip 50 baht for a foot massage, they expect a 100 note.
Last year I also decided not to give a tip anymore, unless an exceptional or special service is provided. If the change in a restaurant is less than 10 baht, for example, then I will leave it, but then out of convenience.
It seems as if the topic “tips” passes in review every month on the Thailand blog. Don't know where Peter gets his feet massaged, but those who do that with me are always visibly grateful with a tip of 50 Bath. That Peter has decided not to tip in general is his right, but I disagree with his argument. Now the good have to “suffer” among the bad. I also get tired that not giving a tip is often argued because the Thai would not do that on principle. I know enough Thai(s) and, also in my immediate vicinity, who do, but apart from that, that doesn't have to prevent me from giving the tip that is very welcome by the recipient. In addition, most Westerners, and certainly those who are on holiday in Thailand, have a broader purse than the average Thai. If the service is good, I like to tip the chambermaid, the porter, the waiter/waitress, the masseuse and all those others in the service industry. And that is my principle! Incidentally, leaving change in a restaurant under 10 Bath seems to me, although depending on the amount of the bill, more an insult than a tip.
The last time there was an article about tips on Thailandblog was in October 2015.
Dear Khun Peter, On December 18, 2015 a specific article about service tax and on December 24, 2015 about kilometer allowance and tip for rental car. Although not a month ago, I did not claim that an article about tips appears every month, but I meant that tips are regularly (casually) discussed on Thailand Blog, so also in response to other articles. It was certainly not intended as a criticism. With VR. greeting.
A few years ago we drank coffee somewhere in a shopping mall in Pattya. We were served friendly and the coffee was delicious. At the checkout we gave 20 bath as a tip. We were then approached by a Dutchman that we should not tip so much because we ruin it for the expats who live there. Then that was also expected of them, we told him that we decide for ourselves what we tip.
20 baht is of course not a great tip, but it's ok for a coffee. I agree that by over-tipping you ruin it for others. For foot massage 50 baht tip, body massage 100, but that is forced by my wife, and 50 is actually the rule. If there is service money on the bill, no tip. For my meals locally 30 to 50 baht. Taxes the coins unless they give extra coins back, then nothing. I carry suitcases myself, I hate hand holders. Look at the hotel, 50 suitcases for 20 baht per guard is 1000 baht and I think 2 to 3 times his daily wage. Any sneaky stuff on an account doesn't mean a tip and I say it often.
as you mentioned : by a Dutchman 55. I almost always give 20 baht as drinking money, even on smaller sums, I know what people earn, one woman also works in a hotel.
I always give 20 baht unless it's the owner of a sole proprietorship then you don't have to tip.
My principle; tip there where I want to go back. That is investing. No tip if no extra service or some kindness.
As the owner of a sole proprietorship, you never get a tip. In fact, a large customer deducts payment discount and an even larger one only pays me after 60 days…
So I'm not giving any advice.
well,
There are restaurants that have in very small print at the bottom of the price list;
>> prices are exclusive of 10% service and 7% barrel<
You should definitely NOT give this one and never come back later.
Others I round off the amount with at least 10 to 20 Bhat, more is really not necessary.
Usually the tip jar goes to the owner and the staff gets nothing.
Greetings Nico
It can only be clear. 10% is normal. If the price / quality is in order and people have been helped to their satisfaction, why not go back??
Many comments are about a 20 Bath tip. Today that is 0,52 Euro…
What generous givers we are.
The currants who give 10 Bath really hit everything with their 0,26 Euro.
I feel vicarious shame...
Best friend,
Is tipping already subject to rule(s)?
Most important is your smile and a warm look to the recipient of the tip.
If I have to pay, I try to give about 10% with the food, the family there doesn't always allow that. Life has become quite expensive. My girlfriend never tips, but she does, for example, to a taxi man who comes to pick me up or who drives with us for a day.
Hotels charge a so-called service fee, if all goes well this goes into a pot and once a year the employees of the hotel receive a share of this and probably most of it will stick with the manager or manager.
the information is incorrect employees of a hotel have a low basic salary for higher educated staff, for example 10.000 bth and depending on the service fee received, the service fee is transferred monthly to the salary, for example 9000 to 20.000 bth per month depending on the turnover of the hotel is divided into amounts depending on the position of the employee, for example a gardener receives a completely different amount than the manager, so the comment about staying with the manager or manager is not justified, especially not at reputable hotels
I forget something the extra tips from the customer comes in a tip jar and is divided monthly per department if you want to give a tip to the person who has treated you well, you simply have to give this personally to him or her, for example 20 bth in the folder and 100 bth in hand I am now talking about hotels and better restaurants
Last time in Nong Khai Saturdays is a large market with many stalls along the Mekong.
There are also stands where you can do a massage for 100 baht, then you can stretch out and pay attention to the Thai customers with checkout, none of them gave a tip, not ONE gave a tip!!!!
So show me from my best side 20 baht tip so they expect a tip from a foreigner but a Thai really doesn't tip 20 baht believe me but I paid extra attention. Because counting in Thai that's the first thing I learned here .
Sorry, Isan people may not tip big.But they do.
Beats. My wife is from the Isan and does tip. Sometimes even a little too high, for my taste, but then she knows someone or she likes someone.
The same at the food bar of Foodland, Thais sometimes even pick up a few baht coins, or leave 5 baht or so. The pizza delivery person who doesn't have any change and expects to be left alone. That only happened to me once. If it happens now, the jar of coins will open and he can have fun 🙂
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You have to earn a tip
If the service is good, I always tip. Both in the restaurant, bar, massage parlour. I always try to personally tip the person who provided the service so that the tip is only for her / him.
In addition, I will give a tip with the bill. This tip therefore goes into the common pot. The tips mentioned in the article are outdated. I think from 40 years ago.
In the restaurant / bar I tip between 10-20%. In a massage parlor, only massage, I tip 100 baht.
I've also found that if you let people know you appreciate them by tipping, they'll provide even better service next time.
For example, I always give a parking lady 100 baht in the parking garage. Advantage: she is happy and I always have a place on the 2nd floor.
Before I started tipping this lady I always had to keep looking and usually ended up with 5 or 6.
I'm afraid that with a 20% tip in a restaurant, the prices of the food will go up, because if you're lucky, the staff will earn more from the meal than the owner.
He has to pay all his costs from the money of that meal. (including the staff)
That could well mean that the tip is more than the net proceeds of the meal.
To serve the summer months in the Netherlands in a beach pavilion, the waiters had to give money to the boss to be allowed to work there, they received so much tip.
You always make such happy faces when you tip.
Depends on the height!
A Thai usually does not give a tip.
In many restaurants the 10 percent is included. so no tip. Otherwise it depends on the nature of the restaurant, region and service provided, from 20 to 100 Baht.
Taxi no tip. He may keep change under 10 Baht.
Chambermaids 100 Baht, at the end of the stay, I never stay more than 4 days in a hotel
Belboy 20 to 50 Baht, depending on region and hotel.
Security who decorates a parking space for you 20 baht. On Don Meuang for example or overcrowded hospital parking lot
Belboy, or security in a supermarket who brings your purchases to your car and loads it. Between 20 and 40 Baht depending on the amount of plastic bags.
parking attendant of a free parking lot. Restaurant for example 20 Baht.
Neck massage giver and towel giver and dryer in toilet of some restaurants 50 Baht.
I live in Bangkok.
Eternal discussion about tipping in Thailand
My girlfriend has worked in a restaurant for 3 years and I can only confirm what
As mentioned above, the Thai does not give a tip, at most 1 or 2 bht that is left on the table
personally I think if you round the amount to 20 bht in a normal restaurant this is enough
of course if the controls are in order
and as for Nico's comment that the tips go to the owner, I can strongly deny
normally the tip pot is divided among the service at the end of the evening, the kitchen staff gets nothing, usually
however, you should not forget that for most Thais that tip makes the difference between making ends meet or not making ends meet and of course it is slightly easier to tip more if you are only on holiday for 3 or 4 weeks
If you live or spend the winter there, the situation is of course different and you will automatically tip a little less, me
usually leave it to my thai girlfriend who by now knows perfectly well that i don't appreciate it when she tips on zen thai
In discotheques where you have to pay after every drink you always get all kinds of coins back.
Whether you pay with 1000, 500 or 100s.
Then I'll take everything back I'm not tipping for every drink.
Bellboy 20 baht, restaurant 10/20, bars 20
Chambermaid all the little coins
She even waited for me last year when she was long off, maybe she got so little tip at that hotel that she thought it was worth the wait
you give a tip if you are satisfied with the service and the quality of what is offered. If 1 out of 2 isn't right, I don't tip. If everything is in order (and the friendliness of the waiting staff is an important part of that), I always tip at least 20 baht. My girlfriend once said that I should have given a little more. Then I calculated her: I am 90 days in TH and give an average tip of 100 baht per day. That is 90 baht in those 9000 days. She was a little shocked by that. In short: tipping is something personal and has to do with more factors.
“In a restaurant, instead of 'some coins', you can also leave a 10 Baht coin if you really liked the service.”
Well now tell me, how do I distinguish myself from the tight-fisted Dutchman, jump out of the band, act crazy, give a quarter tip….
Really, the average Thai employee in a tourist area really doesn't get a warm feeling inside from 10 Baht.
If an average Thai employee receives a 10 Baht tip per customer, he/she may not be very happy with that one customer, but all customers together can double the salary.
if I know that we will stay in the same hotel for a few days, we will give a tip in the beginning (leave money on the bed), then you will usually be very well taken care of. At a hotel in Bangkok where we regularly come once a year ha, all doors open when they see us great right. And for the rest, if the food is good, we tip, but if it's too much, they don't get anything. I think just tip if you want it and don't otherwise.
The people earn very little, and we from the Rich West can do that
What can I be annoyed when tipped so little.
Like us bin Zunig
I absolutely do not participate in that, and in my opinion and that of others, I give far too much,
But I have in my back court The little that people deserve
If you can afford a trip to Thailand, you can also give something away,
They call it solidarity, or see it as a form of development aid.
If things continue as they are now, it could well be that more Thais will soon come on holiday with us than the other way around. I certainly find more luxury here than poverty. And then I'm just talking about a town in Isaan where I look like a pauper with my 5-year-old Toyota Yaris. There are 3 gold shops here and almost every child here has a motorbike under their butt. And not to work with, but to race with. Just about everyone has a smartphone and can eat and drink whatever their heart desires. I don't see a single girl who doesn't have nice make-up. If it is true that most Thais only earn 10.000 Bht a month, they should explain to me how they can afford all that. We also live as Thais, but we spend 50.000 Bht here every month.
I am never too frugal with tipping despite the fact that I live here permanently, but what is 50-100 baht for us now, please give it to those people who are friendly and helpful to us.
But recently I was in Pattaya at the Bamboo bar and had to pay 85 baht and let the waiter keep the remaining money of the 100 baht. Then he asked why he didn't get a tip and told me he wanted an extra 20 baht.
Ordered drinks from him all evening and took my change back to the last baht.
It should not become an obligation to give a tip .
You can expect such a reaction in Pattaya because Pattaya is not actually Thailand, it is often visited by the so-called 3-week millionaires, holidaymakers who are used to European prices, but the people who live here give tips all year round, here in the Isaan people are still grateful and satisfied if they get a tip, even if it is only 10 bath, here are also people who provide services without requiring a financial contribution, so it can be said that we live in the real Thailand, nice 900 miles away from the 3 weeks millionaires.
My wife puts 40 bath under the pillow for the cleaning lady of the hotel every morning.
Tip and/or gratuity
Both are names for: extra payment of money as a reward for extra quality for services obtained above the expected 'normal' quality.
In most cases, you do it as a thank you. In some cases out of satisfaction because you get stuck with your feeling and you want to let this feeling dominate by buying 'doing good'.
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Me and my wife pack tip indicate otherwise.
In my work, tipping has been completely phased out for a number of years. As a result, I started tipping less myself. Where in the past customers sometimes came, after completion of the project, to give 10,20, 50 or even 5 euros to each staff member (7 to XNUMX people), we now never experience that again.
So it has become partly dependent on our budget. Do we have enough or are we 'short of cash' at that moment?
After all, you already pay an expense allowance in wages. The service should therefore be there, simply because you pay for it. The better the service, the more guarantee the employee has that he/she will keep his/her job. After all, the customers will come back because of the good service provided.
In addition, you should ask yourself whether you want to use that feeling of 'the king too rich' with every release. Do you want to show every time that you have it better. Are you actually better off? Are you really happier than the person who tips you?
Probably not. You buy off this feeling.
Of course we also give tips.
We pay particular attention to how the restaurant or hotel (the employees) behave towards our children.
The quality of the food also plays an important role.
In the places where we often go, we tip sometimes and sometimes we don't. They treat us with respect, know exactly what we want, don't have to go faster or slower and, depending on our budget or mood, are rewarded with a tip every so often.
The funny thing is that the Thai people don't understand that at first.
You come first time and give an average tip.
You come the second time and don't tip.
You come the third time and don't tip.
Do they treat you the fourth time with the same (good for you) service, do you tip them above average.
To give nothing next time. (it's hard because then they run twice as fast)
Eventually they understand that they are tipped on average over all times. However, I'm not going to finish this all at once. Why? Because I want to maintain the service on a human level and I don't have to be treated like royalty when I return. They also understand that they get a tip and don't have to run for it, hoping that the person will come back next time.
Kind regards, Hendrik S.
I think I also apply this tipping approach - so far unconsciously 555 -.
Sometimes a tip, sometimes not.
The problem, however, is that in many establishments you only come once.
I as a thailand goer, who has been there for about 17 years, come to share the opinion with Pilot completely.
Think of it as a thank you for the service, care and attention you receive from these people.
I think it is more than normal to put at least 50 baht per day in the hotel on the bed.
You get extra service in return and let's be honest what is 50 bath or 100 bath for us??
Of course also if you go out for a nice meal, people let's not look at 1 or 2 or perhaps 3 euros tip for us it is nothing and for them a lot of money and you will get, believe me, many smiling (sincere) faces from back!!!! and if you can't afford it stay away from Thailand I've seen enough people who are calculating with a calculator what they can or can't do on their vacation pfffff should you go on vacation that way?? then stay at home and respect the thai lifestyle
Very nice for you that you have been in Thailand for 17 years, but to say that if you can't give a tip, you should stay away from Thailand, of course, makes no sense.
It has already been described several times above that it is nice and nice towards the Thai people, but it should absolutely not be a MUST.
You respect the Thai people, but you should also respect your fellow countrymen who go on holiday and sometimes have to keep an eye on their budget, after all, you cannot and should not look into other people's wallets.
“Then stay at home and respect the Thai lifestyle”
The lifestyle that you destroy by tipping a lot (every day 50 baht in a hotel), so that a Thai or farang who cannot tip, then receives less service (after all, everything works both ways), while that service should be included are in the price.
And extra service cannot always be bought off. It also depends on how you treat someone.
Unfortunately, see it too often that a farang claims service. The expectation that a Thai has to run because a tip is given.
And then say you've been good to give that person a perk. Wrong. You buy a good feeling.
Partly (unconsciously) you drive up the price. Because if those crazy foreigners keep giving tips, why don't we make it 5 to 10 baht more expensive? After which the foreigner still continues to give the same tip. But the Thai will soon no longer be able to afford it.
Have you ever thought about it?
Kind regards, Hendrik S.
Completely agree Hendrik. I have been traveling in Asia for 35 years, often in Thailand, and I see with dismay the excessive tipping of tourists. By the way, it is also a very unfair and distorting thing. Anyone who comes into contact with tourists a lot is tipped heavily and sometimes excessively. Anyone who works nearby or in the same hotel, restaurant, etc. simply receives a wage or the price they ask for their product. Thais are often angry at tourists who give strong tips. Know that for example in Bangkok, but also in Chiang Mai, local Thais often have difficulty finding a tuk tuk at a “normal” price!!!!! Why would some people still take that ride for 40 Thb if they can later collect 200 Thb from that “rich” westerner, who then gives another 50 Thb on top of that as a tip. As is often the case, many tourists, but also long-term residents in so-called “cheaper” countries, distort a very social pattern.
(just stay away from Thailand) what kind of saying is that, they are not all Rockefellers if you say so. the tips and tips given are up to everyone, and the Thai lifestyle has nothing to do with a holiday in Thailand, even you will never be able to understand the Thai lifestyle. Everyone does it in their own way, and if you like to pay 50 or 100 Bath a day at the hotel, that's up to you, maybe you expect something other than good service, that's what I mean by that. I think you should respect and understand the Thai lifestyle better.
If you are on vacation for 3 or 4 weeks and you are satisfied with the service, who cares if you give a nice tip and see such happy faces.
My wife used to work in an Irish restaurant in a side street Banglaroad Patong beach. All staff together (8 people) distributed the tip box weekly. Restaurant was not very busy, even very calm during low season. Yet they collected 1000 bath per month per person, which increased to 2000 and 2500 bath per month in the high season. Yes yes…they are very happy with the tipsters and they are indeed going to pamper them a bit more.
Bullshit, I don't tip and never have. Pay extra because someone does their job? I also never had a tip from my boss for doing my job.
Theo, of course I don't know what kind of work you have done, but especially in the service industry you can excel by offering more than just doing your job. You should therefore not see a tip as extra payment for someone's work, but that you show your appreciation for the effort and special service provided and as an incentive to continue doing so. Many Dutch employees receive much more than a tip from their 'boss', but then it is called a thirteenth month, bonus, Christmas bonus, or incentive trip, with or without pocket money. I will therefore not label tips as nonsense and certainly not in Thailand where I already feel privileged compared to the Thai with my paid vacation days and holiday money, something a Thai can only dream of.
I know from experience that giving gives more satisfaction
Then received.
It gives a nice feeling to have done something for the least of the least.
You know the minimum wage is 300 baht/day in prime locations.
Is the service good and you want to tip, then you just do that, right? And you certainly make these people happy and, as it turns out, you can get much more goodwill in return. I also do not understand the distinction in persons, a form of discrimination. Why a bellboy 50 and a chambermaid 20?
Just tip if service is good. Mandatory tips is bs of course. That disappears to managers, who then pay the salary from the mandatory tips !!
Tips and Dutch merchant spirit really don't go together in the world except in Las Vegas where you are really less harassed if you are told that you are from the Netherlands. Tipping definitely makes life easier, especially in Thailand and Indonesia and the money comes direct benefit to the social environment a kind of development aid, so only without bows. When I return to the Netherlands, I always immediately notice the lack of service, which we then all complain about.
How do you deal with tipping in the Netherlands and how much do you give there? Keep that in mind if you stay here. With me it is always in proportion to the amount spent. I recently stayed in a good, but expensive hotel, then I deviated from that rule. As far as I'm concerned, the tip was already included in the hotel price.
Fortunately, here in Isaan people are still grateful for every extra bath they get.
When I went to eat with my family in an eatery in Indonesia last year, I left the change after paying. (It wasn't that much) We walked to the car and the owner of the eatery came running after us with the change in hand, she thought I had forgotten and was utterly upset when she learned it was a tip (for the great food and good service!). Never heard of a tip or ever received one, until that memorable day!
Experienced the same in Malaysia with the understanding that a tip was not even accepted.
I am married to a professional masseuse….she takes care of me twice a week for 2 hours…I tip her 1000 baht each time and that is to her full satisfaction and an extra smile on her face then my reward….beyond that is she very against me tipping others in any amount .. she prefers to get them herself hhhh
When I look at the above list with the amounts of the possible tips, and also read many comments, I get the feeling that many are very tight-fisted. If I eat well with my wife in a restaurant, and maybe also drink a bottle of wine, then I would be ashamed to tip 10 Baht, despite the fact that the service may be included. Traveling around half the world, playing the big cock, and complaining if the service differs slightly from what she/he is used to from the Netherlands, and then give 10 Baht, Hallelujah…. If, after a good meal and a friendly service, you discreetly press the service after paying the bill, about 60 Baht, then the average Farang will really not lose a crown. With a normal taxi ride, it is indeed customary to simply round up the amount, only if a driver is friendly and helpful with carrying the luggage, then just rounding up is clearly not enough. By tipping the bell boy, it also makes a little difference in what kind of hotel I stay. In a simple Hotel, I would give maybe 20 Baht for a suitcase, while I would clearly pay a little more if I also surround myself with luxury. Many people assume that as long as the Thai smiles friendly when receiving the tip, it was certainly enough, and do not understand at all that the typical Thai smile often has a completely different meaning from what she/he knows from his home country.
I did experience staying in Thai hotel for a few days
When I left in the morning I left 100 bath on the unmade bed
Upon return, the entire room was cleaned and the bed made
The 100 baht note lay neatly on the bedside table
The second day I did the same with the same result, just on the bedside table again
They didn't even know this international form of tipping
On my last third day I just looked them up and personally gave the 100 baht
Dear Piet, this chambermaid has behaved properly as it should in a room that is still occupied by the guest. As long as the guest has not checked out, he remains the sole owner of everything in the room, unless the found is clearly the property of the Hotel. If the girl does not put this 100 Baht back on the bedside table, but puts it in her own pocket, then this officially falls under theft. This is different with a room where the guest has already left for good, from which it is clear that it is a tip, or where the guest personally hands over the amount. That's why I think that the chambermaid, compared to yourself, has learned better how the actual form of tipping works. In addition, it is better to hand over the money personally, or to place it clearly visible on the bedside table before the checkout. If you leave your money on an unmade bed, you run the risk that the money will disappear with the cleaning of the bedding, in the laundry or the washing machine.
I like to give a tip in advance on the first day of a multi-day stay in a hotel
If I do that, I have already experienced many times (also internationally) that the service increased per day .. then an extra flower or some fruit etc etc ... chambermaids always have to wait and see, even if they do their best, how much the customer tip or put down the end…this way I always (buy I may tell you) always very good service..extra towels or whatever no problem..so dear John read carefully when you comment I had it there about the fact that they did not find this international tip on the bed…everywhere I have been in the world outside of Thailand they had no problem with the daily tip…and the service was correspondingly
As far as I know the rules about tipping in Thailand are as follows:
If you put the tip on 'the dish', the tip is for the entire staff.
If you put the tip in the hand of the server, it is personal for her.
Always 20 baht…still okay..
Whether I have 1 beer, or 76896944 beer, with 76969454 meals. If/and 789697865975 women entertained me…20 baht…
20 baht tip. And yes, of course I don't look at 1 baht, round it off yourself.
if you can't tip 20 baht, do you want / can you be in thailand?
And this comment comes from all my thai ex-girlfriends. And then it will be fine…. 🙂
Yes, we Dutch people know that Chinese tourists are not good for Thailand because they don't let the money roll.
10 Baht in a restaurant if the service is very good.
20 Baht for the chambermaid. In three weeks?
The Kneuterdijkerige stinginess knows no bounds.
>10 Baht in a restaurant if the service was very good.
Yes agree…but I do standard 20 baht..
But..
>20 Baht for the chambermaid. In three weeks?
? 20 baht per 3 weeks? Before every day you tidy your room? Currant! But could be just me, I need cleaning every day. 🙂
Give 100 baht every Friday. That is 400 baht per month on a minimum salary of 9000 baht per month (Prayut is doing his best to raise it). That's something like a 5% tip. That is very cool if you do…. 🙂
I don't tip, I pay what it costs and that's it. I didn't do it in NL and I don't do it here either.
I live in Thailand and simply can't afford to tip like crazy (because minimum income). That's why I keep it simple: taxi costs I round up and in bars I pay in notes of 20 baht where the. change acts as a tip. For a massage I do give 50 or 100 baht extra as standard, but for my dvp's the paid bf for their LT or ST is more than enough and I will not pay more than breakfast in the morning hours, after which the ladies are kindly but firmly requested to move away from me again.
I increasingly see a service charge on the receipt in restaurants. Prices outside are very regularly indicated without tax and the extra charge. I don't tip at all anymore.
My lady man usually arranges the payments is Thai so I don't worry about tip money.
She maintains a minimum change of 10 baht for restaurants.
Taxis often depend on how you drive. Via detour, via fastest route, via meter, etc.
(Ask in advance how high he estimates the ride, he sets 100 bath and when using the meter, 78 bath comes out, then it becomes 100 bath. If he drives "wrong" to 105, then you have to tell my wife heard go and it becomes and remains 100 bath.
Hotels depending on how long we stay and whether there is a permanent chambermaid. They often change daily. So you often reward those from the previous day. My wife always checks this at the reception and often gives an envelope with a name. hoping that it will turn out well.
In the past I regularly gave a tip at places where I visited regularly. I was served friendly there. Now I don't give a tip anywhere and the service is just as friendly.
When I lived here for a while I thought to myself; all days 40 Bht tip is the price of a plane ticket at the end of the year.
What is given is lost.
Why do I have to tip, I often experience in restaurants and bars that they take your tip and don't even thank you, I have stopped doing it. Why do you have to tip when you've been to a restaurant/bar somewhere? They must be happy that you come to their tent. They may offer you a drink because you choose their tent.
What I don't understand is this discussion, oh they earn so little and they live off the tip, come on, use your brain, you don't give the girl from the supermarket behind the cash register 100 bath extra, she is usually 10 x friendlier than those who work in the hospitality industry.
By the way, Thailand is getting more and more expensive, your beer in the Netherlands is almost the same price, I stopped tipping
I think everyone should make their own bill, tip or not, and no one else has business with that!
Aren't we Dutch people known as generous tipsters, as suggested in the article? I know several Flemish and Dutch tour guides and they always agree on one thing, namely that the Dutch are much more generous with their tips than the Flemish. The Dutch do have other habits, such as that they always have to know everything, are loud in their evaluations and criticism, etc.
Thailand is indeed the land of smiles when you tip.
I always like to tip when they don't count on it at all. Like, for example, the toilet lady, when filling up with petrol and when I eat somewhere far outside the tourist centre.
When I went to a massage parlor accompanied by my girlfriend, who also worked in another massage parlour, she thought I should tip at least 50 Baht. It is the tip that makes them have a living income.
I also usually give generously to beggars, especially the handicapped, who are real suckers over there. In Thailand there is no PCSW and the like that help individuals on the margins of society. I think this subconsciously soothes our conscience because we are, in fact, decadent wealthy vacationers who can afford pleasure while struggling to survive.
I give for the suitcase carrier (from taxi to hotel room) THB 20,-
For the chambermaids I put THB 60 on the bed every morning. In “return” they give an extra bottle of water; so I get a tip back.
For the taxi from hotel in Bangkok-Sathorn to airport I tip THB 100.
Went to Thailand for the first time about 22 years ago and adhered to the 10% standard. So dining with Bruno for the two of you with different types of wine would soon cost you about 6000 baht. Tip 600 here. Until I started to keep an eye on the other customers and saw max. 200 tip. So 200 was actually enough.
I tip occasionally. There's one place I always tip. That is in Baan Pal in Pak Nam Pran. The coffee there costs 35 baht and tastes very good. They have a tip jar. You also get a stamp card and because there are always three of us, it fills up quickly and then we get another free cup.
I usually tip around 20 baht. That is more than 10% of the total amount, even almost 20%.
Oh and I keep getting my water bottle filled up with water and ice.
Very nice there. We are also addressed by our first names and if one of the three of us is not going to cycle (we make our coffee break there) we are often asked where he has gone.
Apart from that, I've started giving a small tip more and more often. Sometimes 20 sometimes even 50 Baht. But even if you give 5 baht and the waiter gets 5 baht from each customer, he will end up getting more tips than his salary. So in my opinion you are also good in Thailand with 5 baht.
Tipping is part of it. Even if there is 10 + 7% on the account. Then I give the lady in question 20 to 100 THB in her hand, depending on whether she served us alone or with another lady. In the hotel usually 50 thb per night for the cleaning lady. Taking the suitcases to the room and showing how everything works gets a standard charge of THB 100.
It's a bit more difficult with taxis. The driver who immediately turns on the taxi meter, is friendly and asks if he can drive on the toll road will receive at least THB 50 depending on the price of the ride.
For me, the “problem” of too much/too little/no tipping doesn't arise.
It is my wife who goes through these statements and pays them (possibly with my money).
In many countries here, this way of doing things is the rule (in the better circles).
avoids discussions and your wife is confirmed in her role.