People say tipping isn’t Taiwan’s culture.
My tour guide also said that. But he did ask us about the gratuities, and it was totally up to us.
I did not have much cash so I gave him and the driver $200.
However, he later returned $200 to me as he said he would pay for my taxi.
Please advise me if he was ‘mad’ of my tipping amount. Please just comment what you really think.
FYI *We didn’t have any issues during the trip. We discussed a lot.
**The tour was like $20,000.
Oh well,
Go out to a bar and watch the 2 WC games tonight. One’s starting in like 2 minutes.
You can always put more money in a red envelope and mail it to the tour guide (in care of his office) with a short note of thanks. That way, you had the last say in tipping him.
I don’t think he was mad. The culture here seems for most people not to tip at all, but if a tip is going to be given it goes to the driver. I think he appreciated the offer and tried to do you a solid.
*source, my sister in law is a tour guide who I have been on tours abroad with who I noted would tip the driver and not the tour guide.
I often tip. It confuses the crap out of them. A hundred NT to the pizza delivery guy and while you tight boys are waiting for your pizza on a Friday night I’ve already finished mine.
the tip for the driver and the tour guide is actually seperated. It seems like they only decided to return the tip to me. I think it was because my tip was too low which might mean an insult…
I used to view tip the same way the video said but as time goes by, I have started to tip like other “normal” people.
I don’t know what’s wrong with U.S. Because of the tip, waiters, waitresses, bartenders,… are viewed as less attractive jobs in life.
wait so what do you mean by “A hundred NT to the pizza delivery guy and while you tight boys are waiting for your pizza on a Friday night I’ve already finished mine” ??
Normally, there is an established «tip» for the driver and tour guide when in group trips. Someone local should have informed atoga or it would have been written in the information given - probably in Chinese.
Yep 200 was really bad, from any angle.
I tip taxi drivers a bit more, like keep the change, if they let me on with my pets. It is their right to say no and I appreciate if they choose yes.