But do you have to? And how should diners balance the desire to eat out, and to show support for local restaurants and the people who work for them, with the realities of their own budgets? Quartz attempted to sort out the complicated world of post-pandemic tipping etiquette with the help of a few experts.
Tipping in the US is a thorny subject. There are lots of places and people to tip, from manicurists to valets, but waiters and bartenders are among the most common that people encounter. But the upscale restaurants that tried to lead a no-tipping revolution in recent years received such strong pushback from front-of-house workers who made less money that way and diners who rebelled against higher menu prices that they were forced to backtrack.
That was true even before the pandemic: St. Not a member? Need further assistance? Please call Member Services at For the mathematically challenged, these strategies can help.
By Lorraine Glennon. December 19, Sharing is Nice Yes, send me a copy of this email. Send We respect your privacy. Oops, we messed up. Try again later. If they absolutely refuse to accept it, offer to make a donation to their church or their favorite charity instead. Do you need to tip your hair guru or your barber? It takes some pretty incredible skills for someone to draw permanent art on your body—and do it well. And remember to tip daily since you might not get the same housekeeper throughout your stay.
If they just gave you quick directions to the nearest coffee shop, you can skip the tip and offer a thanks instead. We all know to tip the cab driver for taking us safely to our destination. But how much is too much? If you feared for your life during the ride, that tip is going to be a big fat zero.
Add an extra dollar or two if they helped you with unloading any luggage. You can easily tip your Uber or Lyft driver by using the app on your mobile device. Yay, technology! Since you can rate your driver, most of them go out of their way to win you over with perks like snacks, drinks and phone chargers. Tipping with intentionality means something—all year long. And hey—people often give presents to the teachers, manicurists and hair stylists in their lives. You can too.
EveryDollar can help make budgeting easy for you. All you have to do is download the EveryDollar app—our zero-based budgeting tool—and start telling your dollars where to go. But the trick is to stick to it! Start your EveryDollar budget for free and see just how generous you can be. Check whether the tip is already included. There will be some circumstances where the tip will already be factored into your bill.
Some restaurants have a rule that the tip is automatically included when large groups dine. This is done because if even one or two people in the group were to skimp on the tip, the server would be unlikely to make the basic amount.
Large groups are very time consuming for a server and more work. You should ask in advance or check the menu or restaurant website to see if the gratuity is included. Method 2. Tip other restaurant staff. You can leave a smaller tip to your restaurant server if the food is served buffet style or the server brings you drinks only, but you should still tip between 10 and 15 percent. You might want to tip the headwaiter or captain separately also.
When buying something over a counter, say morning coffee, you are generally not expected to tip. Use a tip generating app. You can download apps to your smart phone that will calculate the tip for you if you plug in the amount of your bill.
Most smart phones also come with a calculator, which will allow you to calculate the tip yourself, depending on the amount you decide to leave. Various websites will calculate the tip for you. All you have to do is plug in the amount of your bill, and the percentage amount of the tip you want to leave. If you used any coupons or discounts, calculate the tip based on how much you would've paid without it.
Otherwise, you're punishing the waiter for the restaurant management's efforts to bring you in the door. Realize why tipping matters. Many servers absolutely rely on tips to survive. The fact they receive tips is calculated into a lower hourly wage in the first place. They often make well under minimum wage.
Leave a smaller tip for very poor service. A tip to a server is meant to acknowledge good service. Assess how the food matched your order, whether the food was hot and fresh, how attentive the server was, how quickly your empty dishes were removed, and whether the server was courteous.
You might want to explain the lack of a tip, in nice and constructive terms, on the bill when you pay the check, though. Tell your server if the service was great. Why not let them know? Write a little note on the bill when you pay your bill explaining what you thought the server did really well.
Better yet, call over the manager and tell the manager about the good job the server did. Always treat your server to a smile and be kind and polite.
Service jobs can be stressful enough without people taking out their bad days on the server! Method 3. Make sure tips are accepted. In most establishments in the US, tips are not only accepted, but they are encouraged because the servers rely on them to make enough money to survive. In some other countries, tips might be considered insulting or not allowed! There are some venues where tips may not be allowed.
For example, some all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean may discourage tipping because a service fee is already woven into the overall vacation cost. The server will likely appreciate it. Tip sparingly in Europe. The culture around tipping in Europe is not the same as tipping in the US. It would be considered a lot and unusual to tip more in some countries. The difference is that servers in Europe are often better paid than they are in the US, meaning they rely on tips far less to survive, and are likely to consider the tip as a small and unexpected bonus.
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