Comments on: To tip or not to tip in Thailand? http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Talen http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-5916 Talen Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:37:17 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-5916 Well, I have been outside tourist areas and have seen real Thai's tipping in restaurants. So real Thai's do tip. Granted it's not a large amount and I didn't say you should tip huge. Well, I have been outside tourist areas and have seen real Thai’s tipping in restaurants. So real Thai’s do tip. Granted it’s not a large amount and I didn’t say you should tip huge.

]]> By: Cman http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-5913 Cman Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:26:29 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-5913 Only in turist venues you might even see someone expect a tip. In real (non-tourist places) Thailand, barely no one tips. Perhaps 5 baht, top 10 baht at most and not often. By tipping huge amounts you actually make the service worse - next time another farang visits the place the service people might act rude if no tip is given. Real Thais would not do this. Only in turist venues you might even see someone expect a tip.

In real (non-tourist places) Thailand, barely no one tips. Perhaps 5 baht, top 10 baht at most and not often.

By tipping huge amounts you actually make the service worse - next time another farang visits the place the service people might act rude if no tip is given. Real Thais would not do this.

]]> By: Hasbro http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-3372 Hasbro Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:11:55 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2007/10/14/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-in-thailand/#comment-3372 Seems like service industry is underpaid everywhere in the world. In the U.S. this is indeed a fact; it is even codified in the tax law, so that a waitress/waiter is imputed to have received a specific %age as a tip, whether tey received it or not. I haven't been to Thailand yet, but when I do go I do intend to tip. The only place I won't tip is in Paris France, as it is already added to the bill and the service is horrible with the servers being rude. Seems like service industry is underpaid everywhere in the world. In the U.S. this is indeed a fact; it is even codified in the tax law, so that a waitress/waiter is imputed to have received a specific %age as a tip, whether tey received it or not. I haven’t been to Thailand yet, but when I do go I do intend to tip.
The only place I won’t tip is in Paris France, as it is already added to the bill and the service is horrible with the servers being rude.

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