NYC tipping?

Have noticed tipping discussed in general on some of the threads, but was wondering if some of you NY%26#39;ers could give me some guidelines for your city.

I am usually a 20% tipper, is that sufficient for NYC?

Do I tip anyone at the Theatre?

Cab drivers, Tel Aviv, etc??

Bag handlers (usually go $1-2 per bag)?

Hair stylists, spa people (don%26#39;t know if we will be utilizing this service)?

Anyone else?? I tip all of the above, just wanted some NYC guidelines.

Thanks.

NYC tipping?

20% is a genereous tip.....I usually double the tax in a restaurant, that would come to about 17.5%....just is easier to figure out. I give 20% for great service or a bit more, but if service is just ok, 15% will suffice. I am also of the belief that if the food is not to your liking, send it back, and if the service is bad, get the manager!!! I really don%26#39;t understand people not speaking up, and then they complain. It, fortunately, does not happen often, but I will speak up in a nice way, and it usually works. Remember, it is not the servers fault that they food is bad, and it can easily be replaced. I know people who only tip 15%, and I also know lots of people who have worked for tips, so I tend to tip more for good service. I read some of these posts where servers actually run after people for tips, well, guess what, if the service was that bad, you can run to NJ, what nerve. If I don%26#39;t leave a tip, it was horrible, and I would never go back to that place again.

Bag handlers is right, cab drivers/car service is 15% on the fare, not including the tolls, hair stylists/spa 15-20%.

Not necessary to tip at the theatre.

If you doorman hails you a cab, a dollar or two is sufficient.

NYC tipping?

Restaurants 15 to 20%

Theaters no tipping (only tourists from europe do it)

Cab drivers 15%

Limos Tip is automatically added to the credit card receipt (with the tolls if any)

Hair stylists, spa 15 is reasonnable but if really good service you can tip accorgingly

Doormen hailling a cab and opening door $2, helping luggages in and out of a cab $1-2 per bag

Car garage attendants $2 when you pick up your car

Hope it was help full

Enjoy New York

Restaurants 15 to 20%

Theaters no tipping (only tourists from europe do it)

Cab drivers 15%

Limos Tip is automatically added to the credit card receipt (with the tolls if any)

Hair stylists, spa 15 is reasonnable but if really good service you can tip accorgingly

Doormen halling a cab $2 helping luggages out of a cab $1-2 per bag

Car garage attendants $2 when you take out the car

I have a tipping question - I%26#39;ve heard you have to tip the maid service in your hotel, how do you do it if you%26#39;re out of your room when its been cleaned? Do you just leave it lying round for the maid?

Regarding that last query on tipping hotel maids, I used to leave it all on the last day, with a ';thank you'; written on a piece of hotel note paper, and secured under a phone or a lamp. I know that different people clean on different days, but I figured this all worked out in the end as I assumed other people tipped the way I did and all the maids were at some point or another collecting for work other people had done.

However, I have recently read that not everyone does tip the way I did. In fact, many people tip every day just to be sure all maids are treated equally. (Also, tipping well at the beginning of your stay may help ensure the maid take special care of you.)

thanks for that nycamb - sounds obvious now!

I am an %26#39;every day%26#39; tipper, partly because I can%26#39;t always remember if the maid has had to do anything extra on a given day, like deal with leg hair in the tub(always tip high on those days!). But also because I don%26#39;t always have the right cash on hand at checkout, and I don%26#39;t want to scramble to get change at the last minute. Often the maid will have a card placed in the room when you arrive that has her name on it, saying she is the one who prepared your room. When this is the case I leave the tip on her card with a glass placed on it to cacth her eye. I enjoy having good maid service, would not like the job myself, and tend to tip them well for those reasons.

Tipping the maid:

There is a PR campain on this issue probably by the Union representing the maids!

In a restaurant, you know who is serving you and you know that his/her income is based on tips (shared with others resto employees)

In an hotel, it is not the case, maids are paid for doing a certain number of rooms per day. It is rarely the same maid doing the same room everyday. So, who deserves to pocket the tip? yesterday maid? tomorrow maid? should you tip every day? should you base it on 15/20% of the room rate?

and even if you leave a tip on the bed or in an empty envelop left by a maid, it may be picked up by the bar refill attendant, a maintenance worker or anybody else walking in first!....

The systematic tipping of the maid is just a new idea floated around, not realistic and not motivating!

If, during your stay, you ask housekeeping for a special service, or get special help, then tip that person just like you would do the doorman or the concierge: $1-2-5-10 whatever you feel like it.

I was wondering about the maid service myself. I will be staying with 5 girls in a 2 bedroom suite so that is quite a bit to clean up after. What would you suggest we leave as a daily tip? BTW, it is not a fancy place at all.

I was also wondering about tipping.

For drinks in bars etc.Do you tip per drink or per round of drinks?

Cheers!