I doubt you'll be able to fit all in one booth and doubt they'll let you try. I would tip at meals as you would at a restaurant. As to the rooms, that's up to you, but I'd think tipping for each room would be fair because the attendant is doing the same work in each room.
That's a wonderful suggestion - as long as they stay off their iPhones (or whatever those little gizmos are called).
HA HA HA!! I would go sit somewhere else before I subjected the teens on ANYONE!! One cliggy to mommy, and the other is a crabby cross dresser. Best to keep them close.
This sounds entirely reasonable to me. For those who are unaware European style tips are usually simple round-ups to the next larger bill rather than a separate stack of bills based on a percentage as done in the US.
That also varies from country to country. My daughter used to live in Barcelona and tipping is very unusual there, but expected from Americans. I even saw a small placard in a very touristy restaurant that was mainly frequented by Americans that read (in English!) "Tipping now accepted". Daughter says that the owner typically keeps any monies generated. I also noticed that foreign guests at the hotel where I worked hardly ever tipped, and that included Canadians.
I am going to venture a guess that the table size at that IHop is significantly larger than the table size in an Amtrak dining car.
I spend months saving up all the 1's and 5's I get as change, so that I can bring them with me just for tipping while on a cruise.
Some of my best customers save them up each week to spend at farm markets. Most weeks at market I come home with more small bills than I brought to my booth, so I almost always have a good supply ready when I need them for travel.I spend months saving up all the 1's and 5's I get as change, so that I can bring them with me just for tipping while on a cruise.
My kid is now in the restaurant business, and I can tell you that leaving something really odd like a $2 bill is definitely not appreciated. The reality is they can't do anything with such, and because of it, the $2 bill will just get tossed into a drawer or box.
What, your kid only appreciates things that are really even like $10, $20, $50, and $100?
A $2 bill are cash. If he can't use it somewhere because someone refuses it, then take it to the bank and get 2 ones. Same with the $1 coins.
Why can't your kid figure out how to use it? Does your kid not have a bank account? Why does your kid assume that anything he or she doesn't readily appreciate is the equivalent of an overt expletive? Sounds like they might have some irrational anger issues. Perhaps if your kid sets aside all of those $2 bills and $1 coins they'll have a accidentally created a rainy day fund. Or is saving for the future considered "really odd" by today's youth? I'm not sure why you chose to bring your kid into this but it's not a very convincing argument thus far.
Yeah, I got $2 bills as tips back in college*, and I didn't die. In fact, if someone paid with a $2 bill, I'd dig two dollars out of my own wallet and swap with the register so that I could take that $2 bill home. I had a friend who tipped at the local small town restaurant with a $2 bill and they thought it was so novel they stuck it on the wall behind the bar.
Two dollar bills and $1 coins are legal tender. Spend them anywhere that accepts cash. Or take them to the bank to get "regular" money. It's not that hard.
