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Tipping
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Have just returned from driving the present Mrs Hughes to London where she is working all week.
On arrival at the rather posh Kensington hotel that her company have arranged for her, we discovered that the hoitel is in two sections, so we parked the car on the car park, and the concierge trollyed her cases to the other section - around 30 seconds walk down the road. I wasn;t sure about tipping, so I asked - if you don;t ask, you never know. The man said it was not obligatory to give anything, but I gave him a pound.
The present Mrs Hughes was livid - she accused me of being a 'country mouse' and said I should have given a fiver!!!!
Now I am no-one's country bumpkin, but i found myself wondering what is acceptable in high-class London hotels? In the US it's easy - dollar a bag, in Europe, a couple of Euros gets a big smile - but what about our fair capital? Any advice for the future?
On arrival at the rather posh Kensington hotel that her company have arranged for her, we discovered that the hoitel is in two sections, so we parked the car on the car park, and the concierge trollyed her cases to the other section - around 30 seconds walk down the road. I wasn;t sure about tipping, so I asked - if you don;t ask, you never know. The man said it was not obligatory to give anything, but I gave him a pound.
The present Mrs Hughes was livid - she accused me of being a 'country mouse' and said I should have given a fiver!!!!
Now I am no-one's country bumpkin, but i found myself wondering what is acceptable in high-class London hotels? In the US it's easy - dollar a bag, in Europe, a couple of Euros gets a big smile - but what about our fair capital? Any advice for the future?
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My view on tipping is that anything is nice no matter how small. Used to take a lot of taxis from one station to another with my current other half, and sometimes it was 12 pounds-ish, sometimes nearer 15, but I would draw the line at 15. So some got £3.00 some got a pound. And bear n mind a lot are on low wages anyway so they appreciate that not everyone is rich. More likely to inwardly moan if you give nothing
Well this is on the web:
"Tipping in hotels is generally to the porter, £2 – £5 for helping you with your bags and the maid for cleaning your room, £2 per day"
http://3guysonalondon...visitors-should-know/
That sounds probably about right to me (where 'right' = 'norm', rather than being a judgemental decision) but I'm sure that tipping varies greatly.
When I ran a railway station I always refused to accept tips but I never criticised lower paid staff who did so. (I made just one exception: There was a really 'snotty' woman who insisted on calling me a 'porter'. I readily accepted her fiver, which I put into the staff tea fund, just to see her slightly poorer!).
The biggest tip I've ever given was a £20 tip for a £10 meal. It was thoroughly deserved!
"Tipping in hotels is generally to the porter, £2 – £5 for helping you with your bags and the maid for cleaning your room, £2 per day"
http://3guysonalondon...visitors-should-know/
That sounds probably about right to me (where 'right' = 'norm', rather than being a judgemental decision) but I'm sure that tipping varies greatly.
When I ran a railway station I always refused to accept tips but I never criticised lower paid staff who did so. (I made just one exception: There was a really 'snotty' woman who insisted on calling me a 'porter'. I readily accepted her fiver, which I put into the staff tea fund, just to see her slightly poorer!).
The biggest tip I've ever given was a £20 tip for a £10 meal. It was thoroughly deserved!
SM:
Although I've always had a bit of a 'general' interest in railways, I've never really been a trainspotter. So I'm no expert on where the Deltics were based. However I lived in Sheffield when that footage was shot, and I often travelled via 'Donny', and I do remember seeing plenty of Deltics there.
Incidentally, the train operating companies seem to hide the fact that most 'rover' and ranger' tickets are still available. You're unlikely to see them advertised at railway stations, or on train operators' websites. You need to hunt for them here:
http://www.nationalra...ngers_and_rovers.html
Although I've always had a bit of a 'general' interest in railways, I've never really been a trainspotter. So I'm no expert on where the Deltics were based. However I lived in Sheffield when that footage was shot, and I often travelled via 'Donny', and I do remember seeing plenty of Deltics there.
Incidentally, the train operating companies seem to hide the fact that most 'rover' and ranger' tickets are still available. You're unlikely to see them advertised at railway stations, or on train operators' websites. You need to hunt for them here:
http://www.nationalra...ngers_and_rovers.html
