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Old 10-01-2014, 01:14 PM
 
Location: Silver Spring, MD
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I've better get my tipping head on...... we arrive in LV in a few days. Remind me somebody...... why do we tip bartenders for taking the cap off a bottle of beer?
Because that tip can turn into paying for two drinks when you've had 5. Or getting a double when you've only ordered a single. Or being the person that the bartender asks to taste a new drink that they've come up or a drink that they think that you may like based on what you've ordered before. While it's more likely that getting extra for being a good tipper happens when it's a place you frequent often, it can still happen when you're in town for a vacation especially if you're likely to go to the same hotel bar during your stay.
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Old 10-01-2014, 01:16 PM
 
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Because that tip can turn into paying for two drinks when you've had 5. Or getting a double when you've only ordered a single. Or being the person that the bartender asks to taste a new drink that they've come up or a drink that they think that you may like based on what you've ordered before. While it's more likely that getting extra for being a good tipper happens when it's a place you frequent often, it can still happen when you're in town for a vacation especially if you're likely to go to the same hotel bar during your stay.
Exactly. There are soooo many ways you can get returns on being a good tipper, no matter where you go.

Free food, free drinks, coupons, early notice to specials coming up, tickets to an event...
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Old 10-01-2014, 06:06 PM
 
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Do they even tell you what the VAT is? Maybe it's printed on the receipt if they give you one. It's likely just built into the price.

He're you have to decide what you want to give as a tip, and then do the math. This means you actually have to think about it.

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Exactly -- at least our system is optional. It costs roughly the same for a pint either way. USA = pint + sales tax + tip. England = more-expensive pint + VAT. It's a wash for beer. But for other things, the VAT adds a significant cost to the price of a vacation.

And yet I have yet to find the thread on C-D where frequent American visitors to England complain about how unfair the VAT is. We recognize it's part of the cost of visiting a pleasant, civilized country.

Things are VERY cheap in Somalia, I'm told. No tips or VAT to worry about there.
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Old 10-01-2014, 11:04 PM
 
Location: England
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Do they even tell you what the VAT is? Maybe it's printed on the receipt if they give you one. It's likely just built into the price.

He're you have to decide what you want to give as a tip, and then do the math. This means you actually have to think about it.
Value Added Tax (VAT) is built into the price. So the price on the ticket in a shop is what you pay at the counter. Bars have to have a price list of drinks on clear display by law. No tip is expected by the drinks server.
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Old 10-02-2014, 09:10 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Speaking of tipping - I remember a business trip from years ago. My colleague, James, and I were staying at an Embassy Suites and visited the bar on the first night for their free drinks. During the week we always met up at the bar after work for drinks. James, always had a seat at the bar no matter how busy they were as they held one for him. His drinks were always refreshed, even after the official free drink time ended. On the last night, the bartender delivered a nice steak to him at the bar " on the house". They exchanged phone numbers. I had always tipped the bartender $1.00 per drink during our stay, but never received service like James.

James has a great personality, and I attributed the great service he received to that. On the flight home, he told me that on the first night, while talking to the bartender and finding out that he would be working the week during our stay - he told him he was a big tipper and rewarded great service. He then handed him $100 and let him know he'd be there all week. I still think his personality had a lot to do with it, but that's just the way he rolled. Probably wouldn't work for me, but it sure did for him.
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Old 10-02-2014, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Sunrise
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I still think his personality had a lot to do with it, but that's just the way he rolled. Probably wouldn't work for me, but it sure did for him.
Personality has everything to do with it. When I go out to eat, I expect that I am going to be treated like a rock star. Not some smug, demanding, haughty attitude, though. The "everything is going to be fantastic and people are going to be great because that's how people are" sort of attitude.

Surprise, surprise, that's how people treat me. They treat me like royalty, even though they don't know I'm a good tipper. (They don't get to find out that until the end, after all.)

With limited exceptions (like when I go to a restaurant specifically to try a menu item -- Bouchon's fried chicken, for instance -- and then I call ahead and make sure it's still on the menu), my usual procedure for ordering food at a restaurant is this:

"The menu looks great! My wife and I not only have no food allergies, we have no food aversions. Please ask the chef to send two appetizers, two entrees and two side dishes. Whatever he or she thinks we should be having tonight. We're also in absolutely no hurry. And we plan on sharing everything."

This strategy has never steered us wrong. We do this all over the world. Not once ever has the chef picked the two most expensive items on the menu. Often, we get food that isn't even ON the menu. Chefs the world over drop what they're doing and whip up a dish their grandmother taught them just so they can put it in front of us.

Just like I don't employ attorneys and then argue with their advice; just like I don't visit doctors and then ignore what they tell me; when I go to a restaurant I put myself in the chef's capable hands. How do I know what's best today? I wasn't at the food market this morning. (Actually, the way I travel I probably was. But still.) I ask the chef to give me what's best and he or she always does.

THAT is how you order food in a restaurant. Just go with the flow. Picky eaters resign themselves to a sub-optimal restaurant experience every single time.
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Old 10-02-2014, 12:34 PM
 
Location: B.C. and Las Vegas
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Is it proper to only tip the valet when you pick up your car or should the valet who parks your car also get a tip when arriving there?
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Old 10-02-2014, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Silver Spring, MD
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Is it proper to only tip the valet when you pick up your car or should the valet who parks your car also get a tip when arriving there?
I always do it with the valet that brings the car. Sometimes if the person I'm dropping it off with does something above or beyond, like take the car even when valet is "full" or offer to keep the car close if I let them know I'm just running in for a minute then I'll tip both times. This is a personal preference based on my own logic, do whatever feels best to you.
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Old 10-02-2014, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Henderson, NV
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Personality has everything to do with it. When I go out to eat, I expect that I am going to be treated like a rock star. Not some smug, demanding, haughty attitude, though. The "everything is going to be fantastic and people are going to be great because that's how people are" sort of attitude.

Surprise, surprise, that's how people treat me. They treat me like royalty, even though they don't know I'm a good tipper. (They don't get to find out that until the end, after all.)

With limited exceptions (like when I go to a restaurant specifically to try a menu item -- Bouchon's fried chicken, for instance -- and then I call ahead and make sure it's still on the menu), my usual procedure for ordering food at a restaurant is this:

"The menu looks great! My wife and I not only have no food allergies, we have no food aversions. Please ask the chef to send two appetizers, two entrees and two side dishes. Whatever he or she thinks we should be having tonight. We're also in absolutely no hurry. And we plan on sharing everything."

This strategy has never steered us wrong. We do this all over the world. Not once ever has the chef picked the two most expensive items on the menu. Often, we get food that isn't even ON the menu. Chefs the world over drop what they're doing and whip up a dish their grandmother taught them just so they can put it in front of us.

Just like I don't employ attorneys and then argue with their advice; just like I don't visit doctors and then ignore what they tell me; when I go to a restaurant I put myself in the chef's capable hands. How do I know what's best today? I wasn't at the food market this morning. (Actually, the way I travel I probably was. But still.) I ask the chef to give me what's best and he or she always does.

THAT is how you order food in a restaurant. Just go with the flow. Picky eaters resign themselves to a sub-optimal restaurant experience every single time.
My ex-brother in law was the executive chef at The Tree Room at Sundance. He did the same thing for us. We didn't even see a menu. He brought us a selection of appetizers "tapas" style, and entrees based on what was available that day. I believe it was a quail dish that he prepared for us. One of the best dinners in my life.
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Old 10-02-2014, 01:27 PM
 
Location: Sunrise
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My ex-brother in law was the executive chef at The Tree Room at Sundance. He did the same thing for us. We didn't even see a menu. He brought us a selection of appetizers "tapas" style, and entrees based on what was available that day. I believe it was a quail dish that he prepared for us. One of the best dinners in my life.
The Japanese (who else?) came up with this originally. They call it omakase. This is the best way to order food. The chefs know what's best today. Maybe the scallops are particularly good today. Or perhaps they happen to have everything they need to whip up a dish they learned from their grandmother.

I have yet to have a bad meal this way.
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