iamles

We (2 persons) will be in Jordan for 6 days, touring with a car and driver. Any suggestions on what to tip, assuming the service is good?

Thanks,
Les

sandi

I budget $10/day/person = $20/day. Then more/less depending on service.

thursdaysd

So if you had three people in the car you'd tip $30 a day? Why? The driver isn't doing any more work for three people than for one. (Leaving aside the issue of whether $10 is the right amount in the first place.)

sandi

thursdaysd - the OP asked about "suggested" to which I replied. If they wish more or less, it's up to them, as it is to you!

thursdaysd

sandi - true, but I'm trying to understand your rationale. I travel solo, so my driver would get $10, whereas it seems you travel with a partner, and therefore your driver would get $20 for the exact same work. No?

MissGreen

Are folks quoting in US or JD? Not sure of the exchange rate.. so possibly they are very similar.

sandi

MissGreen -

JD = ISN'T Jordanian "dollars" - it's "dinars"
So when it shows $ it is usually USD$.

thursdaysd -

Sometimes I travel solo and on others with a partner. Use the same guideline regardless which country visiting anywhere in the world. Bearing in mind that in some countries, tipping is frowned on.

So using the $10 shown, I will give more or less depending on service provided. If solo it's $10, if with a partner it would total $20. Or it can be $15 between the two of us.

For a family traveling - parents and two children - it doesn't have to be $40, but can certainly be $25-30/day.

There are travelers from countries where tipping isn't customary, so their tips are often less than from Americans where tipping is the norm.

We're talking about a "guideline" not something that's set in stone!

thursdaysd

"Use the same guideline regardless which country visiting anywhere in the world. Bearing in mind that in some countries, tipping is frowned on." - that is precisely my problem with American tipping habits. Would you expect someone from a country where the norm is 5% to tip 5% in the US? When in Rome do as the Romans - which is presumably why the OP was asking.

iamles - I don't remember what I tipped my drivers in Jordan and LP doesn't address that issue, but it does say: "Tips of 10% are generally expected in better restaurants. Elsewhere rounding up the bill to the nearest 250 fils or giving back the loose change is appreciated, especially by petrol attendants and taxi drivers."

sandi

thursdaysd -

Sorry you have a problem with American tipping habits. But the OP asked for a guideline. That's what was provided.

And, I didn't say <i>"use the same guidelines.... "</i> rather <i>"<b>I </b>use the same guidelines............ "</i>

If the person from a 5% country only wants to tip 5%, so be it!

Most hotels/lodges/camps worldwide provide Tipping Guidelines in their "Services" brochure (where you find phone, restaurant, communications, etc. info), set neatly on top of the desk. Read it!

This is not brain surgery!

MissGreen

Sandi.... I know they are Dinars.. and not dollars.... hence my comment about JD or USD....

This was short for Jordanian/Jordan Dinars or United States Dollars...

There was nothing mentioned about Jordanian DOLLARS.

sandi

MissGreen - my mis-read.
When in Jordan we used mostly USD$ for tipping; some tips where in Dinars, depending on how much we had, though it seemed the guides wanted USD.

Most of the small amount of Dinars we had were used for local purchases.

Even at the end of trip wanting some Dinars to tip our last guide, had run short, so stopped into our hotel to exchange - USD/JD, when the guy behind the desk took out a stack of USD and said it would be fine to use what I already had.

Our visit was some years back and recall the exchange rate wasn't favorable in that USD$1 got less than JD1 (not even 1:1). Haven't the slightest idea what one would get these days.