Tipping in London
 

>>Can you give me suggestions for tipping

justairports car service are tips included If not how much ?

restaurants in general?<<

OH my - :omg: - you are going to regret posting this ;)

As for justairports - just a small tip. Max £5 if you have a boat load of luggage has has to schlepp. If the fare is say £38 cash -- I give the driver £40. But I travel carry on only.

In restaurants check the menu/bill closely -- more and more are tacking on a 12-ish% service charge. If so just round up a little (or leave nothing extra). If no service charge is included I'll round up to a max of 10%. Sometimes just a tad more in very posh places.

Abandon your tip everybody 20% American habits when you step off the plane.

How much do you tip the pilots?

Nothing.

This person is new-ish to the forum and seeking your advice. I'm sure they would appreciate serious replies (like janisj) not just horsing around (like PalenQ).

In fairness to Pal, the "tipping the pilot" thread is a running joke here (an oldie but goodie) and not intended to be snarky, I don't think. Usually when these tipping threads appear, it's time to get the popcorn out.

Re. the original question: what JanisJ said up thread. That's all you need. Be aware that many times when using your credit card in London you need to confirm that you wish to pay in local currency on the card machine.

What Janisj says. The majority of restaurants now add service charge to the bill, usually 12,5%. If you pay by cc there is often not even an option to add anything extra.
We never add a tip if the 12,5% is included.
If the restaurant does not include service, this will be very clearly marked on the bill.

Taxi's; round up to the nearest round amount, or a few pounds, depending on the service.

Tip as you feel the level of service WARRANTS and not what somebody tells you is THE amount. That attitude should not be left behind or on a plane.

>>Tip as you feel the level of service WARRANTS and not what somebody tells you is THE amount. That attitude should not be left behind or on a plane.<<

I know you like to tip in Europe. But I meant one should not bring their habits from home when traveling to other places. When in Rome and all that. Over tip if you wish and it makes you feel good. Absolutely your choice. But IMO not good advice for those asking for useful guidance . . .

I agree with Janis. If there were to be the 12.5 per cent service charge on restaurant tab, you could leave some extra cash to round up to 15 or 20 per cent.

I am generous to barmen in pubs.

Thin🐩

Not even Google will come up with Oxford from Oggsford... speech to text might work, though.

We don't usually tip bar staff in pubs (though I've noticed some machines for contactless card purchase seem to include a stage of asking you if you want to include a gratuity, I've also known barmen to cancel that before presenting the machine). On the other hand, if it's quiet, you'll probably find "And one for yourself?" isn't refused.

Coronation Street is in many ways true to real life and in many more ways a gross exaggeration - but it's in the daily things that I think it must portray average Brits - like tipping - many folks in the Rovers pub will say keep the change. But many will not. But listen to the Brits above and take their take on tipping to heart - leave your American ideas at home.

This is a reasonably accurate guide to tipping in the UK but it's only a guide:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel...Etiquette.html

You don't have to tip, you won't get chased down the road like some places in the US. You may find some hostility to this question as those of us that live here don't want tipping to escalate (and be expected) to the "crazy" amounts that are common in the US.

Yes, and I also believe in remembering the invisible chambermaid who cleans your room daily.

Quite often the 12% added to the bill is optional meaning you don't have to pay it. I've asked for it to be removed on several occasions. Once because there was a large group of us, we had paid a substantial amount for a 'chef's table experience' yet the service was poor so I requested it to be removed and paid a more appropriate figure. Another time I've asked for it to be removed because the service was appalling and left no tip whatsoever (after all, a tip is for recognition of good service) and another time I requested it to be removed and gave the waitress a cash tip direct because the restaurant was one that was notorious for witholding a percentage of tips intended for staff.