How much to tip???
 

Hello all,
It will be mine and my husbands'first time in Mexico with no kids, we'll be staying at Iberostar Paraiso Maya at the end of Sept. and even though it is an all inclusive, how much should we tip? And do we tip in American or Pesos? Any adivce would be great, we want to have the best possible time.
Thank you,

It is my understanding that tips are included with all inclusive packages, but were you told differently? If you do want to tip for outstanding service I'm sure they will be happy with either currency. Just make sure you don't give them American coins as those cannot be exchanged.

Check with the resort. Some all-inclusives truly do not allow tipping, where at others it is customary and expected.

Rather than this general title of your post you might specifically ask about Iberostar Paraiso Maya, maybe someone on the forum has stayed there specifically.

It is a much debated subject with no single conclusion, but I believe it is more polite to use peso, since it is their local currency. But I know many people do use USD $1.00 bills for tips at AI's in Mexico.

If you use US money to tip it means a trip to the bank for the maid, barkeep or whoever something they really do not need. Tip in the local currency Por Favor.

Always tip in pesos. 10% for outstanding service, leave some change for anything else. That's what Mexican friends tell me anyway-

In other coutries I'm a big cheerleader for tipping in local currency and never in USD. But in the Cancun/Mayan Riviera part of Mexico, the US dollars float around so freely and that's why I thought it wouldn't matter much. But I'll go with the crowd on this one, use pesos unless there is no other alternative. :-)

thnak you for the info., yes it is an all inclusive, but would like to tip for a better service. We will make sure we get plenty of Pesos so we can tip accordingly.

We always leave a couple of dollars per day on the table for the cleaning staff with a little note "Gracias" and a little Canadian pin. The first couple of times we left it without the note and it was still there whan we came back.

Same for the serving staff, a couple of dollars on the table.

I don't think American money will be a problem in the Mayan Riveiera A few of the shops had two cash drawers. If we paid with American currency they gave us American change.

I'll agree that USD is used more interchangeablly in the Cancun area and along that coast, much more than in other places in Mexico.

I still believe peso are a nice touch, but if you are stuck better to tip USD than nothing.

Thank you all for responding. I think we will bring plenty of $1's, and make sure to have plenty of pesos as well.
I can't wait. Just less than 2 more weeks and we will be relaxing and having a great time....

We stayed there in June. We tipped with both, but mostly pesos. It really doesn't matter here. We always tipped. We seemed to get better service and drinks when tipping.

IF you have pesos left at the end of your trip, you can exchange them with the bellmen. I had 10 pesos left and the front desk staff told me to ask the bellmen. They had lots of $1 bills. At that time the exchange was about even.