yes, being rude and a cheapskate to service workers is not one of them.
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Tipping at All-Inclusive Resorts
They will especially never forget you if you inadvertently make them rich.
lol.
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Have any $2 bills? You could be in for a big surprise
Do you own a $2 bill? It could simply be worth $2 or it could be worth thousands.
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You probably knew that when you posted.
Right?
I guess they were considered bad luck for a while and I even thought they had been taken out of circulation.
Anyways...
As you can see, I thought about it.
The only thing i was curious about, when tipping does the person you tip keep the tip, or does it go into a pool to be split up later?
Personally I believe that it's on a case by case basis. The maid I tip at the hotel is probably keeping it. The wait staff in plain view of everyone is probably pooling it with the rest of the staff.
Probably goes like this ..
Maria's baking company and restaurant ( all lower case for the English professors )
I had a few hundred silver certificate 2 dollar bills for many years that my father left me. They were in a shoe box with the bible he bought for me when I was born.They will especially never forget you if you inadvertently make them rich.
lol.
Have any $2 bills? You could be in for a big surprise
Do you own a $2 bill? It could simply be worth $2 or it could be worth thousands.
You probably knew that when you posted.
Right?
I guess they were considered bad luck for a while and I even thought they had been taken out of circulation.
Anyways...
As you can see, I thought about it.
My gardener decided he needed them more than I did, along with all of my gold jewelry.
Time to tighten up security over there. Set yourself up with a home monitoring system like Ring. Catch all the maids stealing sopitas and toilet paper!
Never put your tip in the pool. Many Dominicans can’t swim. There is often a tip jar. Please use that.
Anyone who knew my business knew I had a reputation for looking after my staff. People were always keen to work for me because my mantra is to treat staff with dignity and respect, to pay them a good wage, to pay them on time, to pay them their service charges in full and no to expect them to do anything that I wouldn't do myself.
Managing a hotel in DR has honestly been the hardest job I have ever had. In any hospitality business though, tips and how they are shared, and who gets what are some of the thorniest problems you have to cope with. Sometimes a punter like you thinks "ah let me just help this poor Dominican girl and give her $100" and all of a sudden we then have zero service going to other guests because all the staff are running around said guest trying to get their $100, we have someone else gossiping saying that they reckon you're sleeping with each other, and they didn't like that girl anyway and blah blah blah.
About six months ago I recruited a brilliant receptionist. Completely bilingual, really good experience, happy to do our rotas, everyone liked him. One day a customer asked him to book a tour to Saona. The tour company came and gave the commission which was US$ 10 from memory. He wanted to put it in his pocket, his coworkers said it should be shared, my view was it belonged to the hotel however I didn't press the point as it wasn't a biggie. A massive massive argument broke out, everyone was at each other's throats for days. And then he walked out. All over $10. I was so unhappy, good staff like him are like hen's teeth and was such a stupid reason to lose someone. I'm telling that story just to show that emotions run high and quite often a little amount of money causes a huge problem. Much better that everyone just gets their contracted wages and service charge, honestly.
There is a reason that cruise ships include tips in their fares now, there is a reason that large hospitality chains have a no tipping policy.
There is usually a policy, which only some people follow, and everyone suspects that everyone else is stealing tips from them somehow.
madam, I am not sure what hospitality chain you are speaking of, however in Santo Domingo all gratuities are accepted with a huge smile and a thank you.
He was getting paid very well so I'm sure he felt it when he was let go. He probably sold the gold for 10% of it's value (all custom-made pieces) and probably didn't even get face value on the bills.
The Bible was the one that hurt them most.
Keeping valuables in the garden, probably not a good idea. Hosting the gardener in the house likewise.
I had flower pots in each window to help hide the bars on the windows. He was the one who showed me not to trust persons de confianza
You have the rude down pat, and judgmental (prejudging on false assumptions).
OMG stop with the back and forth already. Everyone complains about threads being closed, well this is why.
I find the American mandatory tipping culture repulsive and wish they would look at Europeans as an example. Tipping is and should always be VOLUNTARY. Not tipping in an AI-Resort has nothing to do with stiffing. As opposed to the USA in the Dominican Republic service personnel has a salary and employee benefits that are way above minimum wage. Yes, it is ok to leave something for housekeeping or for exceptional service, but there is no need to tip the bartender so he "remembers you" or gives you some sort of preferred treatment. That's his job.
You find American tipping culture "repulsive"? Don't you think that is a tad extreme, furthermore it is not "mandatory". Thankfully we move in entirely different social circles as I know of no man or woman who does not leave a gratuity to a deserving service staff. "That's his job" is just another excuse to stiff a service worker. It is not my favorite excuse however, "they will get fired" or/and " it causes problems for the hotel" are tops.