Maldives resort tipping. Whats the norm in the maldives. Some dont tip unless service is exceptional some tip like myself and sunlover as its pretty much customary and service is good as the norm some dont tip at all for a variety of reasons. I also tip dive guide 10 per dive compressor boy 30 40 per week i keep him busy filling lots of tanks boat crews excursions and dive boat 2 5 per crewmembertrip and i would tip spa staff 10 per treatment if i ever got around to using the spa.
If youre in a hotel for a few days or more and your staff have demonstrated good service a tip of 2 per day for room staff is a suggested amount although youre not obliged. In the maldives tip 1 2 at a hotel. Tipping maldives forum.
Service charges are already added for any additional items you buy in the resort. Personally i would recommend tipping even if its only 10 bucks to your waiter at the end of the trip. The resort is all inclusive fooddrink etc but i was just wondering about tipping.
However we take some us dollars and tip staff who we have interacted most with or who have given great service at the end of the holiday. At the resort you should calculate one dollar per bag and two dollars for any hefty suitcases. Tipping is not compolsory in the maldives as 10 service charge is added to everything but given the low salaries earned by the staff and the level of service generally offered as being excellent it is a nice gesture to help the staff of resorts to earn some extra money it is also not entirely certain that the 10 service charge is passed onto the islands staff.
Browse all 44599 maldives topics tipping watch this topic. Thats 10 for a service charge and 13 for taxes. In particular whats the.
In the maldives a 10 service charge is automatically added to your purchases and so tipping in the maldives on top of that is not required. Hi all my fiance and i are looking at spending our honeymoon at lily beach resort in november. Every resort also has a mandatory green tax of 6 per guest every night.
We take envelopes with us and put an amount in each for those we wish to tip usually butler if at a resort where they have them room cleaner restaurant staff bar staff and anyone. When tipping at a hotel in the maldives a couple of dollars is a good rule of thumb and usually goes a long way. The resorts we have stayed at all add a 10 service charge to the final bill which they say is shared amongst all the staff.
The maldives charge a whole lotta extra charges for taxes and you should expect all your extra food and drinks and excursions to have an extra 23 tacked on unless otherwise noted that it is included. Tipping at all inclusive resorts in the maldives is not an obligation. From then on tipping staff such as maids waiters bar staff and cleaners on a daily or weekly basis is a matter of personal preference.
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