Question: How to avoid giving too much tips when availing services in Thailand?

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Answer #1:

Tips are heartily given. Regardless how much you give surely it will be appreciated. Remember those people are working by small salary so any help can make a difference, not much but it helps.

Answer #2:

20-50 baht. ($.65-$1.60 US) Thai people do not expect tips. A person working at McDonald's get paid about 54 baht an hour. A woman working in a hotel cleaning rooms might earn 5000 baht baht a month ($156.00 US) same with a masseuse. People in Thailand can eat for 100 baht per day. So you'd be buying lunch. Don't forget to leave something for the lady cleaning the room.

1. Don't let the taxi drive take you to a gem shop, a tailor or a show. Always ask for the meter and don't use a cab that tries to negotiate a price to go somewhere. Be careful especially when going to tourist destinations as the taxi guys know your a tourist and will usually try to cheat you.
2. Dress conservatively Thai don't like kissing in public, or scantily dress men and women despite the fact that they would never tell you.
3. Wear long pants to visit a Wat (Temple) and take off your shoes before entering.
4. Don't sit so you feet are pointed at anyone. The feet are dirty and they find it impolite.
5. If a Thai person is laying down don't step over them walk around. Especially the guy on Sukhumvit about soi 7 who spend all day laying in the street begging. Its just a come-on.

Sawatdee - Hello
Cow Jai - Understand
Mi cow jai - don't understand
ghin khao - to eat (rice)
nam - water
ghin nam - drink water
ap nam - take a shower

pie nie - where are you going
pie dur lin - walking ( This is a great answer for the taxi drivers outside the hotel when they ask were are you going).
pie gin khao - go eat (rice)
pie shopping

Answer #3:

If you're an American you might find it hard to break the habit of tipping but tipping is not a custom in Thailand; the Thai don't tip, they haggle. For example, market stall sellers offer goods at a higher price than they expect to get and it's up to the buyer to try and get a better price.

Be careful about taxi fares, some drivers are very honest (I hear that it's the driver's of the shiniest, newest cars who are the most reliable) but some will hustle you for an inflated cab-fare and charge you double the price.

As a foreigner you will be expected to pay more for some things than the Thai would pay; bus fares are doubled for foreigners (all foreigners are rich!) but this is normal, consider it a built-in tip.

Some Thai can get greedy about tips and may brazenly ask you to give them a tip when they haven't even done anything, don't pay anyone a tip unless they have given you extra service deserving of a tip.
It's up to you how much to tip but remember the Thai don't pay anything.

Answer #4:

I good appreciative tip to leave is 20 baht which is the polite thing to do but it is up to you if you want to tip or not. The most I would tip extra for massage would be 40 Baht
Tuk-Tuk public transport you do not normally give tips but if you want to it's up to you - no one will force you to give tip.
When I stay in Hotels I make sure that I see the maids who clean my room and give them 100 baht.

Answer #5:

I good appreciative tip to leave at the restaurant is 20 baht which is the polite thing to do
massage 40bath
hotel 80-100 bath
taxi and tuk tuk dont actually except tips
up to u

Answer #6:

Dont be so miserable

give what you can and help them out Taxis dont need tips but you can if you want
a lot of hotel workers depend on tips to build up there salary and it makes them happy and therefore will make you happy
What goes around Comes around ok what is nothing to you is a lot to somebody else
I was with my GF in a Shopping centre I bought something off a stall and the price was 990 baht the girl gave me the change I said no and gave it her back MY Ex GF then went crazy to me later saying no tot do that I said she was nice and why not But to her 10 baht was a big deal
Whenever I buy anything or get a discount from anybody or bought my GF etc I always give back some of the discount Or when they give me back I say no its ok Because to me 20 or 100 baht is not that much to them its 2 or 3 hours work
be considerate and make people happy ok Whats a few hundred baht in coins in your luggage when you get back worth to you : )





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