Tipping in Thailand rough guide
💸 "Tipping guide in Thailand" 🇹🇭👍🏻
✅ Taxi's/grab taxi -
Loose change to 20 baht.
Always try to have small notes for taxi journeys and for toll fees. I give 7/11 1000 baht notes for every purchase and make sure i have 1000 in 100's and 50's and 20's .
Only tip more if a driver gives you exceptional service.
Tolls in cities average 25 to 50 baht and on major highways can be 80 or 100.
Remember to get your change back or let him keep it but make sure he knows it's his tip.
✅ Hotel staff -
Personally i tip the cleaning staff far better than anyone else. Even if i see them in a corridor i make sure i approach them and give them something. Mostly i leave in the coffee tray 40 baht per day. Often it will be left and the next day i add 40 baht they soon get the message.
✅ Cleaning staff -
work pretty tirelessly and are the ones who will keep stuff safe if you leave it lying around.
Often i hide 20 baht notes in the room and word goes round if you want your tip look hard and clean hard.
✅ Concierge's -
get a tip on first use IE 50 to 100 baht for getting me a taxi. After that they are eager to please but the game here is to then leave another on check out. Do not tip every time save it for the important people the cleaners.
✅ Street stalls and mom pop shops almost drop dead if you tip more than 20 baht and there is no need for anything higher. Most Thai people rarely ever tip anyone more than 20 baht and 40 if its a family eating.
‼️ Thais hate tipping taxis.
✅ Waiters/waitresses -
Here 20 baht is seen as average and like most countries many will be students. I tip 40 to 100 baht if the him or her or the third gender her/him or him/her is smiley and nice.
Always put the tip direct into their hands. Leaving a tip in the bill tray becomes a shared tip and must go in to a pot for everyone. Directly placing in to the hands gives ownership to the server. This is even more important if a service charge is added. My thai friends leave 2 baht to 10 baht if a service charge is added. In this case it is up to you if you tip the server direct.
✅ Tour drivers -
They are not as well paid as u might think and 100 baht is very little to pay for 8 hours of the driver fighting through Bangkok traffic hell. He/she will be very appreciative and buying him a 50 baht lunch will improve his driving style a lot.
✅ Guides -
Guides are a Godsend to your holiday and a good guide is worth their weight in gold. Salaries vary wildly and most guides are contracted on a freelance/self employed basis.
100 to 200 baht per person is an average.
Khanom guides stats show me this is a good average the highest a guide received was 2000 and the lowest 20 baht.
🏖 Tipping is a hotly debated subject not just in Thailand and 20 baht as a starting point will get you a smile a wai in thanks and such a small amount may well be a lifeline to the student (average student salaries are approx 200 to 300 per shift often working 12 hours.
✅ Massage -
20 to 50 baht. Again nearly all are freelance contracted and actually earn around 50 to 150 baht per massage they do not get paid per day they are paid per massage and if life is slow or there are 30 massagers on rotation renumeration can be pretty bad. However a lot of massages are pretty bad too and deserve closing down. Find a good place keep it. Don't go changing.
💛 It is not compulsory to tip anyone but it's also nice to do so it can make a holiday or break a holiday.
💚 Remember to account for these in your holiday budget as tips can account for 100 baht a day plus and on a three week holiday that's 2 to 4 thousand baht on average.
💖 Lastly, collect 7/11 stamps and give them to children/homeless/ and charity boxes. They have a cash value and are welcomed by all the above.
Happy travel everyone!
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