Editing Gratuity (section)

===Europe===

====Albania====
[[File:Buskers.jpg|thumb|220px|Buskers often punctuate their performances with requests for tips.]]
Tipping (''[[Baksheesh|bakshish]]'') in [[Albania]] is very much expected almost everywhere. In recent times it has become more common, as many foreigners and Albanians living abroad visit Albania. Leaving a tip of around 10% of the bill is customary in restaurants; even porters, guides and chauffeurs expect tips. Duty-free alcohol is often used as a type of tip for porters, bellhops and the like, though some people (such as Muslims) can find it offensive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://travelspedia.com/East-Europe/Albania/2344.html|title=Some Interesting Facts About Albania|access-date=2017-07-21|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120224058/http://travelspedia.com/East-Europe/Albania/2344.html|archive-date=2008-11-20 }}</ref>

====Austria====
Tipping is not required but often expected, particularly in restaurants where roughly 5% to 10% is common. This depends on the service one received and the restaurant level (low, medium, high prices). In standard restaurants it is OK to round up to the next euro. Another common setting where tipping is customary is taxis, where bills may be rounded up to the next euro.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smartertravel.com/2018/01/22/tipping-in-austria-the-austria-tipping-guide/ |title=Tipping in Austria: The Austria Tipping Guide |date=January 22, 2018 |access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref>

====Croatia====
Even though most people in the service industry are paid a living wage, tips (in Croatian: ''napojnica'', ''manča'') are quite common. 10% (or more, depending on the service) is expected in restaurants. Absence of a tip is generally interpreted as dissatisfaction with the food and/or service. In clubs and café bars, it is common to round up the bill (e.g. to 10 [[Croatian kuna|kn]] if the bill is more than 5 kn, or 100 kn if the bill is 88 kn). Tips are always expected in cash, even when the bill is paid by credit card. If a customer leaves a tip with a credit card, the employee does not receive any of it. It is not common to tip hairdressers, but the rounding-up method is common for taxi drivers.

==== Czech Republic ====
Tipping (''spropitné'', informally ''dýško'' or ''tuzér'') in the [[Czech Republic]], like in Germany and Austria, is optional but polite and very welcome, especially in restaurants, and less often in taxis, hairdressers and similar services. The usual practice is for the customer to round the price to the nearest higher "nice number" so as not to have to handle small coins, and to tell the waiter what amount to round the price to. The resulting tip tends to be around 10%, but this is not a hard and fast rule. So, for example, if the waiter says the price is 279 CZK, the customer pays with a 500 CZK note and says: "Three hundred crowns." This means that the waiter should return only 200 CZK and keep 21 CZK as a tip. When paying by card, the tip can either be added to the payment or given separately in cash.  If the waiter does not have to return anything after rounding up (e.g. if the price is 174 CZK and the customer pays with a 200 CZK note), it is customary to say "''To je v pořádku''" ("Keep the change", literally "That's alright"). A tip of more than 10-15% is more likely to be given in recognition of outstanding service. On the other hand, especially in the case of dissatisfaction with the service, it is perfectly acceptable not to tip at all. It is not customary to leave a tip on the table.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/finance-vite-si-rady-se-spropitnym-ctyri-tipy-jak-na-ne-40271506 | title=Víte si rady se spropitným? Čtyři tipy, jak na ně - Novinky | date=17 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.praguebehindthescenes.com/tipping-in-prague-how-much-to-tip-in-restaurants-services/ | title=Tipping in Prague: How to Tip in Restaurants, Bars and Cafés? | date=21 May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/tipping-etiquette-in-the-czech-republic-revisited | title=Tipping Etiquette in Prague and the Czech Republic Revisited | date=25 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.viewfromprague.com/tipping-etiquette/ | title=Tipping etiquette in Czech Republic - How to tip & How much | date=20 April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prague.fm/2078/tipping-in-prague/ | title=Tipping in Prague - Advice/Tips | date=9 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.praguehere.com/tipping-in-prague|title=Tipping in Prague &#124; PragueHere.com|website=www.praguehere.com}}</ref> According to Czech law, service charge must always be included in the listed price (but tips do not appear in the bill). Some Prague restaurants have been reported to display "Service is not included" signs to persuade foreign tourists to pay more, mimicking the practice in the United States. However, this is a scam.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.planetware.com/czech-republic/tipping-in-prague-who-to-tip-how-much-cz-1-21.htm | title=Tipping in Prague: Who to Tip & How Much }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tripmasters.com/tipping_in_czech_republic/cms?cms=5771 | title=Tipping in Czech Republic &#124; Tripmasters }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prague.fm/safety/ | title=Prague Safety Tips - Scams, Rip-off, Crimes, Pick-pocketing }}</ref>

====Denmark====
Tips (''drikkepenge'', lit. "drinking money") are not required in [[Denmark]] since service charges must always be included in the bill by law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.d-r-c.dk/artikel.php?p_id=217|title=Drikkepenge eller ej?|work=d-r-c.dk|last=Kønigshøfer|first=Jørgen|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095305/http://www.d-r-c.dk/artikel.php?p_id=217|archive-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Tipping for outstanding service is a matter of choice, but is not expected.<ref name="geographica_DK">{{cite news |url=http://www.geographia.com/denmark/whattodo.html#restaurants|title=What To Do in Denmark: Restaurants|work=geographia.com|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>

====Estonia====
In [[Estonia]], tipping (''jootraha, lit. "drinking money"'') is not required and never expected.

====Finland====
In [[Finland]], tipping is never expected. Rounding the bill in restaurant, hairsalon or in taxi is not frowned upon. If service is great one can give a tip, usually around 10%.

====France====
Tips (''pourboires'', lit. "for drinking") in France are neither required nor expected, and should only be offered after the customer received outstanding service. Waiters are paid a living wage and do not depend on tips, and cafés and restaurants are required by law to include a service charge (usually 15%) in the menu price; it is not usually set out separately on the bill. Tipping is better received in venues accustomed to tourists, but can be treated with disdain in smaller food establishments and those in more rural areas. Should one decide to tip after experiencing excellent service, it is customary to round up to the next Euro for small bills, and up to 5% for larger ones. Anything over 5% is considered very generous. For superior service in higher-end eating establishments, a more generous (10% or more) tip would not be out of place.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187070-s606/France:Tipping.And.Etiquette.html|title=France: Tipping & Etiquette|work=[[TripAdvisor]]|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> Tips should always be offered in cash, as credit card terminals don't include a tipping option. Attending a performance in a private theater may be the only case in France where a tip is expected (generally €1), even though it is illegal.

==== Germany ====
[[File:23c3 by taw cloakroom 1.jpg|thumb|220px|Coat check staff are usually tipped for their service and this photo shows a coat-check area at the Berliner Congress Centrum (BCC) in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.]]
Tipping (''Trinkgeld'') is not seen as obligatory. In the case of waiting staff, and in the context of a debate about a minimum wage, some people disapprove of tipping and say that it should not substitute for employers paying a good basic wage. But most people in Germany consider tipping to be good manners as well as a way to express gratitude for good service.

It is illegal, and rare, to charge a service fee without the customer's consent. However, a tip of about 5% to 10%, depending on the type of service, is customary. For example, Germans usually tip their waiters. As a rule of thumb, the more personal the service, the more common it is to tip. Payments by card may also include the tip, but the tip is usually paid in cash when the card is handed over.

At times, rather than tipping individually, a tipping box is set up. Rounding up the bill in Germany is commonplace, sometimes with the comment ''stimmt so'' ("keep the change"),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/restaurant-tipping-germany-59081.html|title=Restaurant Tipping in Germany|work=[[USA Today]]|last=Hill|first=Danielle|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205100845/https://traveltips.usatoday.com/restaurant-tipping-germany-59081.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> rather than asking for all the change and leaving the tip afterwards. Or the customer says how much he will pay in total, including the tip: thus if the basic price is €10.50, the customer might, rather generously but not unusually, say ''zwölf'' ("twelve"), pay with a €20 note and get €8 in change. When paying a small amount, it is common to round up to the nearest euro (e.g. €1.80 to €2.00).

Sometimes a sign reading ''Aufrunden bitte''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutschland-rundet-auf.de/|title=DEUTSCHLAND RUNDET AUF|website=Deutschland rundet auf}}</ref> ("round up please") is found in places where tipping is not common (like supermarkets, or clothing retailers). This requests that the bill be rounded up to the nearest €0.10. This is not to tip the staff, but a charity donation (fighting child poverty), and completely voluntary.

In Germany, tips are considered as income, but they are tax free according to § 3 Nr. 51 of the German Income Tax Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__3.html|title=§ 3 EStG - Einzelnorm|website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de}}</ref>

====Hungary====
The Hungarian word for tip is {{lang|hu|borravaló}} (literally "intended for wine", a loose [[calque]] from {{langx|de|Trinkgeld}}) or colloquially {{lang|hu|baksis}} (from {{langx|fa|بخشش}} ''bakhshesh''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=+baksheesh&searchmode=none |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=2013-01-27}}</ref>), often written in English as [[backsheesh]]. Tipping is widespread in Hungary; the degree of expectation and the expected amount varies with price, type and quality of service, and also influenced by the satisfaction of the customer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g274881-s606/Hungary:Tipping.And.Etiquette.html|work=[[TripAdvisor.com]]|access-date=11 May 2014|title=Hungary: Tipping & Etiquette}}</ref> As in Germany, rounding up the price to provide a tip is commonplace. The typical value of a tip is 10 percent in Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tipcalc.net/hu/ |title=Tip Calculator |publisher=tipcalc.net |access-date=2021-05-05}}</ref>

Depending on the situation, tipping might be unusual, optional or expected. Almost all bills include a service charge; similarly, some employers calculate wages on the basis that the employee would also receive tips, while others prohibit accepting them. In some cases a tip is only given if the customer is satisfied; in others it is customary to give a certain percentage regardless of the quality of the service; and there are situations when it is hard to tell the difference from a [[bribe]]. Widespread tipping based on loosely defined customs and an almost imperceptible transition into bribery is considered a main factor contributing to corruption. A particular example of a gratuity is {{lang|hu|hálapénz}} ("gratitude money") or {{lang|hu|paraszolvencia}}, which is the very much expected – almost obligatory even though illegal – tipping of state-employed physicians. ([[Healthcare in Hungary|Hungary's healthcare system]] is almost completely state-run and there is an obligatory social insurance system).

====Iceland====
In [[Iceland]], tipping (''[[wikt:þjórfé|þjórfé]]'', lit. "serving money") is not customary and never expected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whygoiceland.com/tipping-in-iceland.html |title=Tipping in Iceland |publisher=Whygoiceland.com |date=2011-02-15 |access-date=2012-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226061458/http://www.whygoiceland.com/tipping-in-iceland.html |archive-date=2011-12-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Foreign tourists sometimes still tip without thinking because that is the custom in their home country. Tourist guides in Iceland also sometimes encourage their guests to tip them, but there is no requirement to do so.

====Ireland====
It is uncommon for Irish people to tip cleaning staff at hotel. Tips are sometimes given to reward high quality service or as a kind gesture, particularly during the Christmas holiday season. Tipping is most often done by leaving small change (5–10%) at the table or rounding up the bill, or for a taxi driver.

However, some people may choose to tip in restaurants and for food deliveries. Hairdressers are expected to be tipped for a good job, usually 5–20 euro.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DailyEdge.ie|title=So, who exactly should you be tipping in Ireland?|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/tipping-ireland-guide-2229123-Jul2015/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=TheJournal.ie|date=21 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

Tips and service charges, whether mandatory or not, collected electronically such as by credit card payment must be distributed in full to staff.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/hours-and-wages/tips-and-gratuities/ | title=Tips and Gratuities }}</ref> Tips distributed this way are to be treated as pay and tax deducted in the usual way, while cash tips must be declared by staff via a [[tax return]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.revenue.ie/en/employing-people/what-constitutes-pay/what-pay-includes/expenses-and-travel.aspx | title=Expenses and travel }}</ref>

====Italy====
Tips (''la mancia'') are not customary in Italy, and are given only for a special service or as thanks for high quality service, but they are very uncommon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tours-italy.com/discover-your-italy/italy-travel-guides/tipping|title=Tipping in Italy|work=tours-italy.com|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> Almost all restaurants (with the notable exception of those in Rome)<ref>[http://notes.regione.lazio.it/Produzione/Normativa/Leggi.nsf/RicercaWeb/D8C1233F4E80A4B9C125723600489492 Regional Law 21 (November 29, 2006), article 16 paragraph 3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101203431/http://notes.regione.lazio.it/Produzione/Normativa/Leggi.nsf/RicercaWeb/D8C1233F4E80A4B9C125723600489492 |date=January 1, 2011 }}</ref> have a service charge (called ''coperto'' and/or ''servizio''). As restaurants are required to inform customers of any fees they charge, they usually list the ''coperto''/''servizio'' on the menu.<ref>[https://www.meetthecities.com/guide/milan/milan-city-practical-information/ "Practical information for visitors to Milan"], ''Meet The Cities''. Retrieved on 21 January 2018.</ref>

====Lithuania====
Tipping is commonly not expected, but is practiced to reward high quality service or as a kind gesture. Tipping is most common at restaurants, bars and walking tours.

====Netherlands====
Tipping (''fooi'') in the Netherlands is not obligatory by law as all the service costs are included in the listed price for the products and the income of the staff is not depending on the provided (amount or quality of) service. However everybody is free to donate. It is illegal to charge (an extra) service fee without the customer's consent.

====Norway====
It is uncommon for Norwegians to tip taxi drivers or cleaning staff at hotels. In restaurants and bars it is more common, but not expected. Tips are often given to reward high quality service or as a kind gesture. Tipping is most often done by leaving small change (5–15%) at the table or rounding up the bill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://reisetips.nettavisen.no/den-store-guiden-til-tipsing/|title=Den store guiden til tipsing|work=reisetips.nettavisen.no|access-date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124180134/https://reisetips.nettavisen.no/den-store-guiden-til-tipsing/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Oslo Servitørforbund'' and ''Hotell- og Restaurantarbeiderforbundet'' (The Labor Union for Hotel and Restaurant Employees) has said many times that they discourage tipping, except for extraordinary service, because it makes salaries decrease over time, makes it harder to negotiate salaries and does not count towards pensions, unemployment insurance, loans and other benefits.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/na24/3613016.html|title=Nei, du skal ikke gi tips på restaurant|work=nettavisen.no|last=Blaker|first=Magnus|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dinside.no/okonomi/ikke-tips/61968289|title=Ikke tips!|work=dinside.no|last=Madsen|first=Jon Erland|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ba.no/nyheter/a-gi-tips-er-en-uting/s/1-41-6756745|title=Å gi tips er en uting|work=ba.no|last=Slettevold|first= Andreas|date=July 14, 2013|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/--Driks-gar-utover-yrkesstoltheten-167532b.html|title=Driks går utover yrkesstoltheten|work=aftenposten.no|last=Braathen|first=Frøydis |date=January 17, 2012|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>

====Romania====
The amount of the tip (''bacșiș'') and method of calculating it will vary with the venue and can vary from 1–5 RON to 10% of the bill. According to the recent regulation (implemented in January 2023), the tips must appear on bills and are taxed (10%). If paying by card, the tip is usually left in cash alongside the bill. While tipping is not the norm, servers, taxi drivers, hairdressers, hotel maids, parking valets, tour guides, spa therapists et al. are used to receiving tips regularly, and are likely to consider it an expression of appreciation for the quality of the service (or lack of it). If offering a tip, 5–10% of the bill is customary, or small amounts of 5, 10 or 20 RON for services which are not directly billed. For other types of services it depends on circumstances; it will not usually be refused, but will be considered a sign of appreciation. For instance, counter clerks in drugstores or supermarkets are not tipped, but their counterparts in clothing stores can be.

Tipping can be used proactively to obtain favors, such as reservations or better seats. However, care should be taken for it not to be seen as a bribe, depending on circumstances. While tipping is overlooked in Romania, bribery is a larger issue which may have legal consequences. There is an ongoing aversion about both giving and receiving tips in coins, due to the low value of the denominations. It is best to stick to paper money. Offering coins can be considered a rude gesture and may prompt sarcastic or even angry remarks.

On the other hand, the coin handling aversion has resulted in the widespread practice of rounding payments. This is not technically a tip, and as such is not aimed primarily at the individual at the counter, but rather at the business.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-27|title=How to Tip in Romania: When, who and how much to tip {{!}} Romania Experience|url=https://www.romaniaexperience.com/how-to-tip-in-romania-when-who-and-how-much-to-tip/|access-date=2021-10-27|language=en-US}}</ref> Nevertheless, if done with a smile it can be seen as a form of appreciation from the customer towards the clerk. Etiquette demands that one of the parties offers the change, but the other can choose to tell them to keep all or part of it. Small businesses may sometimes force the issue by just claiming they are out of change, or offering small value products instead, such as sticks of gum; this is considered rude and it is up to the customer to accept or call them out{{clarify|date=May 2017}} for it. The reverse can also happen, where the clerk does not have small change to make for the customer's paper money, but chooses to return a smaller paper denomination and round down in favor of the customer, in exchange for getting them through faster. The latter usually happens only in the larger store chains.

====Russia====
In Russian language, a gratuity is called ''chayeviye'' (чаевые), which literally means "for the tea". Tipping small amounts of money in Russia for people such as waiters, cab drivers and hotel bellboys was quite common before the Communist Revolution of 1917. During the Soviet era, and especially with the Stalinist reforms of the 1930s, tipping was discouraged and was considered an offensive capitalist tradition aimed at belittling and lowering the status of the working class. So from then until the early 1990s tipping was seen as rude and offensive. With the fall of the Soviet Union and the dismantling of the Iron Curtain in 1991, and the subsequent influx of foreign tourists and businessmen into the country, tipping started a slow but steady comeback. Since the early 2000s tipping has become somewhat of a norm again. However, still a lot of confusion persists around tipping: Russians do not have a widespread consensus on how much to tip, for what services, where and how. In larger urban areas, like Moscow and St Petersburg, tips of 10% are expected in high-end restaurants, coffee shops, bars and hotels, and are normally left in cash on the table, after the bill is paid by credit card; or as part of cash payment if a credit card is not used. Tipping at a buffet or any other budget restaurant, where there are no servers to take one's order at the table (called ''stolovaya'') is not expected and not appropriate. Fast food chains, such as Vkusno & Tochka, Chaynaya Lozhka, Teremok and so on, do not allow tipping either. Tipping bartenders in a pub is not common, but it is expected in an up-market bar. Metered taxi drivers also count on a tip of 5–10%, but non-metered drivers who pre-negotiate the fare do not expect one. It should also be noted that the older Russians, who grew up and lived most of their lives during the Soviet era, still consider tipping an offensive practice and detest it. In smaller rural towns, tipping is rarely expected and may even cause confusion.

====Slovenia====
Tipping is common in Slovenia, but most locals do not tip other than to round up to the nearest euro. Absence of a tip is generally interpreted as dissatisfaction with the food and/or service. Since about 2007, areas visited by many tourists have begun to accept tips of around 10–20%.<ref>"[http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g274862-s606/Slovenia:Tipping.And.Etiquette.html Inside Slovenia: Tipping & Etiquette]". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 2007-04-22.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012180216/http://www.concierge.com/destination/slovenia/facts/ Slovenia Travel Information: Fact Sheet]." Concierge.com. Retrieved 2007-04-22.</ref>

====Spain====
Tipping (''propina'') is not generally considered mandatory in Spain, and depends on the quality of the service received. In restaurants the amount of the tip, if any, depends mainly on the kind of locale: higher percentages are expected in upscale restaurants. In bars and small restaurants, Spaniards sometimes leave as a tip the small change left on their plate after paying a bill.<ref>{{cite web | author=elEconomista.es | title=Devuélvame el cambio por favor | website=elEconomista.es | date=January 13, 2009 | url=https://www.eleconomista.es/espana/noticias/966136/01/09/devuelvame-el-cambio-por-favorLas-propinas-empiezan-a-desaparecer-de-los-establecimientos-al-mismo-ritmo-que-cae-el-consumo-.html | language=es | access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/460025/0/crisis/propina/madrid/ 20 Minutos]</ref> Outside the restaurant business, some service providers, such as taxi drivers, hairdressers and hotel personnel, may expect a tip in an upscale setting. In 2007 the Minister of Economy, Pedro Solbes, blamed excessive tipping for the increase in the inflation rate.<ref>"[http://www.elmundo.es/mundodinero/2007/12/15/economia/1197713809.html Solbes achaca la inflación a que no interiorizamos lo que significa un euro]" El Mundo, 15 December 2007</ref>

====Sweden====
Tipping (''dricks'') is commonly not expected, but is practiced to reward high quality service or as a kind gesture. Tipping is most often done by leaving small change on the table or rounding up the bill. This is mostly done at restaurants (less often if payment is made at the desk) and in taxis (some taxis are very expensive as there is no fixed tariff, so they might not be tipped). Less often hairdressers are tipped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/swede1/qt/tippingsweden.htm|title=Tipping Customs in Sweden|access-date=2014-02-06|archive-date=2017-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321030441/http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/swede1/qt/tippingsweden.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tips are taxed in Sweden, but cash tips are not often declared to the tax authority. Cards are heavily used in Sweden as of the 2010s, and tips paid by cards in restaurants are regularly checked by the tax 
authority. Amounts given have increased after 2020 because card terminals has started to offer the choice of giving none, 10 or 20% as tips.

====Turkey====
In [[Turkey]], tipping, or ''bahşiş'' (lit. gift, from the [[Persian Language|Persian]] word بخشش, often rendered in English as "[[baksheesh]]") is usually optional and not customary in many places. Though not necessary, a tip of 5–10% is appreciated in restaurants, and is usually paid by "leaving the change". Cab drivers usually do not expect to be tipped, though passengers may round up the fare. A tip of small change may be given to a hotel porter.<ref name="turkeytravelplanner1">"[http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Money/Tipping.html Tipping in Turkey]"</ref> However, many customers started to tip generously ever since the pandemic in order to help, especially local, establishments.

====United Kingdom====
[[File:ChrisRiley and caddy.jpg|thumb|200px|Golfers often tip the caddies who carry their golf clubs.]]
Tipping is not expected in Britain the way it is in some other countries; however, for the majority of people tipping in some circumstances is customary as a sign of appreciation. As all staff in the UK must be paid at least the [[National Minimum Wage Act 1998|National Minimum Wage]], companies that accept tips are not allowed to use tips as a means to reduce wages below the minimum wage. The minimum wage varies by age: as of 2024, it is £11.44 for those aged 21 and over, £8.60 for those aged 18 to 20 and £6.40 for those under 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates |website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2023-06-05|title=National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates}}</ref>

Employers are also banned from topping up wages with tips from customers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitbritain.com/gb/en/plan-your-trip/money/tipping#rDKuGbxeTWLSbVCK.97 | title=Tipping
| website=[[VisitBritain]]| date=12 October 2015
}}</ref> However rounding up a bill is acceptable (but not required) at restaurants with table service, and also for barbers, hairdressers and taxi drivers.

Sometimes, more often in London than in other areas, or at expensive restaurants, a service charge may be included in the bill, or added separately. 12.5% is reported as a common amount.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bernard|last1=Davis|first2=Andrew |last2=Lockwood|first3=Peter |last3=Alcott|first4=Ioannis |last4=Pantelidis|title=Food and beverage management|publisher=Routledge|location=Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon|isbn=978-0415506908|page=31|edition=5th|year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tipping in Europe|url=http://www.autoeurope.com/go/travel-tips/tipping-in-europe/|publisher=Auto Europe|access-date=7 July 2015}}</ref> Since it is a legal requirement to include all taxes and other obligatory charges in the prices displayed, a service charge is compulsory only if it is displayed, or the trader makes it clear verbally, before the meal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales/consumer_w/travel_leisure_and_food_e/consumer_food_and_restaurants_e/restaurant_service_is_poor.htm |title=Restaurant service is poor |access-date=23 Feb 2015 |date=8 May 2014 |work=[[Citizens Advice]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223175142/http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/wales/consumer_w/travel_leisure_and_food_e/consumer_food_and_restaurants_e/restaurant_service_is_poor.htm |archive-date=23 February 2015 }}</ref> Even so, if the level of service is unacceptable, and in particular it falls short of the requirements of the [[Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982]], the customer can refuse to pay some or all of a service charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/problem/do-i-have-to-pay-a-service-charge-if-the-service-is-poor-/?a=how-to-complain-if-a-restaurant-fails-to-keep-your-booking|title=Do I have to pay a service charge if the service is poor?|access-date=23 Feb 2015|publisher=[[Which?]]|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223180247/http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/problem/do-i-have-to-pay-a-service-charge-if-the-service-is-poor-/?a=how-to-complain-if-a-restaurant-fails-to-keep-your-booking|url-status=dead}}</ref>