Tipping and Gratuities
Tipping is an important part of travel in India. Unless specifically stated, your tour does not include tipping as we feel that such a personalized reward is benefactor to you, the traveler. First the easy part: You do not need to tip regular taxi drivers. However, you will have a number of other opportunities of tipping: To your waiters in restaurants, to your car driver, to your guide and to the bell-hops at the hotels. For the waiters, leave anything from Rs. 20 to Rs. 100 unless you are a part of a very large group, in which case the total amount you may wish to leave behind is Rs. 500 or so. Consider Rs. 100 or so per day for your car driver. Again if you are in a bus with a number of other people, this could be increased to Rs. 200 or so. Bell-hops could be given Rs. 50 (in a small hotel) to Rs. 100 (in a more grand hotel) per trip.