Southeast Asia

chiangmai

bangkok

To tip or not to tip in Southeast Asia...

After 6 months of living in /chiangmai and /bangkok I learned this week from a Thai and a Taiwanese friend that tipping is not a social norm in Southeast or East Asia.

1 of the friends strongly prefers travelers do not tip as to not change the cultural norm.

It's interesting to think about both sides of whether to tip or not.

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If I'm somewhere that I am tipping it seems like a good strategy to tip more on Mondays if going to the same place throughout the week. That way they'll remember me positively.

instead of a tip one time i gave a few mangos, hope this helps!

Instead of tipping, you can consider giving a small gift (assuming you're a regular customer to a place and know the staff personally). This can be something simple (and useful) like a small snack or bottle of drink, and it would show much more thoughtfulness than giving a monetary tip imo.