How to Tip in India 🇮🇳

Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
Average monthly salary: about 223 USD

💡 General Tipping Etiquette

Tipping in India is more about your gut feeling and doesn’t follow rigid guidelines; you’ll catch on quickly enough as you travel through the country. The average is 10 %.

🍽️ Restaurants

In modern restaurants 10-15 % is good. If there is a service charge, round up the fare. In snack places not expected

🚕 Taxis

Round up the fare

🏨 Hotels

If a hotel porter carries your bag to your room, tip 20 rupees per bag. If you don’t want to tip, say no to the baggage service. If there is a tipping box at the reception 100 rupees per night (this includes room service). If no, 10-50 rupees per day for cleaning staff

👨‍🌾Tour guides

Customary, 100-300 rupees per day

🌏Region

Check out tipping rules for Pakistan, Nepal or Bangladesh

Sources: Tripsavvy

Learn more about tipping customs worldwide at how-2-tip.com.

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