How to Tip in Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

Currency: Kina (K)
Average monthly salary: about 1’161 USD

💡 General Tipping Etiquette

Hotels and restaurants do not add service charges to your bill and it is not common to tip waiters here, however tipping is always your choice. We recommend to tip.

🍽️ Restaurants

Some sources say that tipping isn’t customary and can be discouraged. Papuans believe that tipping creates jealousy between servers, so it’s best avoided. We still recommend to round up the bill up to 5-10 %. Check the situation in advance though

🚕 Taxis

Round up the fare, unless theres a fixed fee

🏨 Hotels

1-2 $ per transfer for bellhops and same per night for cleaning staff

👨‍🌾Tour guides

Round up the bill about 5-10 %

🌏Region

Check out tipping rules for Australia,Philippines, the Solomon Islands or Oceania & Pacific in general.

Sources: Papa New Guinea Travel

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

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