JAKARTA - While staying at the hotel, employees will always help if asked by customers. To appreciate the assistance, customers usually give tips to hotel employees.

In Indonesia, giving tips to hotel employees has not become a culture, unlike the western countries that have become a habit there. However, if you want to give a tip, it will not be a problem, because it can help hotel employees.

Giving a tip is actually a very personal decision, according to the American Society Travel Advisors (ASTA). So it all depends on your ability and in accordance with the services received.

However, there is actually a range of tips for hotel employees, recommended by the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA). The amount is around 1 dollar or Rp. 16,250 to 5 dollars or Rp. 81,200 for tips from homekeeping or bellboy officers.

If you want to give appreciation to hotel employees other than a tip, it's best not to do it. Leaving something other than cash has the potential to be useless, because most hotels have strict policies on what employees can bring from the guests' rooms.

"We often see this (turning something other than money), especially when guests have the rest of the wine or alcohol," said Kimpton Hotels former operational vice president Tom Waithe.

"Guests often think that they leave special treats like food or pizza residue, but they just throw it away with a liquid bottle that opens because no one knows what's in it," he added.


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