From Brigid: “How to spot American Tourists while traveling abroad.”

Brigid showed me this and asked my opinion of what the  #1 thing on the list might be. I said “Americans are big tippers.” Turns out that was way down the list.  It’s a huge list – hit the link and work around it. Wearing hawaiian shirts is high on the list, actually #3.

Big Tips Are an American Thing Tipping culture varies from place to place and country to country. In the US, tipping is very popular and almost considered mandatory. And not only that, they are very, very high tippers (over 25% sometimes). In other countries, this is not the norm, to say the least. If you tip at all, it is a much smaller number, and it is not usually considered a requirement for each and every dinner or act of service.