TIPPING

• Some hotels include service charges on their bills. In such cases tipping is not necessary. Where this is not done, a tip of 10% is customary. If you are in a big group and the food bill is high, the tip on the total can come down to 5%.
  
  
  
• The porter who takes your baggage to your room is usually tipped Rs.5 per bag or Rs.10 to Rs.20 per trolley. (These estimates are for 5 and 4-star hotels and are proportionately less in 1, 2 or 3 star hotels.)
  
  
  
• Tipping to taxi drivers for airport/railway station transfers not customary. However, Tour guides and drivers do expect tips depending on the assignments and number of days they are engaged for.