Tipping etiquette - The Barn Killin

KILLIN, Scotland - Nov. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Is this going to be your first say ever at a bed and breakfast? Are you unaware of the tipping etiquettes? Do you want to know about it? If the answers to these questions are all affirmative, you are undoubtedly in just the right place.

With the increase in the awareness among the people about guest houses, the number of people preferring to stay there instead of hotels has increased to a huge extent. As a result, there are a lot of people who have started the business of B&B in Perthshire and other surrounding areas. So, you need to be extra careful while choosing it so as to pick the best one.

Once you have found out a good bed and breakfast and you have had nice, tasty, delicious food there in the morning and now you go baffled when you think about the tip. A rush of questions whirl into your mind and you start talking to yourselves into that baffled state of yours. The first of all, relax; it is no big deal, as there no strict rules for tipping; it varies from inn to inn.

1. Whenever you are in doubt, you must ask about the tipping policy while you book a room in the guest house, as there are different rules for different bed and breakfasts.

2. Instead of leaving a tip in your room, give it as you go in order to make sure that it goes into the hands of the right recipient.

3. You should give it to a room cleaner, cook, waiter or a housekeeper the same way as you would do in a hotel.

4. It is advisable not to give it if the service providers are the owners of the bed and breakfast themselves or their family members. However, you can give it if the services are provided by the staff members that they have hired. The reward for the owners is not the tip, but a good review online, as it will fetch them more customers. In fact, if you give them tip, they will feel insulting; so many bed and breakfasts keep it prohibited.

5. How much to give is the hard part; it depends upon the level of service you have been offered by the staff members.

Now that you know the guidelines, it is advisable for you to keep them in mind and follow whenever you visit a guest house. Good luck with that!

If you are searching for a bed and breakfast, do visit http://www.thebarnkillin.co.uk/. It is one of the most popular guest houses in Scotland.