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Bulgarian ways
Author:Bibblybobs
posts : 121 (Intermediate)Date : 01-06-13 23:52local girls
I thought this thread was about local ways PP not local girls........... trust you!! ;0)
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One and the same
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WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Im gonna get in so much bother!
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Tip only if you feel well served, and 10% is not the rule... A couple of lev is appropiate, even for a 100lv meal.. Tipping has caused all types of problems, and now wages for waiters etc are not the norm, most existing on a percentage of what they sell (2-8%) and tips. This has come around because massive tipping made a situation where the waiters were making more than the owners.. The average waiter/waitress will earn 15lv a day from commission, but likely will have accomadation thrown in, ...
Tip only if you feel well served, and 10% is not the rule... A couple of lev is appropiate, even for a 100lv meal.. Tipping has caused all types of problems, and now wages for waiters etc are not the norm, most existing on a percentage of what they sell (2-8%) and tips. This has come around because massive tipping made a situation where the waiters were making more than the owners.. The average waiter/waitress will earn 15lv a day from commission, but likely will have accomadation thrown in, and with tips maybe double their money.. 200lv + a week is reasonable compared to national averages. There is also now the problem that tips are expected, even if the service is poor.. Like i said, only tip if you feel well served..
A nice touch for chambermaids is to leave some toiletrees, good shampoos and anti-perspirants are expensive here, i have also seen piles of stidinki left on bedside cabinets.... but again, only if the job has been done very well with no complaints....
A nice touch for chambermaids is to leave some toiletrees, good shampoos and anti-perspirants are expensive here, i have also seen piles of stidinki left on bedside cabinets.... but again, only if the job has been done very well with no complaints....
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Like others have said only tip if you feel it's deserved, i usually round the bill up and leave this as a tip sometimes i leave more sometimes i don't tip at all.For chambermaids i usually leave some left over lev's. Last year i left some clothes and toiletries. As i left the room the chambermaid was waiting to come in and asked me if she could have the clothes i'd left, when i said yes she had a huge grin on her face and thanked me.
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One thing which I have done and tend to always do is say we are on holiday in the summer in Pirin Golf - at the pool - tip heavy on the first day....
Why? Well time and time again by doing it this way up front you then get a great service for you entire stay.
Take this summer day 1 - I tipped the waiter 20lev (having spoken to him found out he would be there pretty much every day of our holiday of 2 weeks). From that point onwards (not saying he wasn't helpful before hand mind) he ...
Why? Well time and time again by doing it this way up front you then get a great service for you entire stay.
Take this summer day 1 - I tipped the waiter 20lev (having spoken to him found out he would be there pretty much every day of our holiday of 2 weeks). From that point onwards (not saying he wasn't helpful before hand mind) he ...
One thing which I have done and tend to always do is say we are on holiday in the summer in Pirin Golf - at the pool - tip heavy on the first day....
Why? Well time and time again by doing it this way up front you then get a great service for you entire stay.
Take this summer day 1 - I tipped the waiter 20lev (having spoken to him found out he would be there pretty much every day of our holiday of 2 weeks). From that point onwards (not saying he wasn't helpful before hand mind) he couldn't do enough for us - and I dont recall a single time where I wasn't refreshed with a new beer with a 1/3 to go in my bottle
Also he knew the area we liked to be round the pool and would set everything up for us each morning (have a young one under 1 at the time) she was always with plenty of shade superb.
As for tipping in places to eat - some of the service I've experianced it has been very poor (as such no tip). Where the service is good staff friendly and food good goes without saying they are tipped and also repeat business. Though I try to tip in cash rather than do it via the card machine.
Why? Well time and time again by doing it this way up front you then get a great service for you entire stay.
Take this summer day 1 - I tipped the waiter 20lev (having spoken to him found out he would be there pretty much every day of our holiday of 2 weeks). From that point onwards (not saying he wasn't helpful before hand mind) he couldn't do enough for us - and I dont recall a single time where I wasn't refreshed with a new beer with a 1/3 to go in my bottle
Also he knew the area we liked to be round the pool and would set everything up for us each morning (have a young one under 1 at the time) she was always with plenty of shade superb.
As for tipping in places to eat - some of the service I've experianced it has been very poor (as such no tip). Where the service is good staff friendly and food good goes without saying they are tipped and also repeat business. Though I try to tip in cash rather than do it via the card machine.
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Toiletries as a tip, thats new to me!Thank you all for the advice.
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They shake hands with their left hand, rub noses, and friendship is you lick their foreheads. That's the only traditional things I have picked up over the last 10 years.Tips in toiletries is well received as somebody has already mentioned.
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Yep and dont forget the bell sellers they tramp up and down that mountain in all weathers.I have a vast array of bells fro ickle bell to big bell
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