tips on ddp

[StratMan]

thanks for all the replys-still struggling to understand how much to give-some friends went to the yaghtsman last year and said the meal came to $300 -this means a $60 tip-well call me tight but that is way to much for the same in england we would give about $10-i have worked all year for this so iam not going to give all away-i wish someone would give me a tip for doing my job

I think you're missing the point a little bit here. First, the Yachtsman is a fairly expensive restaurant where you can pretty much count on spending at least $50 per person before tip. If you're trying to maximize your budget, that's probably not the restaurant for you. Second, even at the Yachtsman, a $300 tab generally means you either have a party of 6, or you've ordered a lot of drinks, appetizers, etc. In either case, your server does a lot of work and your table is tied up for quite a while. By your logic, if that same party of 6 were split into 3 tables of 2, each table would leave a tip of $3.33. There's a reason why tips are customarily calculated as a percentage of the total.

Ultimately, you decide how much to tip, but if you're asking what is the generally accepted practice on this side of the Atlantic, the answer is 15-20%. Have a great trip!

 

[ratty 987]

Thanks to all of you americans who have answered-still can not believe that disney only pay their servers $2 per hour-all our meals are going to be taken at wdw thats why i was concerned just about them-a friend at work said that with tips some severs at disney can earn upto $90000 per year is this true?

 

[mom2my3kids]

Thanks to all of you americans who have answered-still can not believe that disney only pay their servers $2 per hour-all our meals are going to be taken at wdw thats why i was concerned just about them-a friend at work said that with tips some severs at disney can earn upto $90000 per year is this true?

I wish, I think if they made that much I would be heading to disney for a job. Please I serve tables and I am lucky to make 450.00 a week working 40 hours. ( I don't work at Disney).

 

[cnorth]

Nope Denny's pays their servers 2.13 a hour here in Indiana, my friend is a server at Denny's..Its almost impossible to find a restaurant who pays minimum wage plus tips..

Thanks for the info mom. Sorry, since we have no Denny's down here I was working on pure generalization.

 

[MisunderstoodLilo]

but I thought I may have read in other threads that with the DDP, taxes and gratuity are INCLUDED.

As of 2008 the gratuity is NO LONGER included w/ the DDP. Tax is. Appetizers are not.

In the states, we typically tip 15% for OK service, $18% for good service and 20% if it's awesome. Tipping is based on the price of the meal before tax and any discounts that may be on the bill. (Like if you had a coupon. This won't help you at a Disney restaurant but if you venture off property to a chain restaurant and have a coupon or discount, you'll need to know this.) At Disney restaurants, parties of 6 or more will have the gratuity (tip) automatically added to the bill to be paid by cash or credit card.

Enjoy your trip!

 

[asmit4]

Having a father that works in this business, I can 100% say that it IS possible to make good money, even great $$.

Say that someone works at Narcoossees. They work a 10 hour shift for sake of argument. In that shift, they have 10 tables in total. Say 3-4 tables every 1.5 hours and the rest of the time doing other work at the restaurant.

Say each table averages a 300.00 bill. (Our table of 7 people, 6A1C spent close to 1K that night, as I remember it it could have been more than that...we bought like 5 bottles of wine!) so a 300 bill is average for a table of 4 with a bottle of wine I would bet.

300x10=3K
3K x.2=600 bucks

Granted the server has taxes, but so do the rest of us, granted the server also has to tip her bus boy/girl who pours the water and such, also she has to pay the bartender for making her drinks.

As a hypothetical- say she gives 100 to her buser and 100 to the bar...that's 400 in pocket for 10 hours work. That's 40/hour- better than most teachers, better than most nurses even.

I am NOT saying they aren't worth it. My dad made a fantastic living on tips, (he was a bartender, waiter and built houses for a living, he was a man of all trades!)...but these are the facts. This does NOT mean that you should not tip 15-20%. This IS the common practice, it's expected, it's the way it is in the US, and for the record, my family tends to tip closer to 25%. My dad being in the business is a notourously high tipper! As a result, his children are too. (This is NOT the norm, just the way our family has always done it.)

I just wanted to say that it IS possible for a waitress/waiter to make good, even great $$$.

on a side note- ever been to Las Vegas? Ya know those taxi guys that open the doors for you and get tips? It has been a well known fact that most of them make 6 figures, yes, over 100K a year for opening cab doors. It is not uncommon for them to receive 100/hr or more in tips. Once again, I am not commenting on the value of work, it's just the way it is!

 

[TDC Nala]

Please note that if you have six or more people in your party, you will be billed for an automatic tip of 18%.