Tipping Calculator

It depends entirely on the country. In the United States and Canada a 15 to 20 percent tip is expected. Across much of Europe, service is included and you simply round up the bill. In Japan, South Korea and much of Oceania, tipping is not expected at all. Pick a country in the calculator above to see the local norm for restaurants, taxis, hotels and guides.

Choose the country you are visiting and enter your bill. Where a percentage tip is customary, the calculator shows a suggested tip range and the total, and can split it between your party. Where tipping is not based on a percentage (rounding up, or no tip at all), it shows the local guidance instead. All amounts are in the local currency.

Tipping is expected in the United States, Canada and Egypt. It is customary but smaller (around 10 percent) across the UK, Mexico, much of Asia and the Middle East. In most of continental Europe you just round up because service is included. And in Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand and Iceland, tipping is generally not expected.

Cash is safest, because it goes straight to the staff and works even where card machines have no tip option. In countries like the United States, card tipping is normal and the machine will prompt you. In several countries (such as Argentina and Italy) cash is preferred or expected for tips even when you pay the bill by card.

Not quite. A service charge is added to the bill by the restaurant, often 10 to 12.5 percent, and may or may not reach the staff. A tip is the extra you choose to leave. Always check whether a service charge is already on the bill before adding a tip, so you do not pay twice.

Either is fine and the difference is small. Many people tip on the pre-tax subtotal, but tipping on the full total is common and generous. The calculator applies the percentage to whatever bill amount you enter.

Usually only a little. In most of Europe a service charge is included and you just round up the bill or leave 5 to 10 percent for good service. The UK and parts of southern Europe lean toward 10 percent, while in Switzerland, Scandinavia and Iceland nothing extra is expected at all.

For a full-day tour, around 10 to 20 percent or the local equivalent of $10 to $20 per person is typical, and about half that for the driver. For a short two-hour walking tour, $2 to $5 per person is fine. Private guides generally expect a little more than group tours.

Where tipping is customary, leave the local equivalent of $1 to $2 per bag for porters and $1 to $5 per night for housekeeping, ideally daily since staff rotate. In no-tipping countries such as Japan and South Korea it is not expected.

No. Tipping as an obligation is largely an American norm. Roughly 70 percent of the world has little or no tipping culture, and in much of Europe and Asia staff earn a full wage, so a tip is a small bonus for exceptional service rather than something expected.

In the United States 15 to 20 percent is expected because tips form part of a server's wage. In Europe service is usually built into the price, so 5 to 10 percent, or simply rounding up the bill, is already generous.

This free tipping calculator and country guide was built by TripMemo, a travel journal app for iPhone that turns your real trips into a photo map and travel diary. It is one of our free travel tools, alongside our trip cost calculator and tap water safety checker.