@planner I knew about the tipping of the groceries (& the parking lot attendants) because my husband is Dominican, he just does not know about massages and facials! We asked a friend of his (Dominican) and she does NOT tip for her massages....she said the price is the price. I was just curious what everyone else was experiencing.
ITBIS is the 18% tax added. The next line is 10% tax meant to be a legal tip or propina.DRVisitor is referring to the fact that often this mandatory tip does not go to the employees. Somehow it disappears! That is why many tip in addition to this.- @planner
Yeah... in Europe employees get a better paid salary, do not compare this with DR.If you don't leave any extra for any job that is based on tipping in dr.... your a tacano I'm sorry.Waiters don't see the 10% "service fee" in all the bills we pay, they usually get about 10-20% of that 10% so roughly 1 to 2% per bill - honestly this is a diagrace and the government should abolish this.I usually give an extra 10% on top at restaurants.- @jeanchris101