Tip Guide - New Zealand

Currency: New Zealand Dollar

Tip name: Tip

Annual income: 39,410 US dollars = 33,424 euros

Info

While tipping is often part of good manners here, in New Zealand it is still a recognition of really very good service – but the voluntary extra charge is not automatically expected. In upscale restaurants, it is now customary to tip about ten percent. Hotels and restaurants in New Zealand do not charge their guests for service.

Hotel

Luggage carrier

Tipping is not customary.

Room cleaning

Tipping is not customary.

Services

Restaurant

10% of the bill for good service or in exclusive restaurants. 

Taxi

Usually the amount is rounded up. 

Tour guide

1-2 New Zealand dollars per day.

Tip@Click Expert-Info:

Was it cheaper here yesterday? Don’t be surprised: Some restaurants in New Zealand raise their prices at weekends or even on public holidays.