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Ciao and welcome to the episode 7 of Untold Italy.

In this episode we'll be talking about tipping at restaurants, hotels and for tours.

And taxis too.

This can be quite a controversial or misunderstood topic because travellers are coming to Italy with the customs they have at home.

So in this episode, we are going to demystify tipping in Italy so you can confidently

go about your travels.

Yep.

So I guess for me, being Australian, I wanted to explain something about tipping when

we go abroad to, say, the United States, where the tipping culture is very different,

just as an introduction because I feel

like in the United States that I was always told to double the tax in restaurants which usually

ends up being 15 to 20 percent on restaurant bills and for other services maybe one to two dollars for a

bellhop yeah one to two dollars per bag for a bellhop and, you know,

a certain amount for concierge.

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