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Baksheesh. To whom and how much?
In thought - how much to take small dollars? We are going for seven nights. Is 100 enough? For a dollar for cleaning, 20 - I want to ask for a room at the pool. To whom else and how much is it customary to give? Bartenders on the beach? A waiter in a hotel restaurant? We'll take euros with us, and I'll exchange them for pounds on the spot.
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krickij, what if it's not enough? O! You also need to buy an Internet card at the airport. And in duty free, what currency do they take?
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answered 7 years ago
How many small dollars to take if we carry euros with us and exchange them for pounds there?
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answered 7 years ago
In duty free, they take dollars, euros and the currency of the country where the duty free is located.
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answered 7 years ago
How many small dollars to take if we carry euros with us and exchange them for pounds there?
L_ena, well, it’s not logical to take small euros - you can’t change them anywhere.
L_ena, well, it’s not logical to take small euros - you can’t change them anywhere.
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answered 7 years ago
I bought a card at the airport - they cheated, instead of 8 gig 4 and does not accept replenishment, I advise you to take it in vodafone in the center opposite the Pyramid supermarket, we had a long way to go to the airport to swear ... I advise you to take a dozen chocolates for presents - they are expensive! $ 30 is enough, for a couple the bartender will try, they have a professional memory, the trouble is that in many hotels there is bad alcohol, take it in your luggage, how much is allowed, if you need more - you can bring in duty free without restrictions!
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Svarozhychi, I just want to take a break from alcohol :)))
Good chocolate is also expensive here, a bar is about 1.5 euros
Thanks for the card!
Good chocolate is also expensive here, a bar is about 1.5 euros
Thanks for the card!
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answered 7 years ago
The hotel has a person who translates across the road from the second line to the sea. Should he also be thanked?
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answered 7 years ago
A little simpler, we left for cleaning every other day (we cleaned the same way), we left tips on excursions, the cocktails were the same with and without tips. Bargaining with them for a room. If you have money, then you can of course give it to everyone.
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answered 7 years ago
We rested a week ago.
Basically everywhere selling for dollars, change on the spot, there are ATM exchangers, banks.
The small ones are just for cleaning.
Basically everywhere selling for dollars, change on the spot, there are ATM exchangers, banks.
The small ones are just for cleaning.
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answered 7 years ago
Thanks everyone for the replies!
I read that the service staff receives a very small salary, then I want to please people, although they also write that it corrupts them ....
But, because for me, an all-inclusive package for seven nights for two cost only 165 euros (I won a gift card, it remains only to pay the difference), then I want to be generous :)))
I read that the service staff receives a very small salary, then I want to please people, although they also write that it corrupts them ....
But, because for me, an all-inclusive package for seven nights for two cost only 165 euros (I won a gift card, it remains only to pay the difference), then I want to be generous :)))
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answered 7 years ago
Do not humiliate the staff with chocolates, seeds, cigarettes and other nonsense. It is not clear what kind of hotel you have, but find out in advance if there is an ATM in the lobby. Carrying euros to exchange them for pounds is inconvenient. At the ATM, withdraw local pounds for a tip. A dollar is equal to approximately 17 pounds. The rumba, the fiiant in the restaurant, the bartender on the beach and in the lobby, the person who will carry your luggage - all of them can be thanked. Especially if the hotel itself is inexpensive. So you are guaranteed to receive a service a little higher level than it is there by default.
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People live curly, litter with money for 100 bucks for a tip! All my life I thought that a tip is a reward for a service that exceeds the standard, and not for every sneeze of the bartender and cleaning lady that is included in their functionality. And I hadn’t heard about the position of the conductor across the road before.
Are you in all countries the maid for a dollar a day leaves or only Egypt is so lucky? Better spend $100 on souvenirs for family and friends.
Are you in all countries the maid for a dollar a day leaves or only Egypt is so lucky? Better spend $100 on souvenirs for family and friends.
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answered 7 years ago
L_ena, withdrawing pounds or carrying only dollars is not profitable - a double conversion is obtained and then changed back again if they remain. The hotel has an exchange machine.
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It’s because of such tourists who initially think that if they give baksheesh, they will get the sky in diamonds, the staff is simply disgusted, they don’t want to just do even what they are obliged to!!! And moreover, the cheaper the hotel, the more impudent the staff! In expensive hotels, the staff is well-trained, in many they don’t even take a tip, it’s not accepted) experience shows how many maids you don’t leave, cleaning doesn’t get better! It’s better to book a room at home by the pool, by the sea, and in those places where you want it, it’s cheaper. And more reliable. And all sorts of "Alenki" do not solve problems)))))) insist on what you paid for. And pay for what you want at home. And you will be happy) 100 dollars and so you will find where to spend it)))
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answered 7 years ago
By the way, is it worth changing bucks for pounds? And where is the best place to do it?
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And I completely agree with ollennka, you also have to pay for the transfer across the road !!!! Rzhach simply) themselves without legs? Egyptians are generally inventive people) even at the airport they offer for $ 5 to skip the line to the window for a visa stamp))) or go through passport control faster on the way back) and people are being led)))))
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answered 7 years ago
I never exchange dollars for pounds. For nothing. Then these "candy wrappers" with small garbage settle in pockets. Everything can be bought with dollars. And cents.
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answered 7 years ago
svarozhychi, It's not about redneck. I have been traveling for many years and I can say with confidence that the Egyptians do not appreciate baksheesh. And they do not respect those who give it. They take it for granted. We have already written above that tips are given all over the world for a WELL-PERFORMED SERVICE) and not an advance payment for official duties. I just give a generous tip if I see that people are trying, doing something with a soul, with a twist, and not out of obligation. This is where the reward comes into play.
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svarozhychi, cheap taxi in Egypt. Similarly, you can leave for 1-2 dollars. This is not the kind of savings when you should really do it. Egypt is not Turkey to travel by public transport. Yes, in general, there is nowhere))))
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, also pay for the transfer across the road !!!! Just laugh)
The hotel has a person who stops the cars when you need to cross the road, and the traffic there is decent. The hotel consists of two parts - on the first and second lines, we will live on the second.
The hotel has a person who stops the cars when you need to cross the road, and the traffic there is decent. The hotel consists of two parts - on the first and second lines, we will live on the second.
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natashal1, I beg your pardon, is your hotel in Cairo, or what? Or are you visiting Egypt for the first time? In the resort area, crossing the road is not difficult. Stop-look around-wait-go. You are not late anywhere) I met crazy and uncontrollable traffic only in Cairo. And in the resort area, this "traffic cop" may not even pay attention. They will still go over it. There are scumbags at the wheel. And for that matter, why don't you pay extra for 1 line at home? It seems that there is money, you don’t know where to attach (((((:
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PolikSVT, yes, this is my first time, that's why the questions are so "moron" :)))
On the second line, the territory is better and the hotel is newer, which is why we chose it.
On the second line, the territory is better and the hotel is newer, which is why we chose it.
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answered 7 years ago
natashal1, do not bother with such trifles as crossing the road) orient yourself on the spot) try it yourself. And with a translator. Here you decide. Change 5-10 dollars for pounds personally for him) if you wrote specifically about which hotel the speech-advice would be more informative.
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answered 7 years ago
.. somehow this * outstanding * afftor does not calm down ... and why don't you ask for example ** who takes how many swimsuits ... or swimming trunks ..? ** .... and what is most interesting, probably too there will be * answers and explanations * .....
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answered 7 years ago
experimented as usual.
we had two rooms. in one they left a tip, in the other they didn’t - the quality of cleaning neither improved nor deteriorated. to get a flower vase I had to call reception for TWO days. Egyptian service "a la bokra inshallah"
eventually stopped tipping - cleaning was exactly the same.
we had two rooms. in one they left a tip, in the other they didn’t - the quality of cleaning neither improved nor deteriorated. to get a flower vase I had to call reception for TWO days. Egyptian service "a la bokra inshallah"
eventually stopped tipping - cleaning was exactly the same.
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answered 7 years ago
The salaries of the hotel staff are very very small! Cleaners, bartenders receive about $ 40 a month, a receptionist a maximum of $ 80. And if you give a couple of people from the hotel every day $ 1 you really help their families, I by no means say that you must tip! But believe me - it will be a big plus in your karma)
As for the currency, it's easier to change $, the exchange rate is the same everywhere 1 $ ~ 17.5 pounds.
As for the currency, it's easier to change $, the exchange rate is the same everywhere 1 $ ~ 17.5 pounds.
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