In Reply to: I work on 10% posted by Hillary on Wednesday, 1. February 2006 at 15:40 Bali Time:
in our room. I usually leave all my small coins for the young kids cleaning our room every day. We would come back in the afternoon to find our towels in beautiful displays of all sorts of things from flowers to birds. They are just so talented!
But I was told that the money given to staff, when in uniform, is pooled and then divided up at the end of the month between all the staff. If you want to give money to a certain person you have to give it to them when they are not in working hours. (that was at our hotel probably different at other hotels)
I tend to give a tip with most purchases that I make, as I feel so sorry for them, and a small amount to us means lots to them.
Ohh and by the way I am an Aussie!!!