Do you still give tips to hotel staff or in the restaurant?

When I go to a restaurant once in a lifetime, I usually do not tip unless the service is very good. Because not that I am not generous but just that over the years, I have realized by various contacts that the tips are pocketed mostly by the hotel and hardly reach the waiters in many restaurants unless you directly give the money to the waiter rather than put it in your credit card bill. However, to the restaurants where I regularly go, I give huge tips once in a while to keep the guys happy.

I usually give tips except if the service is very bad. However, I tend to give less if there's service charged already being billed. It is really a challenge trying to budget for your tips when you're keeping cost at a minumum

Oh,I have never do that by now as I was so poor!I think I will do that someday.

i dont eat out very often but when i do i tip if im pleased with the food and service which i must say is normally what happens

My mother raised us on the tips she received as a waitress. Whenever she took us out to dinner, she made a point of reminding us as she generously tipped the waitstaff that those tips are a part of that person's income. The economy and tight times have certainly had an effect on how generous I can afford to be, but I always tip - not just restaurant staff but also cab drivers, bus boys, hairdressers and any other service people who are allowed to accept tips.