Angeles City

[Sharka]

Yes. If you don't tip your western waitress, you might be seen as cheap charley. If you don't tip any western service provider, you might be seen as a cheap charley. But if you don't tip in non-western countries, you probably won't be seen as a cheap charley. Don't tip your pinay waitress, she won't think of you as kuripot. If you don't tip your pinay hooker, she probably won't see you as kuripot. If she (either the waitress or hooker) actually DOES see you as kuripot, then she's spoiled. Other clients previous to you were in the custom of tipping her. Custom is hard to break. If you are used to a custom, it becomes built-in, and difficult not to perform the custom in a place where its not done. Its up to you to break the custom (only in those places where its not performed, or a different custom is performed). Do as the romans do (but only in rome).

Well said, as I also follow the "Roman rules" when I travel. When I finally do leave any girl a tip at all is to show just how great she was to me (and the tips from me are never over 200p- my usual is 100p). I leave a tip only because I WANT TO and NOT because I HAVE TO.

To those that have met me or know me then they also know I frequent LOS and Bali and in fact, I just returned from Bali from a 2 week stay there. And just for the record, for all those times I've been in Bali, I have NEVER EVER left a tip to anyone, no matter if they were a restaurant waitress, hooker or taxi driver etc. WHY-because the Indonesians are NOT a tipping culture (just like the Philippines). But I do seem to be getting into a bad habit in Philly as I do find myself tipping once in a while here, so go figure.

Shark

[Sammon]

The exception to this is the Santos Street blow-row bars. These are ST-only, either 2 or 4 hours. Also no tip requested (give if you want).

Santos street bars will allow you to barfine LT also if that is what you want. The price quoted last time was 1000 Pesos. Plus tip if you give her.

I have never taken any girls from there ST or LT or BJ upstairs. However I go there to check out the girls and have a drink, buy them some drinks and chat.

I have found the girls there are more down to earth and friendly. Only issue I have is they do so many BJ per day and I do not want to barfine them knowing what they do. Even in regular bars the girls.

Have sex frequently and do BJ as well but I do not see it.

[It Travel]

Yes, in AC, the barfine includes: LT, payment to the bar (1/2 the barfine) , and payment to the girl (1/2 the barfine). There is no tip requested (feel free to give what you want, if any).

The exception to this is the Santos Street blow-row bars. These are ST-only, either 2 or 4 hours. Also no tip requested (give if you want).

Thanks for PM too. Will see if I can fly there for some holidays.

IT

[WestCoast1]

Thank you Westcoast1 for answering my question about current prices. I gather that the rates in AC are as in Cebu in that they include both the barfine and the fee for the girl, correct?

Yes, in AC, the barfine includes: LT, payment to the bar (1/2 the barfine) , and payment to the girl (1/2 the barfine). There is no tip requested (feel free to give what you want, if any).

The exception to this is the Santos Street blow-row bars. These are ST-only, either 2 or 4 hours. Also no tip requested (give if you want).

[Member #4698]

I don't tip in places where the locals don't tip.

I once introduced a close friend of mine to Costa Rica. He had never been out of the USA so I was showing him around CR. The best beaches on both coasts and San Jose. We had a great time, but my friend kept insisting on leaving tips no matter how far off the beaten track we were. His defense of his actions was "I'm only tipping $0.30 [or whatever the tip was]. It is nothing." I told him it was something. He was affecting the way the locals viewed gringos and this was wrong. He kept tipping and there was nothing I could say to dissuade him until I had an inspiration. He was a big Star Trek fan and I reminded him of the Prime Directive: Starfleet's General Order #1, (the most prominent guiding principle of the United Federation of Planets) that dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of alien civilizations. He was at a loss and the tipping ended.

Now the question at hand is whether AC has already been affected by the outside world [the United Federation of Planets]. I would say it definitely has so I tip AC girls if they were really good and deserving of a tip. I am not spoiling the market because the market has already been spoiled long ago. Tipping a deserving working girl generates a positive reciprocal response the next time I go to that particular bar. The girls talk and I like being the beneficiary of that talk when I tip generously in the ballpark of 300p to 500p for really good service. It is well worth it the next time I enter that bar and everybody bends over backwards to see I am taken care of. I give no tip for BS or perfunctory service.

[Fast Buck Artist]

This tipping discussion is endless.

Just tip what you feel the service provider deserves. They have done a good job? Tip them, otherwise don't tip them.

I apply this simple rule in any country regardless what the local habits are.

Don't feel like you need to keep up with the Joneses, Habibs and Kim Chungs in the tipping department. Some of these guys drop 4000 peso tips and I really question what value they get for this largesse. Want to feel like Donald Trump for a day? OK. Nice treatment next time you are in town? Perhaps, but keep in mind average "tour of duty" for an AC hooker is 6 months or less. The turnover of girls is very high. When I visit an AC bar I see no faces I recognise. All new arrivals, been there 3 months or less. Career prostitutes are a rare kind of woman, most girls will try it for a few months, get sick of it quickly, and leave. So next time you come, the girl you tipped 4000 will simply not be there, long gone elsewhere.

[WestCoast1]

Tipping is not customary in the Philippines. Philippines is not a "tipping" country there are a few Filipinos who practice it. For example, a more affluent Filipinos is expected to tip if he is very critical and difficult to please, then greater "compensation" is expected than the norm by those who serve him.

As I am not an affluent Filipino who is difficult to please. My tipping policy is to give the hoes a tip on where the closest Jeepney is located for them to get home safely. No more, no less. The price we agreed is the price they get. I don't recognize or understand the term tipping when in the Philippines because I do as the romans do, that is the none affluent romans. LOL

Yes. If you don't tip your western waitress, you might be seen as cheap charley. If you don't tip any western service provider, you might be seen as a cheap charley. But if you don't tip in non-western countries, you probably won't be seen as a cheap charley. Don't tip your pinay waitress, she won't think of you as kuripot. If you don't tip your pinay hooker, she probably won't see you as kuripot. If she (either the waitress or hooker) actually DOES see you as kuripot, then she's spoiled. Other clients previous to you were in the custom of tipping her. Custom is hard to break. If you are used to a custom, it becomes built-in, and difficult not to perform the custom in a place where its not done. Its up to you to break the custom (only in those places where its not performed, or a different custom is performed). Do as the romans do (but only in rome).

Ha ha, just like you, Westcoast and Amjek, I consider myself a Cheap Charlie when it comes to tipping but compare to you, I feel like Warren Buffet.

I'm not sure just how much of a cheap charley I am. When I'm in a westernized place, I often tip well, ranging from small to larger-than-normal, depending on the service. Its not beyond me to put down $20-$30-$40 for an $85 meal for my date and I if the food was good and the servers did their job efficiently, gracefully, energetically (and explain it to the management). Certainly there is nothing kuripot about that. Also its not beyond me to put down nothing at all if the food is bad / cold and the service is poor (and to explain it to the management). On the other hand, I don't tip in places where the locals don't tip.

Really the girls you bed don't expect a tip in pinas. Getting one is a wonderful surprise usually. If its not a surprise, if its expected, then she is: spoiled. Tipping her makes the gent feel good (as is his custom) , but certainly doesn't help the matter for the next guy.

Something that bothers me more than the argument here about how much to tip the girls. And that is: right here in my westernized country, there are good folk who are so hooked into the tipping culture, that they believe that one MUST tip a service provider, no matter how poor the service. My former dates, one of my sisters (yet not the other sisters, one of whom is a former waitress) , and my mother are hooked into this belief. At times receiving the worst service and / or food you can possibly imagine, they get mad at me when I don't leave a tip. While visiting my parents a few months ago in my (large) hometown, I took them to dinner one night. My mother had heard of a neat new restraunt we wanted to try. She made a reservation for the three of us at 8pm. Once there, they asked us to wait in the bar and have a drink. 40 minutes later they took us to our table. Ten minutes later they brought menus. My dad kept dozing off. Ten minutes later we ordered. Thirty minutes later the food came. Dad's steak was underdone and cold. They brought my mom chicken (she ordered fish). My meal was fine. With drinks and tax, $96. Mom looked over the bill and said to add a $20 tip. I paid with my CC and left no tip. While my parents were getting ready to leave I ran to the can. I saw the waitress on the way back and told her briefly why I wasn't leaving a tip."Ya its fine. We're really busy tonight. Very sorry." Mistakes made:

* Reservation 8pm. Didn't get any food until 9:30.

* Spent 10 minutes without seeing a menu. A no-no in the restaurant biz.

* Food cold. Wrong food. Food must be re-warmed and re-ordered.

* Could not flag down waitress. Nearly non-existent most of the time.

* After clearing the table of plates, another 15 minutes before the bill came. Showed up at 8pm, didn't leave until after 10:30pm. Poor dad, slept through parts of it.

A few minutes after driving away from the restaurant, mom asked how much tip I left on my CC. Zero mom. She was fairly steamed with that."You should leave her SOMETHING. Its tempting to tell you to turn the car around so I can go give her something." Abso-fucking-lutely amazing. If the waitress was fine with not getting a tip, you got to ask: what's up my mom's butt? To cut my lovin' mom some slack, she grew up in the depression and she knows austerity. You see this in AC sometimes (or here on the board). Some guy says,"Ya she starfished on my then ran out after the first pop after agreeing to stay all night. Said she had to get home to her son. So I only tipped her 300 instead of my usual 1000." Jesus.

[Sprite13]

Thank you Westcoast1 for answering my question about current prices. I gather that the rates in AC are as in Cebu in that they include both the barfine and the fee for the girl, correct?

Most Fields bars are 1500-1800 for barfine. Several larger bars are up to 3000 (with lower tiers). The Santos St bars are 700 ST. The Perimeter bars are 1200-1300 (gents?). FL on the streets can be had for 500 ST.

[Lopkx]

Well I was reading the forum and I saw a lot of opinions on tipping and I decided to throw in my two cents. First of all to each his own, I don't care whether you are a tipper or not. But when in Rome if you want to do as Romans, let's be clear on one point.

Tipping is not customary in the Philippines. Philippines is not a "tipping" country there are a few Filipinos who practice it. For example, a more affluent Filipinos is expected to tip if he is very critical and difficult to please, then greater "compensation" is expected than the norm by those who serve him.

As I am not an affluent Filipino who is difficult to please. My tipping policy is to give the hoes a tip on where the closest Jeepney is located for them to get home safely. No more, no less. The price we agreed is the price they get. I don't recognize or understand the term tipping when in the Philippines because I do as the romans do, that is the none affluent romans. LOL

[Phantomtiger2]

Wrong. I am here to stay! No lady drinks, 1,000, 5,000, or for that matter I have never even given a 50 peso tip as WC routinely does (and I fuck like a madman). No problems or disappointed ladies in AC to date.

Ha ha, just like you, Westcoast and Amjek, I consider myself a Cheap Charlie when it comes to tipping but compare to you, I feel like Warren Buffet.

Cheers to all us 3rd world tippers who come to these destinations just for that reason.

PT

[Phantomtiger2]

P50 for tryke.

Nothing if I walk her back to her ST bar.

I toss in food the evening before, or breakfast in the morning.

P100 if outside of AC (Manila / Cebu) for taxi.

Most guys I think give 300-500.

1) I only give trike money if service was standard (100p) and nothing if service did not meet my standards. My minimum bid starts at 100p.

2) True-same here.

3) I also try to feed her before the deed but never breakfast as I never get up early enough the next day after a nite of bonking.

4) If service was standard anywhere else in Phil (outside of AC) , I usually give 200p as things cost more.

5) Don't know about most guys but I have RARELY given tips over 300 for any LT service. 100-200 seems to be my normal range.

Before anyone thinks I don't tip enough, just for the record, many of them wants me to repeat.

PT

[AroundYou]

Great days everyone,

I am starting to be lucky to have a chance again to write back even with different name. Since I was in US and now back to Arab country where this website is blocked. Lucky me.

I am planning to visit AC for view days between my trip to Indonesia. I was reading from page 1 until 50 so far to have more information so I can do my homework reading before I post this.

I will be there at the End of Jan and just want to write from now until my both trips and sure more and more.

Take care guys and wish you all best.

[Mc Don]

0. 300 based on service. I have in the past sent girls home even without trike money.

500 if I want to repeat.

Up to 1000 for exeptional service, regulars, etc. I tend to be demanding LOL

I buy food before the deed, drinks if I decide to barhop a bit more and keep her in tow. If she stays (most of them them do) until late afternoon the next day then branch is usually on me too.

ST. I usually give trike money plus a hundred or trike money only. ST in AC from Santos is usually good, I can't remember ever not tipping something.

[Ekspat]

Most guys I think give 300-500.

Yes, usually I give 500ps for a good LT.

[Punter 127]

I usually give 100 for the same thing but I am around a 70p trike ride away.

Some guys feel very large and about the town when tipping well (showboating). For some it helps them cope with their deep shame at participating in the game. Some think it gives them much more respect and admiration than other mongers (returning to bars etc.).

I find in the Philippines things can be very superficial and those that flaunt usually do have a great time.

I have had a great time and flaunt nothing.

Either way I can understand.

I however DO have a tremendous amount of respect for mongers who are true to the "game" and understand that its just pussy.

Travelfox

I concur you have hit the nail on the head. It's really a shame that more guys don't understand what you're saying about the 'game' and it's only 'pussy'. For me it's about getting laid, it's not about how much money I can [CodeWord140] away.