Cartagena Reports

3 last comments and advice on this subject.

1. Tipping is a reality and its not going away.

2. How can you suck at tipping, Tipping is easy -as long as the wait person did not totally screw up you order. Look at the amount on the check she / he gives you and if there is no line item that says "service" or "gratuity" take out your phone and open the calculator and multiply by. 2 the industry standard is 20%.

3. If for whatever reason you do not tip, 20% do not return to that restaurant because it is also an industry standard that if you do not tip the next time they will spit in your food.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2574603]If you are a business (any business) that has margins that are so thin they can't afford to pay their employees, get the fuck out of the market! No excuses.

Tipping is part of capitalism? According to whom? Those that benefit from it.

I suck at tipping I usually feel I left way too much or not enough, how about getting rid of it all together.

I'm guessing everyone would like that except resto owners.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2574731]2 the industry standard is 20%.
[/QUOTE]Who was in the room when that standard was set and what criteria did they use? Why can't the tip be per item? Like when I am in the airport club where drinks are free, I usually give them $1 per each drink I get. Would it be better to stick with the industry standard and tip 20% of 0?

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2574737]Who was in the room when that standard was set and what criteria did they use? Why can't the tip be per item? Like when I am in the airport club where drinks are free, I usually give them $1 per each drink I get. Would it be better to stick with the industry standard and tip 20% of 0?[/QUOTE]Then 18% then 20%.

Why not 50% or 100%? Or 150%.

Clock tower isn't were you pick females up the prices go up a lot here better off working tinder and Walking the beach.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2574737]Who was in the room when that standard was set and what criteria did they use? Why can't the tip be per item? Like when I am in the airport club where drinks are free, I usually give them $1 per each drink I get. Would it be better to stick with the industry standard and tip 20% of 0?[/QUOTE] To correct myself the standard is actually 15 - 20% but to your point your talking Apples to my Oranges. I was referring to the restaurant industry. Not the airport lounge industry. Apple and oranges. As explained here by Executive Traveler its not the same industry. So not the same standard. The people in those lounges are well paid and their livelihood is not dependent on tips. Unlike at a restaurant where the wait person makes $2. 13 an hour. This article gives the perspective and Australian. Australia does not have a tipping culture but apparently he agrees with you. About the dollar a drink anyway.

[URL]https://www.executivetraveller.com/should-you-tip-the-staff-in-us-airport-lounges[/URL]

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2574503]Which is exactly how tipping in the US got started. One of the many great magic tricks pulled off in our country over the centuries. It is akin to the one about explorers arriving with bibles and locals having gold, but when the explorers leave they have the gold and the locals have the bibles.[/QUOTE]Truer words have never been spoken. Spot on.

The Tall Man.

Last time in Cartagena I used the Hotel El Viajero a couple of times. Although I have never had trouble bringing guests back to the airbnb I was using, I decided to see if the El Viajero had any nicer rooms. I rented the superior apartment with a kitchen and balcony, got to have a balcony in Cartagena. Has anyone stayed in the El Viajero for more than a few hours and has anyone stayed in the superior apartrment.

[QUOTE=TheKid1989;2574763]Clock tower isn't were you pick females up the prices go up a lot here better off working tinder and Walking the beach.[/QUOTE]Yes indeed.

As I've learned, I would get them from the beach in the day time and try them out for 200 mil, then if they were good I would get the whatsapp and call them back for TLN at 500 mil max.

The clocktower at night is where the girls start 300 mil por hora or 600 mil TLN, even up to 800 mil TLN.

But now even tinder chicas are saying $100 por hora, $200 TLN or $400 for the whole day which is absurd.

I've never had so many chicas in CTG talk to me in dollars.

[QUOTE=Nypher;2575365]Yes indeed.

As I've learned, I would get them from the beach in the day time and try them out for 200 mil, then if they were good I would get the whatsapp and call them back for TLN at 500 mil max.

The clocktower at night is where the girls start 300 mil por hora or 600 mil TLN, even up to 800 mil TLN.

But now even tinder chicas are saying $100 por hora, $200 TLN or $400 for the whole day which is absurd.

I've never had so many chicas in CTG talk to me in dollars.[/QUOTE]As soon they say 100 usd I counter them in cop mil. That when their tune change and they know your not a newbie tourist LOL.

Let's be serious a hot girl for $100 is a great deal deal but it's human nature to haggle.

I'll be in Cartagena next weekend and the week after. Send me a private message if you're there and would like to meet up. I'm conversant in Spanish, but haven't mongered in Cartagena yet. I'm especially interested in places inexpensive or off the beaten path. If you're a senior member I'd be happy to buy you a drink and shoot the shit.

[QUOTE=Nypher;2575365]Yes indeed.


But now even tinder chicas are saying $100 por hora, $200 TLN or $400 for the whole day which is absurd.

I've never had so many chicas in CTG talk to me in dollars.[/QUOTE]Probably a lot more clowns going to CTG these days because of all the videos on Youtube now, and they are paying these inflated prices in dollars and talking about how much cheaper it is than Magic City in Atlanta or some spot in NYC.

[QUOTE=SouthernOcean;2575177]Last time in Cartagena I used the Hotel El Viajero a couple of times. Although I have never had trouble bringing guests back to the airbnb I was using, I decided to see if the El Viajero had any nicer rooms. I rented the superior apartment with a kitchen and balcony, got to have a balcony in Cartagena. Has anyone stayed in the El Viajero for more than a few hours and has anyone stayed in the superior apartrment.[/QUOTE]I have not stayed there yet but good to know they have nicer rooms. Do you recall how much you paid for the nicer room? I am coming in early October for a week and staying with a friend at the Hotel Santa Clara who has a timeshare arrangement with the Sofitel and they gave him two rooms. However, we all know that's it's next to impossible to sneak an uninvited guest into that hotel. Given that, I could see renting a room at the Viajero for a week as a backup. Convenient that's it's close to LDV too.

[QUOTE=SouthernOcean;2575177]Last time in Cartagena I used the Hotel El Viajero a couple of times. Although I have never had trouble bringing guests back to the airbnb I was using, I decided to see if the El Viajero had any nicer rooms. I rented the superior apartment with a kitchen and balcony, got to have a balcony in Cartagena. Has anyone stayed in the El Viajero for more than a few hours and has anyone stayed in the superior apartrment.[/QUOTE]Which room did you rent that had a kitchen and balcony? And, you are saying that it is chica friendly? Did they ask for her cedula or exactly how did it work? [URL]https://viajerohostels.com/producto/cartagena/[/URL].

[QUOTE=TheKid1989;2576166]

Let's be serious a hot girl for $100 is a great deal deal but it's human nature to haggle.[/QUOTE]Well, LET us be serious. Nowhere in Colombia, a $100 ST girl is a great deal, even in CTG. One's well-advised to haggle well to bring their overly ambitious aspirations down a notch.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2576445]Well, LET us be serious. Nowhere in Colombia, a $100 ST girl is a great deal, even in CTG. [/QUOTE]You forgot the Dream Land, better known as Sex Prison for me, where many ISG members come from. Flood CTG with them, and this is the result. Sadly. I hope things will be back to normal and not to New Normal for when I will resume travelling.