As I said, please do so discreetly. I'm sure you are a very generous and thoughtful person. I agree that they work very hard. My comments were to the original question of what to tip at this resort. I think I have answered that. I'm sorry that it has offended you. I have not heard from *aprata* so perhaps they agree with you. This is not MY opinion, it is just the answer to the question of tipping at an all inclusive. If anyone else reading these comments resents my honest answer to the question I would welcome your feedback.

I find tipping and knowing what to tip very awkward I stayed at the Iberostar tucan earlier this year,Although I enjoyed the complex i found the service max 3 star at best .

Before going i read the reviews on tipping, I found that I was being ignored quite a lot it even got to the stage where other customers were sending the barstaff over to me.

I found by the second week I had to leave a regular $5 tip to get any reasonable service.

I used to leave $4 a day for the maid but even that failed top get the fridge topped up on regualar basis

This is why I am trying the grand parisio.

If the service is the same that will be the last iberostar for me.

I will say that the reception and the entertainment staff were 5 star,

I took $400 for tipping for good service but I found you only got the service after a tip, so i didnt use it all.

Thanks for your comments. I'm finding that most people are missing my point on tipping at an all inclusive and IN their protests to my advise, they are actually PROVING my point. It is like beating a dead horse. I have been in the travel industry for over 30yrs and I know a *little* about how the industry works. I am not condoning a *no tipping* policy, merely advising when it is necessary and when it is not. What people decide to do outside of this advise is their own business. I will no longer try to *educate* the public as to why these practices can have a negative result. Little did I know that in answering *APRATA's* question, I would ignite such a hotbed of protest. My co-workers and superiors are finding these comments quite interesting.

Wow.

You posted with this righteous fierceness that kind of came across like your way is the only way.

You're sharing your opinions and others are doing the same.

I certainly appreciated reading different perspectives on the topic.

It just seems like you're the one who's getting a bit worked up about the subject.

We 'heard' you.

I found the service so good I wanted to tip. Spent about 100 dollars or so.

I appreciate missouridarbydog's comments. The only all-inclusive I've stayed at prohibited tips for these reasons. They made that very clear to us from the start (an employee could get fired for accepting a tip). It was great to not have to worry about money the entire trip, and that's why we chose an all-inclusive in the first place.

At Iberostar, it appears that tipping has become the norm even though we are already paying for it. I haven't been there yet, but I'm glad to know because I never would have guessed that tipping was expected at an all-inclusive.

I wasn't going to weigh in with my opinion, but - what the heck?

I think tipping is very cultural and most people from the US are used to tipping for good service. I have received some of the best service ever in my life at resorts in Mexico and I just wouldn't have felt right not leaving a tip. I base it on service. One night at the Grand we had pretty disappointing service (not terrible or even bad, but compared to other meals it was definitely disappointing). We only left a $5 tip. Another night we had stellar service and we left him $19. He was incredibly busy, but still made us feel like he had all the time in the world for us.

In my experience, most employees where we have stayed in PDC are very grateful and gracious when you give them a tip.

Interestingly, on the Today show today they were saying "all inclusive" means different things at different places. So unless a resort forbids it I feel it is appropriate to tip for good service.

Thank you all for sharing - for some reason I was not notified of the answers in the email after the first reply, and I only got to read it all now!

I can see both sides of the argument made here - I wish too there was not tipping culture, instead I would prefer to pay more for the service upfront.. but when the precedent is there, what are you going to do?

We are going to the Grand the week of Thanksgiving - I am counting the days.. thank you everyone for the advice!

i just want to say,thats allincl,meens sometimes,not always inc tips. and if the service is good, food ectra,than i think pers you tip .the all will appreciat it.and to the travelag, we do tip in europe if you go out for a nice dinner,ore a drink in the bar you always gife a euro.

aprata - We'll see you there!