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Good afternoon everyone. Are chocolates suitable for tips or small gifts? What else can be taken for this?
Good afternoon everyone. Are chocolates suitable for tips or small gifts? What else can be taken for this?
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I’m reading and wondering how long I’ve been in Egypt, no one has ever asked me for chocolate directly, at the very beginning I gave chocolates a couple of times, but it didn’t cause much enthusiasm, then they gave dollars, now they accept dollars somehow indifferently, well, they gave and gave. For all my times of stay, no one with a tambourine around me jumped for a van dollar, and I don’t need it at all. Somehow we talked on the beach with a guy who sells diving, so he said that they are more interested in euros than dollars, but for English pounds they are ready to sift at least sand. So I’m surprised, the Egyptians are also not fools for a bottle of vodka, which costs a couple of dollars and Roshen’s Alyonka for 50 cents, they give improved rooms and instead of a van dollar they directly demand soy chocolate, well, some kind of different Egypt comes out with you.
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answered 5 years ago
I support everyone who wrote that tips should be given either in dollars or in their pounds. Correctly they write here that not a single foreigner will tip them in products.
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answered 5 years ago
Everyone has their own opinion on this matter. But there is our common wonderful proverb: don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Someone is used to giving euro-pounds-tugriks, while it is easier for someone to give a box of chocolates. Currency is a kind of bribe. And candies-chocolates are just a treat from the heart. Why not? If it’s customary to leave a tip in a restaurant, then you definitely won’t leave a chocolate bar. But why not treat the maid, the gardener, to whom, in principle, you owe nothing? Just like that, from the heart.
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answered 5 years ago
Olgaolga153, well, that's all clear. Only the author asked if chocolates are suitable for tips, and not just presents. That's where the discussion started.
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answered 5 years ago
relax a hard day cleaner ;))))))))))))))))))
vlbel3005, you are the god of marketing ;))))))))))))))))))
vlbel3005, you are the god of marketing ;))))))))))))))))))
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answered 5 years ago
"You can also if you want to invite him for a cup of coffee"
Then it’s better for a glass of tea.)))))) What else can a tourist do on vacation?)))))
Then it’s better for a glass of tea.)))))) What else can a tourist do on vacation?)))))
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answered 5 years ago
He invited me for half a glass of wine every morning - he did not refuse.
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answered 5 years ago
Correctly ! I drank in the morning - the whole day is free. Better than any tip. And no chocolates.
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answered 5 years ago
OLA14 ... it was hot today, there was no wind. The only thing is that many jellyfish appeared after the rains that were the previous two days, but they are clustered in the depths. I don't think they will be there tomorrow.
As for the hotel, I really like it, as well as many vacationers who keep coming and coming. Prior to that, I took tours only in the top five: the difference is a bus to the beach on schedule (you can walk in 20 minutes), which is in the bay covered with wind rocks ... near the top five area and rooms are larger .. but the advantage of this hotel is that it has a warm pool, three slides and excellent cuisine (three days in a row for lunch gave crabs) and a great location ($ 2 by taxi to the Old Town or Naama Bay).
Who does not know: in the Old Town (bazaar) you can buy fresh and inexpensive seafood. For example, a lobster weighing 1 kg already cooked will cost you $ 24)))
As for the hotel, I really like it, as well as many vacationers who keep coming and coming. Prior to that, I took tours only in the top five: the difference is a bus to the beach on schedule (you can walk in 20 minutes), which is in the bay covered with wind rocks ... near the top five area and rooms are larger .. but the advantage of this hotel is that it has a warm pool, three slides and excellent cuisine (three days in a row for lunch gave crabs) and a great location ($ 2 by taxi to the Old Town or Naama Bay).
Who does not know: in the Old Town (bazaar) you can buy fresh and inexpensive seafood. For example, a lobster weighing 1 kg already cooked will cost you $ 24)))
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answered 5 years ago
vlastelin_2005, thanks for your reply! Do they take you to 2 beaches for free?
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answered 5 years ago
We rested in November at the Stella Li Mare Makadi Beach hotel. We treated the cleaner, bartender, waiter, good chocolate at the reception. There was always sincere joy in response, although no one ever asked for anything in this hotel!
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answered 5 years ago
OLA14 ... ride to one beach is free, but can be reached on foot in 15-20 minutes. You can also use the paid beach for $ 3 - 5 minutes walk from the hotel.
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answered 5 years ago
We always take chocolate, I carry it in my hand luggage, as a rule, I bring it. In luggage it turns into a cake. But it’s better to think of nothing better than green crispy papers anyway.
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answered 5 years ago
I started here about chocolate and seeds, and the first time I took it with me. Didn't evoke enthusiasm. And the last time I didn’t take chocolate, and lo and behold, the cleaner asked me about it. I always take seeds for myself, and this time I left them along with the dollar on the bed as a tip. Returned to the room no dollars, seeds on the bedside table. Well, OK. The same situation was with sweets left near the dollar. Probably a modest cleaner was. But the bartender gladly took the seeds.
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answered 5 years ago
People, and at what point in general and under what circumstances did it occur to someone for the first time to leave a tip with food??? And why did you decide to do it in Egypt? You do not ask such questions about Turkey, Tunisia, Spain, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates.
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answered 5 years ago
Chocolate "Alenka" at the reception, I always immediately put it in my passport with the phrase - prezent. At a hint of $ - I don’t react, but smile. I was lucky with the numbers. In the room - nuts, seeds, bars. Not in all countries they took it, she wrote - prezent. Porters - cigarettes. Be sure to prepare small money - if you are set up, they will take a large bill, you will not have time to blink an eye.
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answered 5 years ago
We did just that. We had a good rest. Only the water is very cold and almost always windy...)
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answered 5 years ago
Rest, though not bad, is also good. Let it be Africa, but still the winter-spring period and, accordingly, "the water is very cold and almost always windy" - it depends on the bay. Comfortable and calm sea - Sharks Bay, very windy and strong current - Nabq Bay.
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answered 5 years ago
we thought it would be comfortable in Naama Bay, we made a mistake this time (we went 8 times)
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answered 5 years ago
It's sad that we didn't get a comfortable pleasure, but we did get an experience.
Happy future vacation.
Happy future vacation.
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answered 5 years ago
no one has yet canceled money, and chocolate or cigarettes can be exchanged with merchants for fruit or tea, for example
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answered 5 years ago
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