More Advice About Tipping Requested by Travellers Reveals New Carrentals.co.uk Survey
New survey polled in excess of 1,000 people and shows travellers want more tips about tipping rather than local advice and news
Online, August 14, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Results of a new survey conducted by car hire comparison specialist Carrentals.co.uk has found that travellers are in need of more guidance about tipping when on holiday- rather than updates on local festivities and legal matters.
Across the car hire UK sector, Carrentals.co.uk gathered the view of more than 1,000 people in the survey, which was designed to determine what travellers wanted to know more about when overseas. Tipping etiquette was one of the key areas respondents specifically highlighted.
Carrentals.co.uk reported that while some countries nowadays have a no tipping culture, there are still many countries which tourists visit which continue to have strong tipping cultures. It is in these locations where travellers often face uncomfortable situations in not knowing how much to tip or when, especially when there is an automatic service charge left on their bill in a restaurant or other venue.
Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk, Gareth Robinson, says: "There is an increasingly high number of tourist destinations where tipping is becoming the norm now. However, tipping can more often than not leave travellers feeling unsure of how much is acceptable to tip and so on. In countries such as the USA for example there is a very strong tipping culture, with the amounts often being rather high percentages. I myself have been in a restaurant and left a tip of around 15% only to be left feeling as if I left the incorrect amount when the tab was collected by the waiter."
"If you know exactly what to do regards tipping in a restaurant, hotel or even a taxi, it can make your holiday more pleasant and easier. Our survey backs this up since it shows that more people want advice about tipping over guidance about other areas of a holiday such as local festivities."
Carrentals.co.uk compares car rental deals from a wealth of leading providers such as Alamo, Sixt, Auto Europe, Holiday Autos and Budget. To date there have been more than 650,000 rentals via the site. To find out more please see www.carrentals.co.uk.
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About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK's leading online car hire companies by 2006.
In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk site now searches up to 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 15,000 locations.
Websites searched include Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.
The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.
In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards, and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk
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