When you travel the world, it is important that you know which countries require tips for their waiters’ and waitresses’ service. If you are not the type of person who usually gives tips in Britain, that’s just fine, but when you visit other countries, you must be considerate. You may get bad service or, worse, insults from your waiters for not giving them the tip that they deserve.
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Tipping Tips When Traveling The World
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Banning cheap flights
Friday, February 2nd, 2007An interesting piece on the proposal by a British politician to ban cheap flights for the sake of the environment. Sounds hypocritical, coming from politicians who insist on flying even when taking the train would do fine. Read more.
Lights out in Western Europe
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Major tourist attractions in Western Europe were plunged in darkness for five minutes yesterday evening, albeit intentionally, to heighten awareness regarding changes in climate. Landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Coliseum went dark along with millions of homes in Europe which turned off their lights to focus attention on the perils of unrelenting fossil-fuel consumption which is contributing to global warming.
The effort was called upon by environmental groups after a top scientific panel from the UN met in Paris to arrive at a consensus on a climate-change report. The earth’s temperature is set to rise by as much as 4.0 C in the next 100 years.