Tipping in Spain Questionnaire

The questions in my Tipping in Spain Questionnaire

Some time ago I wrote a blog about tipping in Spain, in reaction to an article on the BBC about tipping in Spain which myself and my colleagues and friends in Spain found to be quite unbelievable.

My post provoked two or three quite passionate responses which disagreed with my assessment of whether or not you should tip in Spain.

So, to clarify my assertion that the Spanish tip 'rarely, and then not very much', I took a straw poll among my Spanish friends and colleagues about when they would tip in specific situations. Here are the questions I asked:

Would you tip in the following examples and how much would you tip?

1. Two coffees at a small cafeteria costing 2€
2. One menu del dia that cost 6.70€
3. Four menu del dias, each costing 9.90€ (the bill comes to 39.60€)
4. A small beer in a normal bar (1€)
5. A large beer in an expensive bar (5€)
6. A whiskey and coke in a nightclub (7€)
7. A meal for four with wine and deserts in a medium priced restaurant, costing (84.50€)
8. A meal for 8 at an expensive restaurant, costing 400€.

See the results of this tipping survey.