What You Must Know About Tipping While Traveling

Relax, you're on vacation. Use these six tips to establish a tipping plan that eliminates stress.

Money left on a table as a tip at the restaurant.
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It can be confusing who to tip, when and how much while you are on a vacation.

But being prepared can take some of the stress and awkwardness out of the process, allowing you to relax and enjoy your trip.

Here are six things to think about when providing a gratuity while traveling.

Stacy Rapacon
Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Rapacon joined Kiplinger in October 2007 as a reporter with Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and became an online editor for Kiplinger.com in June 2010. She previously served as editor of the "Starting Out" column, focusing on personal finance advice for people in their twenties and thirties.

Before joining Kiplinger, Rapacon worked as a senior research associate at b2b publishing house Judy Diamond Associates. She holds a B.A. degree in English from the George Washington University.