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ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Tipping and water
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  • Tip low - generally. Waitresses and Waiters make much more than peeps in the U.S. They do not work based on tips, and usually the service shows for it. The general feeling is that you should feel lucky to be served by them, and that they dont need your business. Be polite, and dont expect much. When I recieve extraordinary service (basically service that can be compared to what I am used to in NYC) I tip appropriately (at least 15%), otherwise, I tip MUCH less.
    If you expect too much, and show your distain, they will treat you even worse.
    ALSO, most places wont serve you tap water with your meal. If you request it most place will not give it. You have to pay for water. Spa Blue is the water with no bubbles, Spa red has bubbles.


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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: ATM's in Amsterdam
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  • Interesting ads in Amsterdam - Amsterdam
    Interesting ads in Amsterdam
    by TrekknHil
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    Before you leave, contact you local bank...you should tell them you will be using your cards (credit or ATM) out of the country. You may want to have your daily ATM limit raised.

    ATM's around Dam Square have long lines all weekend and usually run out of money by Sunday so make sure you have enough

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Tipping
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  • The Dutch government requires that all taxes and service charges be included in the published prices of hotels, restaurants, cafes, discos, nightclubs, beauty/barbershops, and sightseeing companies.

    Even taxi fare includes taxes and a standard 15% tip. To be absolutely sure in a restaurant, for example, that tax and service are included, look for the words inclusief BTW en service (BTW is the abbreviation for the Dutch words that mean value-added tax)-or ask. The Dutch are so accustomed to having these charges included that many restaurants have stopped spelling it out.

    Dutch waitpersons appreciate tips and rely on them to supplement their salary. To tip as the Dutch do, leave any small change up to the next euro in a cafe or snack bar; in a restaurant, leave up to the next 5 euro or more if you think the service was particularly good. .

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Toilets
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  • The most important thing to remember about all public toilets in Amsterdam, apart from being calling "toiletten" or "WC" and not "rest room",is not the usual male and female distinction but to pay the person who sits at the entrance. There will be a little saucer or cup on a table where you can put the entrance money which is usually only a bit of change.

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Tipping
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  • Tipping guidelines are different than the North American standard of 15%:

    If you are just having coffee or a beer, round up.

    If you are having a meal, around 10-15 percent is nice.

    If your service sucks... don't tip.

    Waiters don't live by their tips here. :)

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: it's not called a a.t.m here
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  • if your looking for an A.T.M you won't find one, because they are called geldautomaat's or chipknip's. they are similar to u.s atm's and they promt you to an english button. not sure what the fee's were, i haven't gotten my statements yet.

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Be Friendly! (It's appreciated and rewarded)
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  • It seems not only is friendliness invited, it's rewarded in Amsterdam.

    In booking a hotel room one night, we started up a conversation with the receptionist and were told the room was 100 Euro. We looked at the room, and decided it was a go. As we were moving our luggage, we noticed another couple looking to stay there who seemed a bit upset and stressed out. They were fairly rude and demanding. They got the same size room as we did for 150 Euro. My fiancee and I noticed a sign by the receptionist stand that said "Prices of your rooms may vary depending on your Attitude."

    Also, as we stayed in Amsterdam for 9 days, we found a few places we enjoyed eating...and ended up eating at them fairly frequently. By the last day, we were paying significantly less than the first day for the same food! It pays to be nice! (And there's no reason not to, everyone is incredibly cordial in Amsterdam)


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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Currency
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  • As some other European countries, Netherlands adopted the Euro. You won't find it hard to reach any ATM when you need to withdraw money, since there are plenty available.

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Dutch Money
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  • The currency used in the Netherlands
    is the Euro ...... Euros are divided into
    100 cents. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10,
    20 and 50 cents, and 1 and 2 euros.
    There are notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200
    and 500 euros.
    Please note that some shops do not accept
    large denomination notes.

    The Dutch Guilder is no longer usable, and no longer can
    be exchanged for Euro.

    We find it easy to use as there is 100 euro cents to 1 Euro.
    As of Feb. 2006., there was 1.25 Euro to the US dollar.

    There are many places to change money in town. Post Offices
    usually give the best rates. The GWK at Central station is also
    good. Compare rates carefully at the exchange offices in town.
    Hotels are usually an expensive way to change money.
    Banks can be slow. There's an American Express on the Damrak,
    and a Thomas Cook on the Dam.

    Credit cards are not as widely accepted in the Netherlands as
    in many other lands, but it's getting steadily better. Always enquire
    first if you intend to pay by credit card.

    If you have an ATM card. a card for getting money out of a machine
    in the wall, it will most likely work in the Netherlands, so you don't
    need to take traveller's cheques.

    Check with your bank before leaving though. Such cards, certainly
    if they have a Maestro logo on them, can often also be used for
    direct debit payments in shops, shops that display the blue
    "PIN" sign.

    Like in all big cities the world round, there are cheats looking
    for an easy target. A typical trick in less reputable establishments
    is, if you pay with a note, to give you change as if you tendered a
    note of one denomination smaller. For instance to give you change
    for 50 euros if you give them a 100 euro note, and then pretend it
    was a mistake if you notice. The best way to avoid this happening
    is to speak the value of the note as you hand it over, "100 euros",
    so they can't claim not to have noticed ......

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    ATM / Money Exchange / Tipping: Tipping is sexy
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  • A meal worth a few euro tip - Amsterdam
    A meal worth a few euro tip
    by TrekknHil
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    Most people say that it is not necessary to tip in Amsterdam. I have noticed that it is appreciated by all bartenders and all waitstaff. I have gotten into the habit of tipping just a bit...if your looza is 1.80, leave the 2euro.

    Why wouldn't you tip for a meal like this?

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