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Tipping Vietnam airport attendants? |
Travel Info Many people told me that whenever they when to Vietnam they had to tip the airport attendants or else they open up your luggage and give you a hard time. Any oppinions? Should I tip them? How much? Travel Tips I concur with Rick M for the most part. For those who claim that payoffs at Vietnam airports are mandatory, I have to be blunt and say that they were duped. Someone smarter than them took their money. I have NEVER tipped, paid off, bribed or otherwise exchange money for services when I was arriving in Vietnam. However, leaving could be another story. Tan Son Nhat has a $12 US fee they is collected from passengers on departing International flights. This is not a payoff, but a mandatory airport fee used to pay for the new international terminal being built. Sometimes the customs agents give me a hard time thinking that I will give them a few bucks for a payoff. I know they're not supposed receive payoffs anymore, but I don't put it in their face. Instead, I act like a dumb and misfortune tourist, complain about all the money that I spent already on paying off the cops and feeling so grateful that I finally met someone honest before I leave Vietnam. That strategy has not failed me yet. There are agents at Tan Son Nhat and sometimes at Noi Bai (Hanoi) that will help with passenger check in. It's not a payoff, but it's worth the $10 to let them help you get through the airport. Good luck and have fun on your trip! Source(s): Regular traveler to Vietnam. Arrived and departed from Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai airport. Other Travel Tips Have Americano $5 notes, $10 to be sure. Usually, to make the process faster at the desk, we leave the notes in the passport, so when they see it, they can discreetly stuff it in their pockets... Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia... been back 3 times. I have never heard of such a thing,i travel in and out of Vietnam all the time,i have never had or seen a problem.Please just treat it like a normal airport,you could be causing yourself a problem. I have never given money to the customs/immigration people at the airport (who I assume you are asking this question about). Some of my Viet friends sometimes slip a five dollar bill in their passports. I know Viets are treated differently than non-Viet visitors , but it is certainly not necessary. I have never, ever, ever been asked to open my baggage for an inspection. I do however, give the police in my "hometown" a gift, usually a six-pack of Budweiser. I call it "vat ki niem, hoa ky", a souvenir from America. They really appreciate it and it seems that I can do no wrong (as far as they are concerned) when I am visiting my wife and family. So, I guess if you want to be nice, bring a candy bar or a "nip" bottle of liquor to give to the official at the control desk who will check your papers, and another for the guy who x-rays your baggage when leaving the terminal. It's not needed, but it is a nice gesture :-) yup, you have to tip them, if you are Vietnamese, that's the way is it |
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