Top tips on gratuities can save you embarrassment

BRITS abroad risk embarrassment in restaurants and bars as a third of us do not know the local tipping etiquette or check before we travel.

- 

Many risk causing offence by failing to leave a gratuity, or wasting money by tipping generously where none is expected.

Popular holiday destinations such as Spain, the United States and Turkey have different tipping cultures, but too many Britons are unaware of the “rules” and get it wrong.