mumbai indians believe that as compared to other nationalities they do not tip generously they also have the perception that the tipping culture is stronger abroad so when in a foreign country they take care to tip well lest they are seen as cheap travellers said a survey done by an indian online travel portal whats more those who are reluctant to loosen their purse strings often get a strong message from the servers from their tipping experiences 71 respondents said they have had a service provider hint indirectly for a tip whereas 41 have been asked directly or specifically to part with a tip said the survey adding that 10 even recalled a situation where the service provider returned their tip indicating it was too low while 47 respondents said they tip if the staff have met basic expectations 40 said they only tip if they have gone that extra mile in their service it also seems that people feel obliged to tip as a social norm or courtesy as 35 respondents agreed they tipped simply because they think its expected said the tripadvisor india tipping survey released on friday the survey was conducted among 1400 respondents all indiansamericans spend indians feel the most pressure to tip when travelling within asia 32 followed by north america 28 the survey said based on travel experience and common perception indians consider americans 56 and then the english 31 to be the most generous travellers when it comes to tips indians were voted as the least generous 35 followed by the chinese 28 nikhil ganju country manager tripadvisor india said while the survey clearly indicates that the practice of tipping is heavily prevalent among indian travellers it is strange to note that our perception of indians as a community of generous tippers is very low with only 15 respondents indicating indians are generous tippers toi found that the indian perception that tips are more generous abroad holds true only in case of the us