As occasional visitors to Nepal over many years, we have always been impressed by the friendly, gracious and effective rendering of services in your hotels, lodges, restaurants and the like. It has become increasingly obvious, however, that these excellent workers receive less in gratuities than their counterparts elsewhere. That is especially true for the less obvious workers not visible to the visitor at checkout time. Also, many visitors may assume that a service charge is included in their bill and inadvertently act unjustly. We, along with most visitors, would be satisfied, knowing that we had forgotten none of the many who provided cheerful and effective service to us.

Arthur Bennett
Marion Sonderegger
by email