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Small Taxi: Taxis in Madrid and Barcelona operate under unbelievably low tariffs. You can ride a considerable distance for a dime. In Barcelona, the taxi man is authorized to charge 1 peseta more than the meter says, so don't think he is cheating even by that minuscule sum. Spanish taxi men don't cheat. They are caballeros, even as you and I.
Tips on Tipping Spanish hotels and restaurants add 15 per cent for servicio, but you may wish to give a little extra personally. This is more often expected in luxury hotels than in modest ones.
In my view, the AVM system is the most significant urban transportation innovation since the early 1900s. The essential problem in urban transportation is the control of vehicle movement to avoid traffic jams. Knowing the location of only a few vehicles is a minor problem as, for example, in the case of a small taxi system. Whereas two-way voice radio is adequate for dispatching relatively small fleets of taxis, trucks, or police cars, the amount of information to be processed on larger fleets becomes unmanageable without automation.
Tips on Tipping In Germany there is a service charge of 10 to 15 per cent on all hotel bills and 10 per cent in restaurants, and no more need be given; but a very small extra bit of Trinkgeld, perhaps one mark, may properly be given to the chambermaid and a bit of loose change also to your waiter. The hall porter, always and everywhere a special personage, should be remembered. Tip taxi drivers as at home. Theater ushers do not expect tips, as in France.
Luxury Touring and Lodging Germany's traditional efficiency comes into play to provide standards of the highest comfort in touring, and now, increasingly, in accommodations.
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