are included in our bill, but it's not a lot: $10 per day per person. and this tip has to be split among three waiters per table -- a head waiter, a team waiter and an assistant -- and two cleaning crew, who clean the guests' rooms. overall, the tip is split five ways, possibly not evenly (not sure about that).
we met a waiter who told us he still had two months to go for this vacation and this time he was requesting a four-month vacation. reason? his wife was pregnant and was due exactly at the end of his eight month shift. he said he timed it carefully so 