Tipping · 🇬🇭

Tipping in Ghana

Customary: 10%. Not expected. 10% at restaurants used to visitors.

At restaurants

What is customary: Not expected — welcome, but nobody is counting

Worked example

On a GHS500.00 bill, 10% is GHS50.00, so you would hand over GHS550.00.

Tour guides

On a “free” walking tour, the tip is the fare: about GHS50.00 per person.

On a paid tour, 10% of the price on top.

Expected on guided tours. Cash, in cedis.

The money

Ghana uses the Ghanaian Cedi (GHS). Today 1 USD is 11.2662 GHS.

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Ghanaian Cedi (GHS) →

Tipping in other countries

Customs vary by region, by venue and over time. Use your judgement and your eyes.

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