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Don't Go To Europe Before You Read This!

Tipping, Restaurants, Bathrooms, Wardrobe Don’ts & Much More! If you have a trip to Europe planned, these are the unapologetic & uncensored details you'll thank me for later!

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Averie In Real Life
Sep 28, 2025
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Europe Advice I Wish Someone Had Told Me

Everything that follows are my opinions, based on my trips and experiences, in the European destinations that I’ve been to including Paris, Nice and the South of France, Monaco, Venice, Rome, Athens, Mykonos, Barcelona, Sevilla, Lisbon, London, and more.

All countries are different, all cities within countries are different, and no two people’s experiences will be the exact same. That being said, there are some common themes that repeat themselves for me and I want to let you in on some of the things I wish someone had told me rather than me learning the hard way!

London, cheesecake in Paris, cheese in Venice, pasta in Rome

Tipping

In the US, our culture has become so oriented to tipping for everything, even counter service such as a cup of coffee that you order on your mobile app, but it now carries the nudge to tip. Recently, I paid a guy to wash my house windows and he presented me with the option on his credit card machine to add 15, 18 or 20% after he quoted me and we agreed upon a price. Sometimes in restaurants the tipping “suggestions” are 20, 22, or 25%. There’s the pressure to tip your hair stylist, coffee barista, window washer, and everyone in between. Talk about tipping fatigue. Tipping culture in the US is out of control IMO! Let’s talk about Europe.

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