National currency is an optimum way to pay for purchases and services. Currency exchange service is rendered by banks and exchange centers. One should keep in mind that the exchange rate will totally depend on face-value. The highest rates are offered for high face-value. Taxi drivers and merchants accept USD however the exchange rate will not be as profitable as banks or exchange offices offer.
Tips are welcome on Phuket. Restaurants, day spas and taxi drivers will be enough of 7% addition. Hotel maids, guides and hair stylists are usually enough of 20 bahts. Tips in notes are more preferable than in coins.
Setting off to a walking tour one should have a hotel card by oneself as the island is packed with various hotels and some of them are of the same or identical names. The hotel card will help to avoid misunderstanding a find a way back to the hotel.
Only experienced drivers are recommended to rent a car as local drivers do not obey traffic regulations thoroughly thus making foreign drivers to be careful on the roads.
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