Restaurant owners in U.S. cities hosting the FIFA World Cup 2026—stacking up to be the most expensive in history—are adding a mandatory tip to checks to account for the fact that international visitors do not share America’s tipping culture.
Tipping is, for better or worse, built into the expected compensation of restaurant workers in the U.S. Most American servers and bartenders earn less than the minimum wage and largely rely on tips to make up the difference.
