They are all at my hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Truly depends on how much you were spending. Indians tend to be cheap on vacation spending.
Though there are a fair number of really really really wealthy desis now due to sale of startups etc.

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Indian Desis are spending hard earned money. Pakistani Desis are spending the money their politician or army establishment fathers stole from the IMF and by selling Pakistan to China. They have more spending power. Especially now that they are selling their Atomic weapons to rogue nations.

and American desi are spending $$ form startups, fintech, medicine & other various UMC professions. There's plenty of Pakistani entrepreneurs as well, not just army/fuedal money. Desis are money obsessed though regardless of religion or ethnicity and travel is the 21st century brag plus our grandparents were colonized and COULDNT travel they way they wanted to or even of they did were denied access to the best places so we have a hunger for it. also Pakistanis will spend 110%, worse money managers in etc world- they think they are all mughal bad shahs.

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one that does not like the term desi? I would never use it.

Cape cod is perfectly fine, but it's basically a regional getaway destination for people in the boston-area. It's a nice quiet area, but not really a go-to spot if you live in DC.

If you're wealthy - obviously anywhere you like is an option.

I never use “desi”. Like you, I don’t identify with it. Truthfully I rarely use South Asian too.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly most of the “Desis” I see abroad are horribly insecure, travel in huge groups, and stick out like a sore thumb. This thread only serves to confirm that impression.

They like to travel with family, what’s wrong with that? Hopefully the latest generation can teach the older ones how to tip. Don’t brag about being wealthy and then tip 10%.

Yes, I have heard Indians who own restaurants in the USA say the exact same, and that they prefer non Indian patrons b/c they actually tip properly.

It comes from never going out. I swear my parents have sat down at a restaurant and eaten out like a dozen times in their 34 year marriage.

That is not the norm unless you are from semi rural or rural areas. I grew up in India and we were UMC, but went to proper sit down restaurants once a month atleast. We would get carry outs or eat at casual joints atleast once a week.
You do realize that 20 % tipping is not I’m the norm in most countries in the works. The low tipping used to be an issue in Desis a generation ago. We too very generously and so does everyone we know.

Curious: how old are you and what year did your parents come to the U.S.?

Topic is about where do Desis vacation, vs tipping, lol.

Am sure every family’s idea of vacation is very different and there is no right or wrong. And even within the family there are different ideals of a vacation.

Desi .. or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly most of the “Desis” I see abroad are horribly insecure, travel in huge groups, and stick out like a sore thumb. This thread only serves to confirm that impression.

They like to travel with family, what’s wrong with that? Hopefully the latest generation can teach the older ones how to tip. Don’t brag about being wealthy and then tip 10%.

Yes, I have heard Indians who own restaurants in the USA say the exact same, and that they prefer non Indian patrons b/c they actually tip properly.

It comes from never going out. I swear my parents have sat down at a restaurant and eaten out like a dozen times in their 34 year marriage.

That is not the norm unless you are from semi rural or rural areas. I grew up in India and we were UMC, but went to proper sit down restaurants once a month atleast. We would get carry outs or eat at casual joints atleast once a week.
You do realize that 20 % tipping is not I’m the norm in most countries in the works. The low tipping used to be an issue in Desis a generation ago. We too very generously and so does everyone we know.

*tipping is not the norm in most countries.
*we tip very generously

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly most of the “Desis” I see abroad are horribly insecure, travel in huge groups, and stick out like a sore thumb. This thread only serves to confirm that impression.

They like to travel with family, what’s wrong with that? Hopefully the latest generation can teach the older ones how to tip. Don’t brag about being wealthy and then tip 10%.

Yes, I have heard Indians who own restaurants in the USA say the exact same, and that they prefer non Indian patrons b/c they actually tip properly.

It comes from never going out. I swear my parents have sat down at a restaurant and eaten out like a dozen times in their 34 year marriage.

That is not the norm unless you are from semi rural or rural areas. I grew up in India and we were UMC, but went to proper sit down restaurants once a month atleast. We would get carry outs or eat at casual joints atleast once a week.
You do realize that 20 % tipping is not I’m the norm in most countries in the works. The low tipping used to be an issue in Desis a generation ago. We too very generously and so does everyone we know.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly most of the “Desis” I see abroad are horribly insecure, travel in huge groups, and stick out like a sore thumb. This thread only serves to confirm that impression.

They like to travel with family, what’s wrong with that? Hopefully the latest generation can teach the older ones how to tip. Don’t brag about being wealthy and then tip 10%.

Yes, I have heard Indians who own restaurants in the USA say the exact same, and that they prefer non Indian patrons b/c they actually tip properly.

It comes from never going out. I swear my parents have sat down at a restaurant and eaten out like a dozen times in their 34 year marriage.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly most of the “Desis” I see abroad are horribly insecure, travel in huge groups, and stick out like a sore thumb. This thread only serves to confirm that impression.

They like to travel with family, what’s wrong with that? Hopefully the latest generation can teach the older ones how to tip. Don’t brag about being wealthy and then tip 10%.

Yes, I have heard Indians who own restaurants in the USA say the exact same, and that they prefer non Indian patrons b/c they actually tip properly.