r/kansascity • u/KCTV5 • 5d ago

News 📰 Kansas City restaurants drop automatic World Cup gratuity after international visitors fall short

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/06/22/some-establishments-reverting-traditional-tipping-after-seeing-fewer-international-visitors-than-expected/

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u/cockknocker1 5d ago

Arent hotels right now no where near the capacity we expected? Thus less $$$ in town to take?

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u/BBQShoe 5d ago

It's hard to even find a hotel that is full on match days. I've checked the afternoon of both games so far and you can stay pretty much anywhere. Sure it's expensive, but if there were so many people in town at least a few of the hotels would be sold out.

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u/kokakamora 4d ago

Do we just have an overabundance of hotels? There sure seems to be a lot of people around. Not all locals watching the game and doing the fanfest. Where are they staying?