Abstract: A combined service check and tipping guide and method of providing a combined service check and tipping guide to a customer is described. The method includes either printing a check to bill a customer for a specific monetary amount for services rendered for which a tip is anticipated and then integrating a tipping guide comprised of a numeric table delineating the amount of a tip as a percentage of an amount owed in a predetermined range prior to the specific amount of the bill being printed on the check; or integrating the check and the tipping guide together; both prior to providing the check with integrated tipping guide to the customer.