Why are you coming here with the possibility of being snatched up and being put in a detention facility? Spend your money in a country that values your visit.
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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I’ll give you advice for a large tip
If you're giving out money, the server will take it.
If they don't understand what OMR is, and nobody in the US does, they will have no idea how much you gave them. They don't know if you made them rich or insulted them. So, don't expect an appropriate reaction, and don't expect anyone to be able to give you change.
Some people enjoy holding on to foreign currency, and if you threw in a small OMR bill with the rest of the money in US$, they might just keep it as a collectible and never exchange it at all.
Overall, I would avoid paying in ANY foreign currency in the US. Most vendors will refuse it.
OMR bill
The highest denomination is 50 OMR ($130).
Yeah, I don't know anyone who would know what to do with that.
Here is 5000 OMR ($13,020) for your efforts
The only place where such kind of tips are accepted is the really expensive hotels.
Among normal people, nodody would take you for serious, nobody would believe this is real money etc.
People would curse you, tell you to go away, or worse.
Tipping after paying is normal. Tipping in foreign currency is not. If it's that large of a tip, and you explain the conversion rate, I imagine most people would be thrilled. But if an unknown or average amount in OMR is the only tip you give at a restaurant, their first reaction may be anger, as they will be expecting an approximately 20% tip in US dollars.
Money is money, but I'd consider it a dick move, like "Here's your tip. I'm not above giving it to you, but I'm going to make you take an extra trip to your bank to use it."
ATMs dispense cash in the currency of the country you're in.
They wouldn't know how much it was, and they wouldn't know how to exchange it. But they'd probably go to their bank with the note(s) and the bank would tell them how and where to exchange it.
There are ATMs all over the place, and they usually charge about $5.00 or less. You can take up to $500.00 at a time.
You can pay with a card [debit or credit] and ass a tip that way.
%15 is a good tip, 20% is generous.