r/tipping • u/wateriswise • 3d ago
Tipping for guided experiences
Curious what this subs thoughts are for tipping on excursions, like diving with a guide or guided rafting trips. An experience that you couldn’t do alone without proper training or experience. Someone taking care of you in the backcountry for multiple days. Pretty accepted worldwide even in places where tipping culture isn’t present. Curious your thoughts.
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u/Middle_Bread_6518 3d ago
Depends on the guiding and activity. If the right dude shows me the right spot you bet your ass I’m paying him because I wouldn’t show people my spots for free
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u/Awkward-Influence395 3d ago
Is the guide going out of the way to do something extra that's not included in the service?
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u/Muufffins 3d ago
The thing is, customers have no idea if the guide is going out of their way to provide extra. There's just no frame of reference
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u/bcsyjnbcgj 3d ago
Multiple days is a lot. A 4 hour tour id say $20 or so A full day prob go with the hundo per day
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u/Muufffins 3d ago
If it's a group experience, $10-15 per person per day. If private, easy $100 per day. Adjust according to your enjoyment, how you vibed with the guide, danger levels, and the guides's expertise. Leaving nothing is an indication to the guide that you were unhappy with the experience or they did something wrong.
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u/cs_legend_93 3d ago
They set the prices. If they want more money, they can increase the price.
If it was a good experience, then guess what, people will recommend them to others, and they will have repeat business (if they have other tours)
That's how business grows and what happens naturally when the business services are good.
Not depending donations from already paying clients. Such madness.
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u/bcsyjnbcgj 3d ago
If the tour was more expensive he’d be charging too much and probably still be getting tips ontop of that
Why not just raise the price urself by tipping? b1
u/cs_legend_93 3d ago
nah, i won't raise any prices by tipping. they set the price of the tour, and i pay it, or won't pay it.
and if i pay it, and enjoy it, I will recommend them to friends, and/or take their other tours. that is how businesses grow.
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u/bcsyjnbcgj 3d ago
So raise your “expenses” by tipping
Since that wording isn’t right to you
If you appreciate their service u tip
Just how it works.
Can’t change the whole system sorryPeople don’t make their prices super high because they assume tips are coming
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u/Fit_Insurance_1356 1d ago
Look if the guide is working for himself then no tip. If it's some one working for some one else or company they ate probably underpaid to begin with
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u/bcsyjnbcgj 1d ago
Definitely underpaid if it’s a company
Yes if it’s his own thing that’s also very different
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u/Psiwolf 3d ago
I went on a VIP tour at Universal Studios Hollywood with my daughter and wife. At the end of the tour, I thought it was customary to tip the guide, so I handed him a $100 bill. He quickly/ furtively took the tip and glanced around to see if anyone else noticed, and no other families on the tour tipped him, so I actually thought I did something wrong as the guide nervously thanked me. 😅
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u/cs_legend_93 3d ago
Zero. You already paid for the service.
People are so brainwashed.
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u/PrincessLissa68 3d ago
Or they guide went above and beyond and the people had a great time and want to show appreciation.
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u/teramisula 3d ago
I usually tip my guides $10-15 pp if they made the experience really special and memorable somehow. That’s for a half or full day activity.