thu Posted September 10, 2009 #1 Share Posted September 10, 2009 we will be going on a private tour of Rome, Florence, and Naples. Anyone has a suggestion how much to tip for a private tour for a family of 4 people? Appreciate your suggestions. tammy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agabbymama Posted September 11, 2009 #2 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Is this all one tour? Or will it be separate 8 hour tours in each city? We usually tipped $20 pp for an 8 hour tour. In Naples, Livorno, Kusadasi, and Athens we had different guides, never the same guide or company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbisailsolo Posted September 11, 2009 #3 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Is this all one tour? Or will it be separate 8 hour tours in each city? We usually tipped $20 pp for an 8 hour tour. In Naples, Livorno, Kusadasi, and Athens we had different guides, never the same guide or company. Wow, that seems like alot, considering how much you pay for a private tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agabbymama Posted September 11, 2009 #4 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Yes indeed. We paid 100 EURO pp for our 8 hour trip to Pompeii & Sorrento. And that was just a taxi driver. But he was so nice and so much fun. Escorting us across the streets, carrying our purchases, he was so concerned that two elderly ladies were traveling in Italy alone. Then he got such a kick out of us singing along to his CD of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. It was like he was a family member, not just a taxi driver. So we felt he earned the $20 tip in addition to the fee for the drive. In Athens, the taxi driver we shared with another couple from our roll call, was almost the same thing. We paid 50 EURO pp for that 8 hour day. He took us to a local restaurant he goes to, and ordered for us (family style) se we could all have taste of something different. Lunch was about 10 EUR pp then we tipped him $20 too. Now for smaller tours of only 3-4 hours, I usually only tip $5. But then the bus driver gets another $2 too. Just depends on what you're comfortable with. Some other posters have said that you don't have to tip in Europe at all, but nobody ever refused the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samavarcruiser Posted September 12, 2009 #5 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I have always tipped (good) tour guides in my nearly 15 years of travelling around...except when they seem to caging for a tip at which times I stiff 'em. Tipping is like true love- it's gotta come from the heart and not something that can or should be given on demand :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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