tour guide tips

[lucygoosey]

Can anyone tell me how much to tip a tour guide?

We will have a 4 hour tour.

[wwinfl91]

Where is your tour? Generally you probably will want to give a little larger tip to a tour guide in Europe than you would in the Caribbean. Also there is no reason to tip them if they haven't done a good job or if they are independent or own the company at least IMHO. Generally when we were in Europe we gave a $10 tip for the two of us. Since we did most of our tours with 3 other couples who did the same thing the guide made an extra $40 from our tour group. In the Caribbean I have generally tipped less, more like $5 for my wife and I. Sometimes I will also give the bus driver a couple of dollars also.

 

I will be interested in what other answers you get to your question.

 

Have a great next cruise.

[lucygoosey]

We need to tip the guide in Jamacia.We have a private tour for our group which has 10 people.

[wwinfl91]

If you go by the scale I have used in the past of $5 per couple that would be a tip of $25 but for a 1/2 day tour I suspect he will be happy if you give him a $20 for the group.

 

Have a great next cruise.

[Grayce]

I usually take a $5 bill to tip for 2 people for a tour that is under 4 hours. I have only been on 1 all day tour and I tipped quite a bit more because the tour guides were outstanding and there were 4 of them.