What is the policy with respect to tips or gratuities?
A-During your tour with us all of the tips for restaurant meals, boat crews, etc. are included although many guests do enjoy providing a special thank you to on-site guides and boat crews or whenever they receive exceptional personal service. When you are eating on your own the typical gratuity ranges from 10% – 20% depending upon the service and your personal preferences. Tipping for tour directors (our leaders) and drivers, while customary, is not included in the cost of your tour. Like many others in the hospitality industry, these workers depend on gratuities for a substantial portion of their incomes. Tipping should be from each individual tour member according to his or her own preference, and not in the form of a group collections. Drivers and tour directors should be tipped at the end of the tour. Although this is a sensitive subject and is of course an individual decision, the following amounts are recognized industry guidelines and are provided for information purposes only.
