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In very simple terms, if the guide does NOT work his/her butt off, I simply don't come back or recommend. If he/she DOES work their butt off, I'm getting what I expected and paid for. That was all negotiated before I made my commitment to the hunt. I sincerely don't believe there is ANYONE out there who is willing to pay his/her HARD EARNED money for mediocre effort. I'm expecting all-in or nothing. Am I alone in my views?
Guided fishing and nothing worse than a guy steps in your boat and says your tip will be a dollar a pound. Well buddy your already not my favourite kind of guy. I found that if the guy is a knob and starts to tell me how to guide it will be a long trip! I would say 90 percent of my clients over 22 years were great guys and looked at the bigger picture rather than the success. A lot have been good friends over the years. The worst is a guy who is up on a corporate trip and whines the whole time but has a great trip. Than you have a guy who has saved for a trip of a lifetime and the fish disappeared. That bothered me a lot.
The rates for a guide have come up slightly in the past decade but the outfitters traditionally pay guides a low wage(less then minimum wage, when averaged hourly), cause they know guides are getting tips. I would never have survived in the business as a guide, as long as I did if it were not for tips.
There is punching in and punching out, and then there is going above and beyond.
If you don't get why to tip or you only tip a waitress 10% or less...well you simply don't get it. If my drink is never empty, if they are checking in on me and making sure I am completely satisfied constantly that ensures that my experience is the most enjoyable. I reward that accordingly. Doesn't matter if its a guide, my waitress, my tattoo artist. they can do the bare minumum or they can make sure Im well taken care of, if you don't know the difference then your spoiled.
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I don't mean to sidetrack this thread but I have a question that I'm curious to hear other's view. [ somewhat related topic] Restaurant tipping I understand [ host, waitress, busboy, dishwasher etc..] but what do people feel about a takeout style restaurant? What is appropriate in this situation? The customer in this case doesn't have the same interactions as when they are at a sit down place.