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Gratuity/Tips for guided hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="Tadd" data-source="post: 2943689" data-attributes="member: 36004"><p>I've been blessed to own a small, family-run hunting operation for about 15 years. I try to charge "market rates" for our hunts, and tips are 100% discretionary. I do 50-70% of the guiding, my wife does 100% of the cooking and housekeeping. I bring in guides as necessary. I compensate them. They understand tips are discretionary. Many folks don't tip me as the owner/outfitter, and that is fine. Most will always leave a tip for the guide and cook. I pass 100% of the tips to the guide and/or cook as the hunter directs. The amount of the tips vary greatly. I'd say most run in the 10%-20% range. I think it should reflect the hunters' perception of the effort demonstrated to go above and beyond. Also, we only offer 3-8 paid hunts per year and have had 100% repeat customers for the last several years. I often give discounts to the repeat customers and they almost always generously give the discount back as part of the tip. Almost every client has become our friends. Just my perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tadd, post: 2943689, member: 36004"] I've been blessed to own a small, family-run hunting operation for about 15 years. I try to charge "market rates" for our hunts, and tips are 100% discretionary. I do 50-70% of the guiding, my wife does 100% of the cooking and housekeeping. I bring in guides as necessary. I compensate them. They understand tips are discretionary. Many folks don't tip me as the owner/outfitter, and that is fine. Most will always leave a tip for the guide and cook. I pass 100% of the tips to the guide and/or cook as the hunter directs. The amount of the tips vary greatly. I'd say most run in the 10%-20% range. I think it should reflect the hunters' perception of the effort demonstrated to go above and beyond. Also, we only offer 3-8 paid hunts per year and have had 100% repeat customers for the last several years. I often give discounts to the repeat customers and they almost always generously give the discount back as part of the tip. Almost every client has become our friends. Just my perspective. [/QUOTE]
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