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(@carolmo)
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What is the norm for tipping on a daysail. Do you tip the captain if he owns the boat or just buy his lunch? What about the crew, if any? I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

Carolmo

 
Posted : November 17, 2005 9:20 am
(@cliffnchristi)
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Just bumping this up as I would like to know this myself.

 
Posted : November 17, 2005 8:24 pm
(@karrieb)
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OK Chris@work, here's my one entry a day as I try to wean off the board and get back to my world, post vacation!!! We tip as we would any service so when we went out on a Limnos Charter last week when we were in STJ, we tipped close to 20% for the approx $200 bill. Some people left leaving nothing at all but I'll chalk that up to inexperience. A good service means a good tip just like bad service means a bad or no tip. I don't believe our crew owned the business- in the case of owners, I would have tipped a little less if he/she was alone ( I've heard that this is apprpriate) but there's always the crew to think about. Usually kids making crummy money trying to survive a tough island economy.

 
Posted : November 17, 2005 9:46 pm
(@chris-at-work)
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karrieb

LOL
Thanks for the info. Your experience is what people are wanting to learn from and what you can offer by being a frequent (or less frequent as you so desire) contributor. 🙂

 
Posted : November 17, 2005 11:00 pm
(@karrieb)
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Thanks Chris, we all do learn alot from each other on this board. ITs one of the best things I did this year in prep for my latest trip. PS- ok , now i've exhausted my one daily visit hehehe

 
Posted : November 18, 2005 1:51 pm

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