Tipping Guide

I'm headed to SAfrica in a couple weeks and am going to meet up with a PH for a couple days of hunting while I'm there. The lodge he's associated with has a nightly rate and he also charges a daily rate. The daily rate makes me less feel less motivated to tip him. Am I wrong to feel that way?
 
DonPablo said:
I'm headed to SAfrica in a couple weeks and am going to meet up with a PH for a couple days of hunting while I'm there. The lodge he's associated with has a nightly rate and he also charges a daily rate. The daily rate makes me less feel less motivated to tip him. Am I wrong to feel that way?
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Nevermind. He worked his ass off and definitely earned one.
 
DonPablo said:
Nevermind. He worked his ass off and definitely earned one.
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I am glad to hear this response. Not specifically because you did or did not tip, but because hard work was recognized and a tip was earned rather than expected.

Too many (USA) establishments "suggest" tips for the most basic of functions. My personal favorite is the concession vendor at sporting events: do their job to hand you ready-made, overpriced products, then on their card only payment screen, present a big page of 20-30% tip options with a tiny button for no tip. I find the no tip button every time on these.
 
I would be curious, and since in Europe tipping often only means rounding up to the next paper currency amount, it’s not a specific % like here in the US. I wonder what say German or Scandinavian hunting booking agents sending clients to outfitters in Namibia or even RSA that cater to these nationalities predominantly advise is the expected tipping expectation. Would it be different than for us from the US?
 
IA diver said:
I would be curious, and since in Europe tipping often only means rounding up to the next paper currency amount, it’s not a specific % like here in the US. I wonder what say German or Scandinavian hunting booking agents sending clients to outfitters in Namibia or even RSA that cater to these nationalities predominantly advise is the expected tipping expectation. Would it be different than for us from the US?
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I just answered my own question. A German website lists an example 5 day hunt including oryx and hartebeest trophies with tips being 10% of the total outfitter cost or 270€. This seems far less than what I am used to of for PH, skinner/tracker, driver, camp staff.
 
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