Compensation package....????
Hmmm,.... I get the point that guides/owners perform a service similar to sales but am not sure I see them as the same as salaried, salary+commission and/or bonus compensated employees. The incentives system cited is structured, "tipping" is not. Structured incentives may be memorialized in a formal agreement, "tipping" is not.
Following is what I've taken from posters in this thread so far:
1. "Tipping" is a personal choice.
2. No contractual agreement (real or implied) exists for "tipping".
3. In some cases, you're dealing with the owner/guide, in others a wage earner.
4. An owner/guide may change rates at will (but must remain competitive).
5. According to prior posts by some owner/guides in this thread, tips are not figured in their rates and whether offered or not is the choice of the client.
6. The investment in equipment, boats or motor vehicles, etc., on the part of an owner/guide is irrelevant to the decision of whether to tip or not.
7. Gratuities are given in consideration of receipt of some level of service (service includes guides ability to put the client on fish, knowledge/experience, personality and incidentals (ie drinks, lunch, etc.).
8. A guides choice, if a gratuity is not received for a prior trip, is to accept or decline a future request to book a trip from that client.
Last edited by Darian; 03-05-2015 at 12:48 AM.
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