03-29-2007, 01:56 AM
[black][size 3]Just my two cents worth, but I feel that there are several things that a client should remember when using a guide. [/size][/black]
[size 3]The guide is providing access, knowledge, and effort, not results. Sometimes the best effort will not produce.[/size]
[size 3]Any gratuity should be based on effort and enjoyment. There are guides,[/size][size 3] who, like some fishing partners[/size] can make a day of fishing a thing to truly remember (fish or no fish).
Guides realize that they are offering a service and that there are gratuities involved. Most will work hard to get them. Guides that don't, do not last long.
I have never worked in any service industry, but I do know that many who do, depend on gratuities to survive.
Leaving a guide, having a good time, and offering a big tip is a good feeling, it's a win/win situation for all. Also, it depends on how hard a guide works, I feel there is a big difference between dragging a lure (trolling) behind a boat, and rowing a drift boat on a river all day.
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[size 3]The guide is providing access, knowledge, and effort, not results. Sometimes the best effort will not produce.[/size]
[size 3]Any gratuity should be based on effort and enjoyment. There are guides,[/size][size 3] who, like some fishing partners[/size] can make a day of fishing a thing to truly remember (fish or no fish).
Guides realize that they are offering a service and that there are gratuities involved. Most will work hard to get them. Guides that don't, do not last long.
I have never worked in any service industry, but I do know that many who do, depend on gratuities to survive.
Leaving a guide, having a good time, and offering a big tip is a good feeling, it's a win/win situation for all. Also, it depends on how hard a guide works, I feel there is a big difference between dragging a lure (trolling) behind a boat, and rowing a drift boat on a river all day.
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