Mary Louise Posted January 20, 2007 #1 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Hello, My husband and I are taking Charlie Soto's A 2 tour. The cost is $89 per person. What would be a reasonable tip amount for the tour escort? In addition do you tip the zip line company seperately? How does this all work? I don't want to carry any extra cash if I don't need to. Thanks again ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMR40509 Posted January 22, 2007 #2 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Tip of of course based on service, so it may vary. But I did one of his tours a few weeks ago -- personally if the price were $89 each, I would have given him $100 each. We didn't do the zip line with him, we did the A1 tour which I think is the same thing without the zip line stop. I tipped $10 per person. Also on the canal tour I tipped the boat drive something like $10 total for my wife and I. It's all based on service though, do what you think they earned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Louise Posted January 22, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Thank you. You did tip the boat driver seperately from the Charlie Soto guide based on the service that was provided to you. I do appreciate you getting back to me. ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy & Kathy Posted January 22, 2007 #4 Share Posted January 22, 2007 We did the same as mentioned above, $100 per person to the tour guide. We also gave a tip of $10 to the boat driver. Also a couple of bucks to the man that we stopped to talk with, he had a pet monkey, that we were allowed to pet and photograph. You should only need a bit for a lunch stop, then there will be stopping at the grocery store if you wish to purchase items there, and of course allow enough to buy a few souvenirs if you wish. The amount of cash to bring along is all relative to what you wish to do. I think about $150 PP is about what we went through. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMR40509 Posted January 22, 2007 #5 Share Posted January 22, 2007 We did the same as mentioned above, $100 per person to the tour guide. We also gave a tip of $10 to the boat driver. Also a couple of bucks to the man that we stopped to talk with, he had a pet monkey, that we were allowed to pet and photograph. You should only need a bit for a lunch stop, then there will be stopping at the grocery store if you wish to purchase items there, and of course allow enough to buy a few souvenirs if you wish. The amount of cash to bring along is all relative to what you wish to do. I think about $150 PP is about what we went through. Randy In our case it was a could of $2 bills (I bring $2's for tips) for the kids w/ a 3 toed sloth on the side of the road rather then a monkey :) Mary Louise -- Yes, the boat driver was tipped on the side (he also stopped so that we could get pictures w/ a croc and some turtles that someone had caught, we gave the little girl that caught them a few bucks too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Louise Posted January 24, 2007 Author #6 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thank you everyone, I will make sure that I tip the boat driver, people with animals, and Charlie Soto guide. If I forgot anyone please let me know. I heard that during the tour, you stop to shop. I really only want to buy coffee. How much should I expect to pay for coffee. Was the coffee any good? ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy & Kathy Posted January 24, 2007 #7 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thank you everyone, I will make sure that I tip the boat driver, people with animals, and Charlie Soto guide. If I forgot anyone please let me know. I heard that during the tour, you stop to shop. I really only want to buy coffee. How much should I expect to pay for coffee. Was the coffee any good? ML We stopped at a corner grocery store in town, just before arriving back at the dock, it was very convenient for us. If I remember right the coffee came in bags that were nearly 2 lbs. ea. We were advised by our guide and others to go with a brand named "1820", not quite as strong as some others. I think that we paid about $2 per bag. Once home we found that we needed to cut down the amount used to about 3/4 of the amount that we would normally use. DW also wanted to buy some vanilla as she uses it while cooking, a bottle was about 1/3 of what we would pay for it here. Also, US dollars were just fine everywhere, no problems at all. We gave a bag of coffee to the staff at our doctor's office, you would have thought that we presented them with a bar of gold or something, they still go on about it even though it is now gone. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Louise Posted January 24, 2007 Author #8 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thanks for the tip on the coffee. I will remember that brand. I can't believe how inexpensive the coffee is. I am looking forward to buying some. ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willk49 Posted February 27, 2007 #9 Share Posted February 27, 2007 We did the same as mentioned above, $100 per person to the tour guide. I'm confused. Is this a typo? Was it $10 per person or $100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy & Kathy Posted February 27, 2007 #10 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I'm confused. Is this a typo? Was it $10 per person or $100? The cost was $49 per person for the general tour, $40 per person for the zip lining and we gave the tour guide $11 for a tip making the total cost of the tour $100 per person. We also gave an additional few dollars tip to the man with the monkey as we were able to pet and photograph it, and also a tip to the kids on the river with the small animals for us to touch and to photograph. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willk49 Posted February 28, 2007 #11 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Thanks. I don't suppose Charlie takes credit cards does he for payment after the tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy & Kathy Posted February 28, 2007 #12 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Thanks. I don't suppose Charlie takes credit cards does he for payment after the tour? Nope, he doesn't have a credit card machine that he carries around with him. Cash only and everybody will be smiling after the tour. Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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