Originally Posted by
Nitro.Bass
Here's my issue with tipping guides, and those of you who are guides take no offense, or feel free to, it's up to you. Whether I pay $250 a day for you to take me fishing on Lake Fork Texas or $4000 for you to work to find me a good Elk or whatever, that's the agreed amount for the service. To expect a gratuity is just not right. If I choose, so be it, but I rarely choose to do so unless something was exceedingly above my expectations for what I have already paid.
I take no offense, and understand your position. Your guide and any guide in camp are there to try and make your harvest successful. What has been said, is that, as a hunting industry standard, it is common practice to tip your guide. The guide should never expect or ask for a tip.
If I went out for a $20 or more steak dinner, but instead get a $2 piece of shoe leather. My waitress is there for me making sure all my needs are met. The bad steak is not her fault, and I will make sure she gets her tip accordingly due. But if I have to go to her or call to her to get her attention to see that my needs are met, her tip will reflect the disservice provided.
Or from another viewpoint: I am paying $20 for a steak dinner that probably cost less than $5 for the whole meal. The waitress has spent the entire time making sure I had the very best of meals. When I pay with my cc, I write on the ticket: "The meal and service was excellent. Please take 15% from the cost of this meal to tip the waitress."