tips to guides and staff in bolivia
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:14 am
hi !
i am going mountaineering in bolivia this summer and i was wondering what was the average tip for guides and staff ? we are going to be 2 climbers and were planning 3 ascents, 4 days, 6 days and 8 days all with the same agency but separated by days off in laPaz. So what would be a good tip for the 2 of us for each trip(considering we are not super rich and want to minimise our budget, but still we dont want to be assholes to bolivian workers who obviously are poorer than us... ) any idea ? should we tip the lead guide only or tip every member of the team(probably one guide and one cook, but maybe one porter too on the longer trip) ?
thanks !
i am going mountaineering in bolivia this summer and i was wondering what was the average tip for guides and staff ? we are going to be 2 climbers and were planning 3 ascents, 4 days, 6 days and 8 days all with the same agency but separated by days off in laPaz. So what would be a good tip for the 2 of us for each trip(considering we are not super rich and want to minimise our budget, but still we dont want to be assholes to bolivian workers who obviously are poorer than us... ) any idea ? should we tip the lead guide only or tip every member of the team(probably one guide and one cook, but maybe one porter too on the longer trip) ?
thanks !