Tipping is not the name of a town in China.

[theduckguru]

Are people posting on dining sites promoting everyone tip servers? The fact that a few opin in a public forum promoting everyone tip on dive charters suggests this is not a well established custom.

 

[Tigerman]

Are people posting on dining sites promoting everyone tip servers? The fact that a few opin in a public forum promoting everyone tip on dive charters suggests this is not a well established custom.

It is a pretty well established custom, whats not so much established is how much the tip is.
If youre going out for 10 days in a row (with the same shop) for example, do you tip as much per day/tank as you do if youre going out only 2 days?
In other words, if you tip $20 for 1 day, do you tip $200 for 10 days?
Do you consider what an average days wage is at the location you dive before you give that tip? If an average days wage is $15, do you still tip $20?

 

[Mitchell Teeters]

Are people posting on dining sites promoting everyone tip servers? The fact that a few opin in a public forum promoting everyone tip on dive charters suggests this is not a well established custom.

I just want to know the acceptable amount, and how to evaluate what should be done to earn the tip.

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[reo]

I make it down to Florida once or twice a year to visit my grandkids, and when I'm there I usually make a trip to dive from a charter in Boynton Beach. My buddy and I always tip the DM $20 for a two tank dive.

One time, my buddy and I showed up for a two tank dive, and we were the only two who showed up. Usually, a charter will cancel if their minimum number of divers don't show, but they took us out anyway, just the two of us and the captain, on a 28 passenger boat, for a two tank dive.

My point, tips are appreciated, and they remember.

Ron

 

[theduckguru]

Generally, people in society that depend on tips are not considered well trained or professional. Personally, I would prefer the operator to pay a proper wage and not have people who have spent a lot of $$ and time on training relying on tips like a luggage porter.

If you diagree, please start tipping your flight crew on your vacation, we could use the money.

 

[SandyRobinson]

That goes right to the owner of the shop. In my experience as an instructor, boat captain and long time DM, we NEVER saw the tip when it was added to the bill.Congrats the owner.

With this shop, I know it went to the DM.

 

[conchrandy]

Generally, people in society that depend on tips are not considered well trained or professional. Personally, I would prefer the operator to pay a proper wage and not have people who have spent a lot of $$ and time on training relying on tips like a luggage porter.

If you diagree, please start tipping your flight crew on your vacation, we could use the money.

Sorry, the flight crew analogy escapes me. A tip for getting me there safely? OTOH a good dive boat crew is constantly busy, assessing the skill levels, evaluating currents, finding visibility and a plethora of variables. Bottom line, if you felt the dive was enhanced because of the direct efforts of the crew, a gratuity is not only appreciated, but due. What they are getting from the shop owner is pretty much irrelevant.

 

[Tigerman]

Sorry, the flight crew analogy escapes me. A tip for getting me there safely? OTOH a good dive boat crew is constantly busy, assessing the skill levels, evaluating currents, finding visibility and a plethora of variables. Bottom line, if you felt the dive was enhanced because of the direct efforts of the crew, a gratuity is not only appreciated, but due. What they are getting from the shop owner is pretty much irrelevant.

By that logic we shouldnt tip the dive boat crew either. Theire doing exactly what a flight attendant does - their job.
While the flight attendants job is to make sure youre safe and well fed on crummy airline food, the dive boat crews job is to make sure youre safe and well fed on dive gas. Whats the difference? Both of them can be pleasant or not pleasant while doing their job..

And btw, the reason why airline food is crummy is actually quite interesting and not neccesarilly due to the food itself, but related to the act of flying

 

[Reck Diver]

Sorry, the flight crew analogy escapes me. A tip for getting me there safely? OTOH a good dive boat crew is constantly busy, assessing the skill levels, evaluating currents, finding visibility and a plethora of variables. Bottom line, if you felt the dive was enhanced because of the direct efforts of the crew, a gratuity is not only appreciated, but due. What they are getting from the shop owner is pretty much irrelevant.

If a tip is based on the continual assement of variables and being busy, I suggest it become usual and customary to tip MD's and RN's and not the postman.

 

[theduckguru]

If a tip is based on the continual assement of variables and being busy, I suggest it become usual and customary to tip MD's and RN's and not the postman.

You bring up a good point, what could be more variable than health insurance policies.