Tipping on Aggressor

[oceancat]

Hi.

We are leaving in just under a month for Ecuador and I am so very excited! We are figuring out our final budget and don't really have a sense for what is expected/recommended for tipping if the service is good. What do people recommend?

Thanks!

 

[ChrisM]

standard as I've always understood and applied is 10% of the published charter rate (not any discounted rate) is the minimum for good service (for all liveaboards, not just galapagos). Kudos to you for budgeting the tip as part of the overall cost. One of my pet peeves is people who say they "can't afford" to tip well because they saved up all their money for the boat price itself.

Consider more, these panga drivers and DMs have your life in their hands up there at remote Wolf/Darwin

 

[itsjustme0770]

Chris M has it right. We tipped @ 18%. Those guys earned it (especially as I was diving a weight integrated BCD the whole trip). The food/service/smiles/effort of the whole crew makes this a no-brainer. It is truly the diving experience of a lifetime (multiple lifetimes if you get to go back). The Aggressor crew is really a top rate crew. Have a ball!