Tipping Etiquette for Scuba Crew

Tipping Etiquette for Scuba Crew Don? T ask. The answer is a resounding "Yes!" It is recommended to tip. If you're on a charter and chaperoned diving commercial enterprises, it is customary to tip the captain and divemaster. Tips are voluntary, incumbent on your generosity. Even so, it should be a tip for your scuba crew.If to go for a day, it's important to get cash for boat storage. If diving with the same captain and divemaster for a whole week, it is acceptable to a peak at the end of the mediation week.If is a series of dives through a dive shop, you can not have the same divemaster or captain on each draft, so daily deposition is a better idea, unless you are sure that your team will be consistent for the entire duration of your stay.One perspective, the role of Captain and Divemaster for other industries where there is a deposit. Your captain is similar to a taxi driver, in a safe transport to and from your Scuba destination.An acceptable tip for a taxi driver to be 10% to 15% of the fare, with a similar rate the Commander is appropriate. On one dive for $ 65, your tip for the captain has to be between $ 6 and $ 9 USD.Your Divemaster should generously tip of 15% - or more if the service was exceptional. $ 65 on a single dive, tip your divemaster between $ 12 and $ 8 USD.Do not save the tip through the variations in local currency. If you are in an area with an embarrassingly favorable exchange rates, not lower the tip just because the local economy is cheap. To take a boat captain in Florida, $ 15USD acceptable sign of gratitude for a beautiful trip.To a captain in rural Honduras, $ 15USD is a generous gift. Enter your generous gift, where they are most needed? Divemaster to offer a good service in economically challenged regions. Please note that some teams were very, and, sometimes, almost all of their income from gratuities. Stay cool, and again plunge! Ian Scott is an experienced diver, recently discovered the joys of cold water. He is also co-author of thescubaguide.com? an excellent site with extensive information about awesome diving destinations, the physics of diving, diving equipment, quality and much more.