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The Eternal Discussion: Tipping on Safari
by Gerhard R Damm
Walt Prothero's article å…¸he Tipping Dilemma in the Summer 2005 issue of Wild Sheep (Quarterly publication of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep FNAWS) prompted me to write this article. I am aware that I am treading on dangerous ground but many hunting trips around the globe during the past thirty years give me some perspective, albeit a personal one influenced by my own experience. However, the fact that the tipping question comes up at many hunting forums on the internet with regularity, and the fact that The Hunting Report felt it was important enough to conduct two surveys (1997 and 2004) prove that the å…¸ipping Question moves many a hunters heart and mind I am certainly not the exception.
Is a tip justified? What amount? A percentage of the hunt cost? How to distribute amongst those who helped on the scene or behind the scene on the hunt? These are difficult questions and depending on the answers, the outcome can be everything from a congenial, friendly farewell to a downright display of sour faces after a hunt is concluded.
I have always more than only an uneasy feeling when the final day of a hunt approaches because the very last day will invariably be the day of reckoning, and instead of enjoying my hunting days to the fullest and to the very last moment, thoughts often wander away pondering the eternal and difficult question of how much money to spent in addition to a usually very expensive hunt. And then there is the other dilemma guides and professional hunters tend to become friends in the course of a hunt. This is quite normal when one shares most of the waking moments during a fortnight or more, and especially when the going got though irrespective of the outcome. To tip a friend well I don't know! It just doesn't seem appropriate and it devalues the common personal experience to a commercial transaction.
The Eternal Discussion: Tipping on Safari
by Gerhard R Damm
Walt Prothero's article å…¸he Tipping Dilemma in the Summer 2005 issue of Wild Sheep (Quarterly publication of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep FNAWS) prompted me to write this article. I am aware that I am treading on dangerous ground but many hunting trips around the globe during the past thirty years give me some perspective, albeit a personal one influenced by my own experience. However, the fact that the tipping question comes up at many hunting forums on the internet with regularity, and the fact that The Hunting Report felt it was important enough to conduct two surveys (1997 and 2004) prove that the å…¸ipping Question moves many a hunters heart and mind I am certainly not the exception.
Is a tip justified? What amount? A percentage of the hunt cost? How to distribute amongst those who helped on the scene or behind the scene on the hunt? These are difficult questions and depending on the answers, the outcome can be everything from a congenial, friendly farewell to a downright display of sour faces after a hunt is concluded.
I have always more than only an uneasy feeling when the final day of a hunt approaches because the very last day will invariably be the day of reckoning, and instead of enjoying my hunting days to the fullest and to the very last moment, thoughts often wander away pondering the eternal and difficult question of how much money to spent in addition to a usually very expensive hunt. And then there is the other dilemma guides and professional hunters tend to become friends in the course of a hunt. This is quite normal when one shares most of the waking moments during a fortnight or more, and especially when the going got though irrespective of the outcome. To tip a friend well I don't know! It just doesn't seem appropriate and it devalues the common personal experience to a commercial transaction.