 Poster: A snowHead
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| Weathercam wrote: |
| And back to the subject of tips we used to club together beforehand and a mate would buy him a lovely coffee table book about mountains etc that we'd all sign as a momento of the trip. |
I'm imagining that on a high mountain guides' forum somewhere there's a discussion of the best and worst tips/gifts ever left by clients.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And back to the subject of tips we used to club together beforehand and a mate would buy him a lovely coffee table book about mountains etc that we'd all sign as a momento of the trip.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| pam w wrote: |
| @Idris, do you get any "benefits in kind", such as accommodation? |
Current place (Megeve) we get a realy good lunch and the provided equipment is very good. The previous one (La Romme sur Cluses) accomadation was available for €100 a month, but you only got a Jaket and no lunch (no lunch time either).
Many of the Tarantaise resorts provide accomadation and pay a little better, because they need a lot of staff and its a winter only gig with no local permenent population to draw on.
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@8611, I think I answered the question earlier. An ISIA Level 3 or 4 can also take you off to what I suspect is your definition of Off-Piste. You ony need the IFMGA qualification for "Technical" skiing which means planned use of ropes (or other climbing equipment) or on Glacial Terrain.
Flachau is very quiet this week but the snow is good and we've got a forecast for a metre or so up top over the next 48 hours, Should be a cracking weekend.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@RedandWhiteFlachau, that makes sense. What an end to the season, enjoy.
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It is customary to tip tour guides as a gesture of appreciation for their services. The tipping etiquette for tour guides can vary (depending on your level of satisfaction with the services and your budget), but a common practice is to give a tip of around 10-15% of the total cost of the tour.
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The famous guide our group use every year for 6 days (Zeb Roche) we sometimes employ in the Haute Maurienne (where he lives), where we give him lunch, but we also take him to several other resorts he knows where we put him up in our hotel. He drives us around in his quite plush van for which we pay an extra charge. We do usually also give him a small tip (around 25 or 30 Euros each).
The season before last when we arrived we found there was effectively nothing to ski in the Dolomites where we had booked so he drove us to Austria where we skied powder all week. Last season we just booked the guide and flights and decided the destination a few days before.
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It's indeed considerate and practical to coordinate tipping and covering expenses for guides, especially in larger groups. This ensures a smoother process and allows everyone to show their appreciation for the guide's hard work.
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@whentheresnow, I don't think anyone's referring to "tour" guides where tipping is very much part of their expected income (a few friends are "tour" guides").
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@under a new name, looks like a canned response to me, spam incoming soon I'd guess!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @whentheresnow, I don't think anyone's referring to "tour" guides where tipping is very much part of their expected income (a few friends are "tour" guides"). |
Yeah, I understand it wrong. I was too focus on the title.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| kitenski wrote: |
| @under a new name, looks like a canned response to me, spam incoming soon I'd guess! |
lol
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