 Poster: A snowHead
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| Chasseur wrote: |
| And do European (non-UK) waiters and waitresses get taxed upon presumed tips being part of their wage make-up? |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The last guide I was with bought me a pizza!
I must have provided good entertainment.
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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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Chasseur, very good point. There was certainly a lack of chips 
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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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Never ever expect a tip but am very grateful to get one. the only thing I do expect is that an all day lesson will pay for my lunch (frankly I wouldn't/couldn't afford to eat in the expensive mountain restaurant if the client didn't want to)
My tips have ranged from the cash equivalent of a months rent (in $100 bills) to "buy yourself a drink" (accompanied by too little shrapnel to buy anything!) to nothing (which is also fine, I'm aware how expensive lessons are). I would hate to think that any tip is merely "the done thing" as I try to go above and beyond and feel I largely reap the rewards.
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I think it depends on your instructor and whether you get them for the enitre three days or not as to how much you tip. I think $30 a day is a fab tip and you could easily tip less, whilst still being generous. I would tip the service and quality you get, not just do it automatically. I am pretty sure loads of canadians don't tip the ski instructor.
For kids in the past in canada I have tipped good service received, usually (but I am not that organised and can struggle to have any cash). This is sometimes tricky with the kids as you don't always see good service, and they tend to change instructors so much so by the time you go back the next day determined to tip, the instructor has vanished. Sometimes I tip on the basis of the instructor comments at the end, if it is obvious they paid detailed attention to my child, give me pointers , tell me what they worked on etc they get a tip; the poor instructors have been unable to tell me anything (these are not the norm). Really think ski schools in canada could do more to help instructors get more tips by increasing continuity for their staff, particualrly those that teach kids.
Kids have done 1 day a week 6 week courses and I always tip those (well I wouldn't if I thought the instruction was poor but it was always good).
Kids are in race club and have a coach for the season (last year one day a weekend). I bought both gift cards for cinema (both coaches were youngish) with a few goes on, I wasn't there to see one of them get it, but my daughter's coach was over-the-top pleased, flashed it all round his table of co-coaches as a show-off and I generally got the impression that neither him or any other coaches on the table had got any other kind of a tip/gift.
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Last year skiing in Austria we went to pay for our instructors lunch (1 day private lesson 2:1), but he said not to worry that his food is free, and he gets it free for taking us to that restaurant, and not any other.
We didn't tip him, but took him for a few drinks after. Turns out through chatting that he was financial advisor to his native country's national telecom provider and earned a truckload more than us. He was an instructor during holiday periods as a hobby.
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Last year skiing in Austria we went to pay for our instructors lunch (1 day private lesson 2:1), but he said not to worry that his food is free, and he gets it free for taking us to that restaurant, and not any other.
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IME this is the norm if you take over 6 guests - otherwise it would depend on how much the waitor/waitress likes/knows you.
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Depends alot on the situation but if they are not planting their poles correctly Itry and let them know, friendly tips are useful.
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FWIW, I typically tip $10-20 when I take a lesson, but I think it varies widely here in NA and think that less tipping happens with kids lessons, but see many other adults tip as well. While the price of the lesson may be expensive, ski instructors who work for US resorts are not paid a lot, so they definitely appreciate it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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My son is currently in is first season of teaching snowboarding in Canada and, due to the unpredictability of clients and lessons booked, any tip he receives he is really pleased with as they help to pay his rent. He seems to get anything between $10 and $30 depending on the type of lesson ( beginner/ intermediate/advanced) although not everybody tips him. So, anyone hitting Norquay for boarding lessons...do give generously, his rent is now due!! 
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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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I've never tripped an instructor on purpose 
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| hammerite wrote: |
| Turns out through chatting that he was financial advisor to his native country's national telecom provider and earned a truckload more than us. He was an instructor during holiday periods as a hobby. |
There are a lot of part-time instructors around. We instruct because we love it, but it's the day job that pays the bills.
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