Tips on Tipping
I’m preparing to spend a few days next month onboard a yacht off the coast of Phuket, Thailand (yes, I’ll post a full review for you on CharterWave and I plan to blog from the yacht each day). E-mails were flying all day yesterday among the charter brokers who will be onboard at the same time. Everyone is trying to figure out how much of a gratuity is appropriate for the yacht’s crew.
It’s interesting to me that charter brokers themselves don’t have a standard for what is an appropriate yacht charter tip. If you recall, I blogged back in May about tipping being a major focus of discussion at the annual, industry-only charter yacht show in Italy. Some people think 5 percent is appropriate. Others feel that anything less than 20 percent is an insult.
If you’re trying to figure out what kind of gratuity you might want to leave your charter yacht crew, check out our feature on tipping in the Charterwave Helpful Articles section. It offers insights from both the United States and Europe into traditional tipping practices, so you can rest assured that you’ll tip “appropriately” no matter what kind of service you receive.