Tipping can sometimes be complicated depending on the industry and location. We can help you answer how much to tip a whitewater rafting guide on a whitewater rafting trip.
Should I Tip?
If you had a good time, yes! Tipping your river raft guide is a nice way to show your appreciation that he or she did an outstanding job guiding your raft down the river. Most guides rely on their tips to live by, a lot are enrolled in college and every little bit helps. Sometimes, though, just being able to afford to go on your vacation is a lot, and we appreciate that. Tipping your river raft guide is just like tipping any other service industry, if good service is given then reward them with a nice tip. Check out the American River Rafting Guide for more information about tipping your river raft guide.
An average whitewater rafting tip for a half day trip is $3-$5 a person, a one day trip is $5-$7 a person, and a two day trip is usually $10-$15 a person. These are just guidelines on how much to tip rafting guides. Any tip is an awesome way to show you had a great time, and there is not a hard and fast rule about how much to tip. If you had a super great time then a little more is nice, and if you did not have that great of a time, then it should reflect in your tip (you should also let the management know about any problems that you encountered — they will usually take good care of you).
You generally tip a raft guide after the trip has ended. You can use cash or use Vemno to tip your guide, either way is fine with them!
Raft guides make anywhere from $120 -$200 a day, depending on which trip they work.
