DiverGirl1972
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Removing this post as I have actually received some helpful advice elsewhere...
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I agree with tipping at the single rate as opposed to tipping at a higher rate when you pay the supplement. It's not like you receive extra attention or care because you have your own room.
The only problem I see with "built in" tipping is the staff knows they will get a bunus regardless of the quality of service they provide, so after a while they may have a tendancy to not work for it. It diminishes the incentive.A liveaboard or dive resort could really avoid all this nonsense by just adding a service charge to each guest's bill, since each guest receives pretty much the same level of service
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The price of the item doesn't have much of a relationship to how hard the server works for you.