Are tips shared evenly on your boat amongst captain, crew, and divemasters, or do you split by a percentage?
Tip share with crew
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When I worked on a liveaboard (for 8 years) it was always split equally among all crew. Now that my operation runs day boats, it is split evenly among captain and DM.
My mate's tips are my mate's tip. They work for free divng and tips.
Old thread, but good to compare...
As a DM, Instructor and Captain (only one at a time, generally), we split tips amongst working staff on the boat evenly...
We also dive for free on our days off, and I give our people the option to either tip at $10 / tank, or to work to load / unload the boat just as if you were working... Of course, the benefit is that you get the free ride to the site, and do not have to be part of the group underwater...
In our operation, the captain does just as much heavy lifting as the divemaster/instructor does - it is not an easy job due to some circumstances we have to deal with as far as getting tanks on to the larger of our boats...
As a DM, Instructor and Captain (only one at a time, generally), we split tips amongst working staff on the boat evenly...
We also dive for free on our days off, and I give our people the option to either tip at $10 / tank, or to work to load / unload the boat just as if you were working... Of course, the benefit is that you get the free ride to the site, and do not have to be part of the group underwater...
In our operation, the captain does just as much heavy lifting as the divemaster/instructor does - it is not an easy job due to some circumstances we have to deal with as far as getting tanks on to the larger of our boats...
If the Captain is also the boat owner, he typically doesn't get a cut of the tips,
that would be considered a double dip. He makes his money off the price of the trip.
that would be considered a double dip. He makes his money off the price of the trip.
This is very true...
Akyla
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My boat mates that are licensed get paid and they keep all tip money.
If they are not CG licensed, then they get free diving and all the tip money. As the owner and Capt, I do not take a cut of any tips, so at the end of the average day I think they make more than I do...
If they are not CG licensed, then they get free diving and all the tip money. As the owner and Capt, I do not take a cut of any tips, so at the end of the average day I think they make more than I do...
My crew work for free dives and tips, they keep the tips they get and If I (Capt and Owner) get a tip I pass it down to the crew.
I work for a company and as Captain, I split tips evenly with all crew members. As for the boats that are operated by the owner here, the crew usually gets paid and they also split tips evenly among crew and captain.
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