tips do dive masters

[Day]

I tip every DM on every boat regardless of where in the world I am. Providing of course that a tip was deserved. Some places I've been to discouraged tipping, in cases like that I will not tip in cash but I'll buy the DM dinner somewhere.

DITTO!!!

 

[Day]

I'm sorry but tipping is just another way to provolke people to beg for change. I was a divemaster for a long time and never worked for tips, encouraged it, or willingly accepted them. As an instructor I pay my dm's and discourage tipping. If your skills in diving or any other profession are substandard enough that you cant get paid an acceptable wage or none at all, you need to move on to something you are better at or improve your skills untill you are found to be a resource and not a burden. And if you dont like the pay being offered for this particular job, go work somewhere else that pays better, this goes for the tip jar located next to the cash register as you pay for your $6.00 cup of coffee.

hmmm....have you had any problems keeping a DM on your staff? Just curious?

I'm really stunned by your reply.

 

[Scubagolf]

I follow the same guideline for dive boats that I use in restaurants. If staff is involved (not the owner) I tip 10-20% depending on the level of service, with ordinary service usually getting 15%. For excellent service on a $100 dive trip, the tip is a twenty dollar bill, rounding to the nearest $5 on other amounts.

 

[LI Diver]

Not too hijack but what do you guy's do when a owner acts as a captain or dm do you tip him or will he be insulted??

 

[abysmaldiver]

How easy it is to say something like this! If all such jobs are like this in your economic system, should you move to a country that has a different economic system?

I should know better, there has never been a person who has developed from a third world country through hard work and strived for success. There has never been anyone who wanted to better themselves without moving to another country. Give me a break. I feel like quitting my job and panhandling at a highway off ramp.

 

[abysmaldiver]

hmmm....have you had any problems keeping a DM on your staff? Just curious?

I'm really stunned by your reply.

I have no problem at all, I pay very well and expect the best.

 

[garyfotodiver]

Not too hijack but what do you guy's do when a owner acts as a captain or dm do you tip him or will he be insulted??

Management is not tipped.

 

[LSDeep]

Americans.

thanks dude! i worked (still do) as an divemaster / instructor for nearly 14yrs now fulltime. so you might wanna take that as advice from the "other" side.
as in any other service business you tip for outstanding service, not just to tip! yes many dm's / instr. dont make that much money, but that doesnt mean you just give a tip for minimum, to be expected service - we get paid for that already by you paying for your dives! tips are surely welcome but should be earned. if youre not comfy with handing over some cash, consider taking your dm / instr. out for a couple drinks or a dinner!!! often much more apprechiated and you can have fun . also, in many socalled 3rd world locations you make (especially your local staff catering to you) much happier by giving them sth like a divelight (no, not your $300 mb-sub, but maybe the $25 backup) or so, what you can easy replace and they cant even get (or severely overpriced) at the location! yeez, i can only say for some places i ended up in my life, i was happier about a overhaul kit for my apeks (cost about $15) than you could have made me with a $100 tip in cash!
if you tip cash, look at the boat - if there is a "tipbox" use it, if not tip ppl seperate. otherwise it often dont get shared - keep in mind it isnt only your diveguide making it happen, but also the capt and the rest of the crew. divide as you see fits for services rendered. in general - not everywhere - dont give the tip to the shopowner or put it on the c/c, the actual staff working with you will in 90% of the cases never see that money.

happy bubbles

 

[dumpsterDiver]

I'm sorry but tipping is just another way to provolke people to beg for change. I was a divemaster for a long time and never worked for tips, encouraged it, or willingly accepted them. As an instructor I pay my dm's and discourage tipping. If your skills in diving or any other profession are substandard enough that you cant get paid an acceptable wage or none at all, you need to move on to something you are better at or improve your skills untill you are found to be a resource and not a burden. And if you dont like the pay being offered for this particular job, go work somewhere else that pays better, this goes for the tip jar located next to the cash register as you pay for your $6.00 cup of coffee.

I totally disagree.

I think that divers should be taught to tip the divemaster on a charter dive boat.

I have worked part-time as a professional divemaster aboard several charter dive boats. I’m very often amazed at the lack of tips received by myself and other proficient divemasters. I’m sure that as a group, divers are not intentionally rude or excessively cheap, but rather are uninformed in most cases. Most divers would not consider “stiffing” a waitress, valet, or bellhop provided the service rendered was adequate.

However, I’ve seen innumerable situations in which diving customers have failed to provide any tip after being provided one or more of the following: supplemental personalized explanations or briefings, assistance with gear transport or assembly, personalized U/W guide services, been loaned gear to replace forgotten or inoperable dive equipment (for free), provided cups of water between bouts of sea sickness, and not to mention more than one rescue on a single two-tank trip.

Perhaps most divers don’t realize that the divemaster is a professional who is generally paid very little or nothing, is required to carry personal liability insurance and will often compromise his/her own personal safety in order to prevent the occurrence of an accident.

May I recommend that if divers come in contact with divemaster/safety divers which are arrogant, disinterested, unhelpful, insensitive, unsafe, intimidating or otherwise unacceptable, that the captain or dive store operator be informed. Certainly the tip should be saved for the barmaid.

However, if the divemaster provides individualized attention, points out or explains various marine creatures and their interactions, ensures that your experience level and equipment are suitable for the planned dive, and generally provides services which enhance the enjoyment and safety of the dive experience, then a small tip is in order.

I’m certain that if the rapidly evolving, diving community will develop its own tipping etiquette, that the quality of divemasters will improve, and divers will be provided safer and more enjoyable dive trips.

 

[abysmaldiver]

O.K. I think you all are starting to change my mind. I think I will start tipping folks who have a high risk or service oriented job. How about my mail man, thats a rough job, or I know, the greater at Walmart for opening the door for me and handing me a shopping cart, they dont get paid to well. Police put their lives on the line for all of us, lets tip all of them, lets see there are 2000 cops in the city divided by x amount of law abiding citizens. Teachers pay sucks(good hours though) lets tip them. My garbage guy prevents disease by disposing of everyones trash. WHERE DOES IT ALL END!!!