Tipping can be confusing! Your guides and lodge staff work hard to make sure your stay and your fishing is the best that it can be. However, it can be hard to know what to tip and when to tip. Unfortunately, every location and every lodge seems to have their own recommended standards. When you book with us, On The Water Fly Fishing Travel will provide you with guidelines, specific to your destination, with your booking confirmation. Your Lodge hosts will also know what the current standards are.

Most lodges and guides prefer to be tipped at the end of your stay. However, if you are rotating through a pool of multiple guides or moving between lodge locations you may want to tip at the end of each day.

How do we keep it all straight? Before we leave home, we place the guide tips, lodge staff tips, transfer driver tips, etc. in separate envelopes (ask your bank for a few extra envelopes when you pick up your cash). That way each tip is ready to go when you need it and you can spend your time enjoying your vacation instead of sorting out tips and cash. If you feel the suggested amount was too much for the service received you can always remove some cash from the envelope. You can also add a little if you feel the service received was above what was expected. Either way let us and the lodge managers know your thoughts regarding the service you received.