Without an idea of how much running a guide service costs (boats, repairs, insurance, transportation, office overhead), but figuring that a lot of trips charge clients $100/day including meals and gear, I would think that you were underpaid. Of course, I have no intention of ever embarking on a trip where someone was intended to "pamper" me. On a trip, I expect to help pitch tents, wash dishes and cook. I'd pay someone $50/day just for local marine and navigation knowledge, but expect to chip in for my fair share of camp responsibilities, and use my own equipment. Shawn Rob wrote: >I should have maybe been more specific. On a multi day trip the guide >prepares 3 meals a day plus snacks, pitches tents, washes dishes and >generally provides far more service than a waiter or waitress ever thought >of. When I started doing that I was paid $50.00/day for those services. A >guide day usually started at 6:00 am and ended sometime around 9:00 or 10:00 >pm. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 17 2000 - 21:33:06 PDT
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