How much should you be tipping your crew.

Yacht charter crew tip. In 2008 the Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association MYBA addressed the lack of guidelines for crew gratuities on yacht charters. And the fact is if you have money to book a luxury charter yacht and you want all the bells and whistles that it comes with no ifs buts or maybes tip your crew. And how do you leave a tip for the crew.

This should prevent some surprises in terms of lack of right attireequipment unappropriate behavior from your party andor the crew etc. It is customary to tip crew on charter yachts at the conclusion of the trip. Forking over a large sum of money at the end of the week may seem unreasonable but break it down a little.

If in Europe tips are usually more towards the lower end of the scale while in the US or Caribbean they tend to head towards the higher end. Usually brokers suggest you to pay from 5 to 20 of your base charter fee as a tip based on your yacht and location. According to MYBA yacht tips should be between 5 and 15 of the total cost of the charter.

This obviously depends on the yacht and the location. Captain Lee Rosbach discusses the biggest tip the Below Deck crew has ever received and the charter guest who left it. It is usually towards the lower end of that scale in the Med and higher in the US and Caribbean.

Generally tips range from 5 to 15 of the basic charter fee. Its common practice to tip the crew on a yacht. Leave the tip with the captain and trust that heshe will split it among the crew how he sees fit.

In general brokers advise tipping between 5 to 20 per cent of the base charter fee depending on the yacht and the location. The Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association MYBA set a guideline so that tipping yacht charter crew isnt so ambiguous. If this is your first time on a crewed charter boat you will definitely need some guidelines as to what to expect.