20 Jul 2025
All activities are good. The only uncomfortable experience was the tipping thing for rafting. The guide of rafting is good and professional. However, the way that he was after tips made me very uncomfortable. When we were done, he said that I would be there to have my tips. He made a joke saying don’t give my tips to him (he pointed to other guide). So I reminded myself to tip him the first thing. After I saw him at the meeting point, the first thing I did was to tip him. Based on my check on google before we went to Costa Rica, the tip to rafting guide is $3-$5 so I gave him a CRC 2000 which equals $4 and he said: “I don’t want your money, you take it home” in front of everyone. I felt like a fool and a beggar. I realized that he was unhappy for the too little money. Then I asked someone else who was on the same raft how much should the tip is and he mentioned maybe 10% but I didn’t know how much the event cost and he said maybe cost $80 or $100. So my husband took CRC 5000 which equals to $10 to find him and gave to him and he took it. Later when we were in the van, the guide came over to look for someone and he told a man: “If you want to tip your guy, he is still there.” The man then got out of the van and went to tip another guide.
I have been tipping every one and tipped CRC 5000 at zip line place. I did not mind to tip him more than CRC 2000 if I got different info. He wanted more than CRC 2000, he could say it in different ways instead of rejecting it in front of over 20 people to make me feel so uncomfortable.