I am a new traveler and need to speak with someone on my tour or someone who has been on the tour before.Am traveling alone from Strathroy Ont Canada and would like some insight from anyone who can answer my questions re Money,Tipping etc

Thanks

Hello irish Devil and welcome to the bulletin board. You might like to post your specific questions under "Travel Advice" you may get more answers there. If you go to the FAQ section on Trafalgar's Home page they do discuss tipping there, you are of course welcome to post any questions you may have here as well.

I have posted a link to the tour tales where you can browse through the Ireland and Scottish tours.

Tour tales.

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Hi Irish Devil ~Welcome! Tipping is a "hot" topic and has been discussed many,many times on the BB, you might like to do a search (try the FIND button above). You will find lots of very helpful people here so don't be afraid to ask any questions

Thank you very much for your reply. I will implement your suggestions Am having a bit of a problem navigating in this new enviroment so if it seems to you that I am lost please do not hesitate to jump in and show me the way

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Originally posted by Irish Devil:
Thank you very much for your reply. I will implement your suggestions Am having a bit of a problem navigating in this new enviroment so if it seems to you that I am lost please do not hesitate to jump in and show me the way

Hi Irish Devil, please don't worry too much about finding your way around, please just ask what it is you want to know, we can answers any questions from here.

Can you tell me which country you are from as that helps with giving information, plus, I will be able to post links for you to go straight to where you need to get answers.

Missie: thank you for all your help. I live in the province of Ontario Canada. Any tips you can give me for my upcomming trip would be appreciated. This is my first tour and I am really inexperienced

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Originally posted by Irish Devil:
Missie: thank you for all your help. I live in the province of Ontario Canada. Any tips you can give me for my upcomming trip would be appreciated. This is my first tour and I am really inexperienced

You mentioned tipping and money in your original post. Well as far as tipping is concerned you will receive more information on this when you receive your tour documents. It is normally US$4 per day for the TD and US$2.50 per day for the Driver, this may have changed to Euro's not sure but your tour documents will confirm this. It is up to you which currency you use to pay this, I would be inclined to use Euro's.

As far as money is concerned I normally take two credit cards (just in case one fails) an ATM card to access cash and some cash, in this case I would take Euro’s although this is not necessary as you can access cash through an ATM machine at the airport when you land.

One important thing I would strongly recommend you take is a money belt to hold your passport, airline ticket, extra credit card and cash.

Please feel free to ask any further questions you may have.


Below I have listed the FAQ page from the Canadian website, this may be of some help to you.

FAQ Information

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Originally posted by Irish Devil:
Any tips you can give me for my upcomming trip would be appreciated. This is my first tour and I am really inexperienced

One thing I think worth mentioning is that it is not a good idea to carry too much cash. There are plenty of ATM's to be found & best to just withdraw as you go + use your c/card as required. Now how often or for what amount you use your credit card is a personal thing. I prefer to use it whenever it will be accepted thus limiting the amount of cash I need to carry.

What a lovely tour you have chosen, I am sure you are going to have a wonderful time.

Missie & Dimpz: Thank you for your suggestions. You have been very helpfull and I appreciate your comments concerning money matters.Their are various ammounts mentioned in my Travel documents when it comes to suggested tips ranging from 3 pounds a day for TD and 2 pounds a day for driver, $4US a day for TD and $2.50 for Driver with $1 for local guide and finally 4 pounds a day for TD,2.50 for driver and 2.00 for local guide.
The last suggestion has a monetary designation I do not recoginize but I think it is in pounds.
There is another suggestion under the heading of Team in UK of 3 per day (TD),2 per day (driver) and 1 per day (guide) I assume that means pounds. As you can see they are all over the map so I will just have to do my best.
Thanks again

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Originally posted by Irish Devil:
Missie & Dimpz: Thank you for your suggestions. You have been very helpfull and I appreciate your comments concerning money matters.Their are various ammounts mentioned in my Travel documents when it comes to suggested tips ranging from 3 pounds a day for TD and 2 pounds a day for driver, $4US a day for TD and $2.50 for Driver with $1 for local guide and finally 4 pounds a day for TD,2.50 for driver and 2.00 for local guide.
The last suggestion has a monetary designation I do not recoginize but I think it is in pounds.
There is another suggestion under the heading of Team in UK of 3 per day (TD),2 per day (driver) and 1 per day (guide) I assume that means pounds. As you can see they are all over the map so I will just have to do my best.
Thanks again

Oh my goodness now that has to be the most confusing tipping information I have ever read. I think the last amount you mentioned were probably in Euro’s, did it have this sign € next to the amounts.

I think if I were you I would just do whatever you fell comfortable with.

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Originally posted by Irish Devil:
Missie & Dimpz: Thank you for your suggestions. You have been very helpfull and I appreciate your comments concerning money matters.Their are various ammounts mentioned in my Travel documents when it comes to suggested tips ranging from 3 pounds a day for TD and 2 pounds a day for driver, $4US a day for TD and $2.50 for Driver with $1 for local guide and finally 4 pounds a day for TD,2.50 for driver and 2.00 for local guide.
The last suggestion has a monetary designation I do not recoginize but I think it is in pounds.
There is another suggestion under the heading of Team in UK of 3 per day (TD),2 per day (driver) and 1 per day (guide) I assume that means pounds. As you can see they are all over the map so I will just have to do my best.
Thanks again

Oh now that is just plain silly & far from helpful for new travelers to TT.

The best advice I can offer is the recommended amounts that I know of are 4 euro per day for TD & 2 euro for drivers. Please bear in mind these are merely recommendations, but are a good guideline for you.

Irish Devil ~ I hope you will come back to the board at the completion of your tour and tell us all about your tour, I am particularly interested as I plan on visiting Ireland and doing a tour of Britain next year.

Missie: Rest assured that as soon as I come back from my tour I will update everyone (especially you as you have asked) about my adventures and impressions of Best of Ireland and Scotland

Thank you Irish Devil, I will look forward to that.

Hi Dimpz and Missie

Hope that you don't mind my saying this. It is really great to see how much you both help those that are new to the board.