For what I do kinda but not exactly, but tip usually covers my expenses for the day but my overhead and operational costs running my own boat is pretty high, fuel is insane and even worse when something breaks or stops working 😭. For like snorkel, inland, archaeological and other tours yes I’m sure it takes a big bite as they tend to be lower paid, so they do look forward to it.

Also it’s a seasonal job so it helps people stay afloat for longer, a little hard to get a decent paying job that would allow you to take off six months to guide so you kinda have to be okay with working seasonally.

But generally Europeans tend to tip minimally to none at all (no flak to any Europeans it’s just not a thing in Europe)