Once again, thank you very much, Scotlib! For some reason, tipping a tour guide is one of those things I never think of until I see others doing it. And then I'm never prepared. But, thanks to you, I will be this time!

"remember, no one-pound notes!"

Er, there are one pound notes in Scotland ! But I daresay that if someone was tipping, they'd probably be tipping more.

Tipping tour guides isn't something we do here, I think. But then I don't really take tours.

Last September I took a three day tour with Rabbies and did tip the guide, but can't remember how much. Probably 10-5% of the tour price. I also had a private tour of the Kingdom of Fife with a guide from St. Andrews. I had prepaid him and when at the end of the day I tried to tip him, he refused it.

The first time I ever saw anyone tip a tour guide was in London in 1982. (Though I doubt I'd been on many tours prior to that.) My husband and I had taken some sort of bus tour that was part of our fly/drive package. And the driver/guide quite clearly had his hand out as people got off the bus! Maybe since that was sort of a "complimentary" tour, he wasn't paid much!

Thanks Caroline and SusieQQ for your input on the subject! Assuming that we enjoy the Rabbie's tour, I think I'll plan on tipping 10%.

Hi caroline_edinburgh,

Thanks for the information! I did not know about one-pound notes, and it is always nice to learn something more.