Originally Posted by
dsquared37
Since all guides are required to be 'licensed' by Apsara, or whatever authority has currently paid enough for the positiion, you're not going to find (m)any independents.
While it's possible Raffles has their own list of 'qualified guides' they use it's also possible they get the next one on the list when they call for a guide. At least that's how it seems to work from my perspective.
Sorry for confusion. That's not what I meant. Yes I know the Angkor guides are supposed to be licensed but what I was referring to was the method of how one contracts for their services. "Independent" as in...can contract with independently or through guide's own company rather than through a hotel. Any 5* hotel is going to add a hefty middleman markup, which for a quick phone call, doesn't seem to be a lot of value-added there. I guess I'm just used to doing more for myself.