Originally Posted by
Martellus
What's the tipping situation like? Is it expected to tip each member of the staff for any transportation at all, and if so, how much? (e.g. taking a golf cart, getting on a boat from the lagoon to the beach, taking a car to one of the other mayakoba resorts)
There is the variable 15% resort fee which goes to the hotel staff and helps cover the cost of the amenities they are providing. With that said, we did tip a couple of golf cart drivers who we ended up with repeatedly BUT we never felt there was any such expectation. We only did it as a mere thanks, usually at night after coming back from dinner because it was usually the same driver who dropped us off at the restaurant. Although I will say there is no expectation of tips on the golf cart as that is their primary mode of transportation for purposely building such a spread-out resort...if they don't make moving around convenient then people won't visit them. We did tip the boat captain during our private eco lagoon tours, because we felt it was a nice gesture as they were doing something extra to applease us. We didn't tip when we used the boat as a mere form of transportation between the lagoon and beach side once.