Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri

if you calculated $2K/day on top of hotels, thats a problem, even if 1 expensive VIP activity
(clearly cost being paid for driver and guide is nowhere near $1K/day for each of them)

this is problem with tours, many levels of 100% profit markups, $3K/day even exceeds 'typical' $2K/day

if it is a tour operator that partners with virtuoso, virtuoso requires them to give an itemized/etc bill

also note it is likely they are not paying those published rates for hotel, yet another part of their profit