点评:We first went to Cavinti, the actual location of the falls. But since it was drizzling rain and slippery, we did not dare use the stairs down to the falls, which would take about 20 minutes one way.
We then went to the next town to take a boat for the three of us, which cost 1500php per head.
The admin and the tour guides strongly stressed the importance of leaving a generous tip by the end of the tour.
On the first stop, there was a mini-store. They asked us if we wanted to give the boatmen a free lunch, and we said yes. It was a 400php lunch treat for the two guides. At the end of the trip, we gave another 600php to the two boatmen
The person who assisted us at the admin’s office claimed he would watch for our vehicle while we were touring, so he was expecting a tip as well. We paid 4500php for the tour; even the admin assistant wanted a tip for watching our car. Did he expect us to park our car on the roof?
It was indeed hard work going upstream, but begging for tips seems to degrade the quality and integrity of the service. Most foreman construction workers in the Philippines are paid 800php per day. The 1000php total tip seemed unappreciated. We only toured for less than three hours, and they obliged us to tip more than expected.
I hope Pagsanjan Tourism will pay attention to the feedback of the tourists. This lousy culture of force tipping would give the Philippines a bad image.
翻译:我们首先去了瀑布的实际位置 Cavinti。但由于当时下着毛毛细雨,路面湿滑,我们不敢走楼梯下到瀑布,单程大约需要 20 分钟。
然后我们去了下一个城镇,我们三个人坐船,每人花费 1500 菲律宾比索。
管理员和导游强烈强调在游览结束时留下丰厚小费的重要性。
在第一站,有一家小商店。他们问我们是否想给船夫一份免费午餐,我们答应了。两位导游的午餐是 400 菲律宾比索。在旅行结束时,我们又给了两位船夫 600 菲律宾比索
在管理员办公室协助我们的人声称他会在我们游览期间照看我们的车辆,所以他也期待小费。我们为这次旅行支付了 4500 菲律宾比索;甚至行政助理也想要一份照看我们车的小费。他指望我们把车停在屋顶上吗?
逆流而上确实很辛苦,但乞求小费似乎降低了服务的质量和完整性。菲律宾大多数工头建筑工人的日薪为 800 菲律宾比索。1000 菲律宾比索的小费似乎没有得到重视。我们只游览了不到三个小时,他们就强迫我们给比预期更多的小费。
我希望百胜滩旅游局能注意游客的反馈。这种糟糕的强迫小费文化会给菲律宾带来坏印象。