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My wife and I are going on a trip with her family next week to Sandals in Negril, Jamaica. One of the bonus's of Sandal's is free golf, you just have to pay of the caddie. I am hoping to play 3 rounds of golf during my stay (thursday, sat, mon) and was curious how much should I tip the caddie? The caddie charges $19. In america, I would think that a fair tip would be something like $10~$20 making a total caddie cost between $30 and $40 depending on how good he/she is. Is that fair?

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a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water

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$10 US will be around $700 Jamaican, so don't feel you have to go overboard. We didn't play golf, but we did tip a number of other services. The exchange rate is pretty good. We were in Negril (Rock House on the Cliffs) last May. We exchanged $2000 US at our bank before we left and got $157,000 J.

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Never played in Jamaica so I don't know. But I know the caddies in SA just wanted Golf (polo) shirts and not money.

That's what they are supposed to give you with a big enough tip. Just sayin'. Regardless of the exchange rate, i'd say 10 or 15 dollars would more than cover it. Especially when the charge for a caddy is 19 bucks.
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thanks for the heads up - I will play it by ear. It looks like we will be playing at least twice during the six days we are there.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water

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$10 US will be around $700 Jamaican, so don't feel you have to go overboard. We didn't play golf, but we did tip a number of other services. The exchange rate is pretty good. We were in Negril (Rock House on the Cliffs) last May. We exchanged $2000 US at our bank before we left and got $157,000 J.

We are staying at Sandals in Negril. We are going for a wedding. My wife's sister is getting married

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water

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is that 19 USD, or 19 Jamaican dollars??

If its 19 J dollars, I'd give the guys like 300 or 400 J dollars each day, sorry dont know what Jamaican currency is called, hence the J dollars.

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FYI Jamacian currency is called ganja.

When I went to Jamacia to play, my dad just bought the caddie a beer everytime the cart lady came by, then tipped a little at the end.

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Is it really called Ganja? Now thats funny....

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Went to Sandals Ochos Rios in Jamaica on my hneymoon 10 yrs. ago. Having a caddy was great. The caddy seemed happy with the $10 US I tipped him. The caddy for the guy I got paired up with was complaining that he was getting $10 canadian. Besides golf, check out the falls at Ochos Rios. They are pretty cool.
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I think you're original idea is about right. When I play during the winter, I tip everyone generously. If the rate is $19, I'd say $10 for an average job and $20 if you feel he worked hard for you. A hat or shirt from your home club is a good gift, in addition to a tip. I always take a bunch of both to give out to all the caddies. The best thing you can give them, imho, is clubs. I gave away almost the whole set on my trip in Dec.
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The best thing you can give them, imho, is clubs. I gave away almost the whole set on my trip in Dec.

Now that's just plain crazy talk.

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Went to Sandals Ochos Rios in Jamaica on my hneymoon 10 yrs. ago. Having a caddy was great. The caddy seemed happy with the $10 US I tipped him. The caddy for the guy I got paired up with was complaining that he was getting $10 canadian. Besides golf, check out the falls at Ochos Rios. They are pretty cool.

My wife and I are staying there this Spring Break. How was the trip?

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Posted by jgreen85 My wife and I are staying there this Spring Break. How was the trip?

Enjoyed our trip but it was 10 years ago so I'm sure a lot has changed. Golf course was great & having caddy was nice. Climbing falls at Ochos Rios was also cool. Being our honeymoon we spent a lot of time in our room. Only drawbacks were 2 hr bus ride from airport to resort w/o ac & resort seems to get smaller as the week goes on. Went to Dominican Rep. for 10 yr anniv. & enjoyed it more. Golf was more expensive but trip being only 4 days made us want more. Just sitting around beach or pool drinking some cocktails sounds good to me. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

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I think you're original idea is about right. When I play during the winter, I tip everyone generously. If the rate is $19, I'd say $10 for an average job and $20 if you feel he worked hard for you. A hat or shirt from your home club is a good gift, in addition to a tip. I always take a bunch of both to give out to all the caddies. The best thing you can give them, imho, is clubs. I gave away almost the whole set on my trip in Dec.

wtf...clubs? Just buy them beer and $10.

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Now that's just plain crazy talk.

Well, considering I have hundreds of clubs worth thousands of dollars, the good karma from giving away a few hats&shirts;, and a set of cheap irons, a driver & a putter is worth it. I did spend more than $2G on my holiday, so the hundred bucks (at most) that the clubs were worth is peanuts. None of the clubs I'd take on a holiday would be anything I'd be worried about if the airline lost them, so it sure seemed like a generous gift to the guy who carried my bag. I'm making another set of irons to take for one of the other guys who caddies there, when I go in March.

Anyway, sorry it turned into a thread jack!! I still say tip $10 to $20.
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