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Technology / Sun, 27 Sep 2026 BBC

How much should you actually tip on a 'free' walking tour?

Heather Mae Ellis, president of the Berlin Guides Association, says the risk to the guide is that a tour participant is going to take the term "free" at face value. "I'd like to think anyone travelling through Europe can afford to pay a few euros for a tour," she says "[But] you have to accept that someone really might take you at your word."

Heather Mae Ellis, president of the Berlin Guides Association, says the risk to the guide is that a tour participant is going to take the term "free" at face value. "I'd like to think anyone travelling through Europe can afford to pay a few euros for a tour," she says "[But] you have to accept that someone really might take you at your word."

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