This article will provide you some
information and tips for handling tourist guides in India.
If you are coming to India as a tourist, with lots of sightseeing in
your itinerary, then you will find these tips for handling Indian
guides quite useful. Hiring tourist guides in India is a very good
idea, especially when you are traveling on your own, with no local
person to help you. They will help you understand and appreciate
better the place you are visiting. Read on for further tips for
handling guides:
- While visiting religious places, hire guides very cautiously.
They may take you to unnecessary places and crooks posing as Sadhus
or Yogis to extract money out of you. Stick to the places you know
and let the guide lead you.
- Fix the amount to be given to the guide in advance only. Apart
from the fixed amount, you can also give some extra tip to the guide
if he has provided you with good services.
- Hire guides authorized by the Indian government as far as
possible. Try to avoid private guides. They may try to fleece you.
