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- Guide Daphne loses income when no-show guests skip tipping on her free Rome tour.
- She pays €3 per confirmed guest to a booking platform that also charges a finder’s fee per participant.
- Berlin Guides Association president Heather Mae Ellis says tourists treat ‘free’ as no-cost, risking guides.
- Guides suggest €15-50 tips per person, though Istanbul guides deem €15-20 tips too small amid rising costs.