Day
02: (Monday) After enjoying an international buffet breakfast, tour Sakkarra, famous for it's Stepped Pyramid, Dahshur, with it's famous Bent and Red Pyramids plus the new Imhotep museum. Then visit the Giza Plateau with the seventh wonder of the world, Cheop's Pyramid and the inscrutable Sphinx. Overnight Cairo (B)
Maid: 50 cents per person or $1 for single room
Tour Guide: $5 per person
Driver: $1 per person
waiters: same as above
TOTAL Day 02 tips: About $7 per ADULT
Day 03: (Tuesday) Buffet breakfast, check out then a tour to visit the Egyptian Antiquities Museum where you will see King Tut's treasures. Staff will transfer you to the airport, assist with checking in and you fly to Aswan, arriving staff will transfer you to the Movenpick Elephantine Island Resort or the Iberotel Nile resort. Overnight Aswan (B)
Tour leader: $1 per person
Maid at Cairo hotel: 50 cents per person or $1 if a single room
Luggage handler at Cairo hotel: 50 cents per bag
Luggage handler at Cairo airport: 50 cents per bag
Luggage handler at Aswan airport: 50 cents per bag
Tour leader in Aswan: $1 per person
Luggage handler at Aswan hotel: 50 cents per bag
Waiters (Cairo and Aswan): Same as above
TOTAL Day 03 TIPS: About $4.50 per ADULT
Day
04: (Wednesday) After your buffet breakfast cross the Nile by Felucca (native sailboat) (or motor launch is there is not enough wind) and board your 'ship of the desert' (camel) for a visit to St. Simeon's Monastery ruins. Sail to Elephantine Island, site of some of Egypt's oldest antiquities and a wonderful Nubian village. Returning to the East bank visit the Temple of Philae and the Nubian Museum. Overnight Aswan (B)
Tour Guide: $5 per person
Driver: $1 per person
Boat staff: 50 cents per person
Camel handler: 50 cents per person
Waiters: same as above
Maids: 50 cents a person or $1 per room if a single
TOTAL Day 04 TIPS: About $8.00 per ADULT
Day 05:
(Thursday) Buffet breakfast, check out then drive to Luxor stopping along the way to visit the Temples at Kom Ombo and Edfu. Arrive Luxor early afternoon and enjoy staying at the Maritim Resort. Located on an Island on the Nile it offers excellent amenities for the entire family. Overnight Luxor (B)
Maid: 50 cents per person or $1 for single
Luggage handler at Aswan hotel: 50 cents per bag
Driver (Aswan to Luxor): $2 per person
Guide: $5 per person
Luggage handler at Luxor hotel: 50 cents per bag
Waiters: same as above
TOTAL Day 05 tips: About $8 per ADULT
Day 06: (Friday) Buffet breakfast followed by an early departure for the West bank and the Necropolis of Thebes where you will see the Colossi of Memnon, the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut plus visit tombs of a King, a Queen, a Prince, a Nobleman and an Artisan. In the afternoon visit the famous Temples of Karnak and Luxor. Overnight Luxor (B)
Maid: 50 cents per person or $1 for single room
Waiters: same as above
Tour Guide: $5 per person
Driver: $1 per person
TOTAL Day 06 tips: $7 per ADULT
Day
07: (Saturday) Buffet breakfast, check out, Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in for a morning Egyptair flight to Cairo. Arriving enjoy a tour of Old Cairo with its famous churches and synagogue, the Citadel of Salah el Din, bane of the crusaders and the Khan el Khalili bazaar where travelers have been finding bargains since the middle ages before checking into the Fairmont Heliopolis hotel. Overnight Cairo (B)
Maid in Luxor: 50 cents per person or $1 for single room
Luggage handler Luxor hotel: 50 cents per bag
Luggage handler Luxor airport: 50 cents per bag
Luxor tour leader: $1 per person
Luxor Driver: 50 cents per person
Luggage handler Cairo airport: 50 cents per bag
Luggage handler Cairo hotel: 50 cents per bag
Tour Guide Cairo: $5 per person
Driver Cairo: $1 per person
TOTAL Day 07 tips: About $10 per ADULT
Day 08:
(Sunday) Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure.
Tour leader: $1 per person
Luggage handler at hotel: 50 cents per bag
Luggage handler at airport: 50 cents per bag
Driver: 50 cents per person
TOTAL Day 08 tips: About $3 per ADULT
Please know that the entire tourism industry in Egypt is underpaid and overworked. The average MONTHLY salary for the waiters, bellmen, front desk staff, etc. at hotels and on cruises is $100-$150. This is why everyone is looking for tips.
When you get good service think about rewarding it.
If you don’t get good service then do not tip them anything.
Other costs to expect
bottled water at hotels or on the cruise: $1 to $3 for a small bottle, $2.50-$5 for a large bottle. NOTE: This is filtered water. If you order perrier it will cost more.
coffee or tea: 50 cents
alcoholic drinks:
beer: $3 per bottle
wine: local $4 to $6 per glass. imported will be more $$.
liquor: local $5 per cocktail, imported $8-$15 per cocktail
NON included meals per person (in hotel ala carte restaurants) Lunch $7 to $15, dinner $7 to $20 (think Applebees/Chili’s prices)
Fine dining restaurants would be more.
Buffets: lunch buffet $12-$20, dinner buffet $20-$30
So on a tour of 08 days, similar to the one described above you would probably
have minimum tips: $55 per adult plus
6 lunches averaging $10 per person ($60)
7 dinners averaging $20 per person ($140)
NOTE: Many hotels discount meals for children under 12.
Also there are a number of family style and fast food places in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan where meal costs would be less.
Ask your guide!
This does not include alcoholic beverages nor souvenirs.
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