Why do tour operators use a trip kitty?
So as a follow up to my question of What is a trip kitty? How does it work exactly? I'm wondering: why do tour operators do this as opposed to bundling the costs into the tour price?
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Quite some time ago I have been on a couple of such trips. Back then it was called a food kitty. Unlike the fixed amounts you are pointing to this was a per-week amount, although it was collected at the start. This is important as if the trip ran long (and both the trips I was on did) the passengers were expected to pay the weekly amount for the additional duration.
One other thing also comes to mind: I suspect there are tax advantages to doing it that way.
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