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| - OK, here's the lowdown. The breakfast is un-necessary. I'd rather had just eaten somewhere else, and done the 2 hour trail ride by itself. The breakfast is instant pancakes. The cooking staff was less than friendly. She didn't even try to look at me in the eye, or bother to shake my hand. The wrangler was nice, but the less than polite behavior continued when we were greeted by a girl at a table that required a $15 per person gratuity in advance. I told her that no one had informed us of this in advance, and she gave me a sarcastic glare. I had no problem with tipping at the end of the ride, but as the total cost for the 4 of us was already $436, I feel $40 would have been more than adequate. I double-checked their website, and it says nothing about a gratuity. As far as the ride went, we have been on many trail rides, and frankly this one was boring. It was all flat, no desert travel, and mostly consisted of gravel roads or paved roads, with an occasional ranch house, and a sprig of pine trees. It's more like riding around a neighborhood.
In contrast, for $260 the 4 of us rode at Mount Charleston Trail Rides for 2 hours to an elevation of 7000 feet, and it was very scenic along old indian trails. Even though I only paid $260 at Mt Charleston, I tipped them $60 anyway, and they were happily grateful, and had never asked for a gratuity. That ride was MUCH MUCH better.
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