[pct-l] trail angel donations . . .

[Paul Robison]

if 20$ a night is the standard, then i feel fine leaving 50 for a husband 
wife...or more if the food is great...

thanks guys for all the quick replies.

i'll just budget for it just like a planned hotel stay.  the motivation for all 
this is ifguring out how late i need to work,  i didn't want to work right up to 
the week i left for the trail, but it's been a hard year for saving money.




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From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
To: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Sun, January 2, 2011 6:41:25 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] trail angel donations . . .

Great question Paul.  I think it's fine to ask, and did on occasion, and was 
more than once told of the expences angels incurred that I hadn't even thought 
of.  Gas and electric for heating and water, and even in the case of the 
Dinsmores, who are wonderful folks and didn't want to beg, having to rent 
porta-potties, which wasn't cheap, for the hoards of folks making the last jump 
toward Canada from their place.  I always left at least $20 per night for 
myself, but maybe I was being cheap.  

I think it's also fine to ask the hikers you're with to try and be generous.  At 
times you can feel a bit of an attitude of entitlement amongst the hikers, and 
that's not good.  The regulars like the Saufleys, Andersons, Heitmans, and all 
the rest should be compensated if you can possible do it, and I'm sure they 
won't tell you to leave if you can't.  They give us a tremendous service, and 
are really great folks.  Also, when being given a lift by someone, ask to chip 
in for gas. 

What do others think about amounts.

Shroomer


On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:

what is a good amount?  when someone puts you up, feeds you, etc.
>
>or just if you camp on their lawn?
>
>... i want to be generous, but i don't want to run out of money at milemarker
>2,000 either.  i swear finances are the hardest thing for me to figure out 
about
>this whole trail.
>
>is 50$ a night good for a couple for a night and dinner??  80$?
>
>people who have thru'd before,  what did you guys figure for donations?  is it
>polite to straight up ask ?
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>
>thanks for the info,
>~Paul
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