Tour guides · Austria
How much should you tip a tour guide in Austria?
Short answer
€5–10 per person
€5–10 per person for a good tour.
Common
Guides on Vienna walking tours, Salzburg day trips and Wachau valley excursions are commonly tipped €5–10 per person for a half or full day. Vienna and Salzburg both have free walking tour scenes where the tip is the guide's entire income.
Cash or card?
Card is widely accepted, though smaller mountain huts and rural Gasthäuser are still cash-only more often than visitors expect. When paying by card, state the total including the tip before the server enters the amount.
Common questions
- How much should you tip a tour guide in Austria?
- €5–10 per person for a good tour. Guides on Vienna walking tours, Salzburg day trips and Wachau valley excursions are commonly tipped €5–10 per person for a half or full day. Vienna and Salzburg both have free walking tour scenes where the tip is the guide's entire income.
- How much should you tip tour guides in Austria?
- €5–10 per person. €5–10 per person for a good tour.
- Can you tip by card in Austria?
- Card is widely accepted, though smaller mountain huts and rural Gasthäuser are still cash-only more often than visitors expect. When paying by card, state the total including the tip before the server enters the amount.
More on tipping in Austria
Tipping tour guides elsewhere
← Full tipping guide for Austria
Reviewed by Greg Kockott on 3 September 2026.
Compiled from widely reported guidance for Austria. Not yet source-checked.