Ready for a stupid one? I don't quite understand exactly how the food/beer kitty system works on an organized trip. Does everybody put the same amount in for the beer? I'm a lush and after a long, hot day of hiking like to knock back beer after beer: that doesn't seem too fair if a tea-totaler puts in the same amount but only has one or two. How exactly does this usually work and what is the usual kitty amount per day? Thanks and sorry for ignorance...
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On an organised trip the kitty does not generally cover alcohol. It might cover at the end of a trip a bottle of amarula cream or something for everyone to share, but definitely not beer which as you say one person might have a dozen a night, one might have a can every couple of days. On a trip what most people do, is get the drinkers together, and the have their own kitty. Or else just buy what you drink.
...on a beautiful African evening, especially after some
kind of exersion during the long hot day... The way our bar
tab worked was different to the food kitty. We all started
out by tossing in 20USD or there abouts in the relevent
currency, then the elected drinks steward/barperson set out
to spend said money on liquid refreshment this included
soft drinks (coke, lemonaide, tonic etc) beer and in Zim we
managed to find some neat little individual shot serves of
spirits. We then calculated a selling price of each item
in the bar and we ran a tab when supplies were getting low
or we were heading out into the bush for an extended period
of time we totalled up everyones bar-tab, those in credit
had the opportunity to kick in with some more money if they
were low and those in debt paid up so stocks could be
replentished. At the end of the trip there were a couple of
decissions to be made 1. have a party and drink the stocks
2. sell the stocks to the crew to sell to the next group or
3. let the stocks rundown in the last few days so there
wouldn't be anything left over at the end. Those still in
credit were paid by those in debt when final tabs were
totalled and the bar closed...
Have a great trip but don't get written off every night
you'll miss too much.
I agree with Jo. The kitty only covers food and usually
people buy her/his personal drinks (soft or beer). It
doesn't mean that the special punch for some 'happy hours'
are paid separately but shared, as it is also to share a
taste of local drinks, as for example a bottle of Amarula.
Hi,
Some reasonable ideas above. What I have done on my trips is
that we just buy our own beer / spirits. Usually we had wine
supplied by the Safari company for those that wanted it with
the evening meals. Those who liked to sit around the
campfire having a few beers supplied their own. You can get
beer at the Nature Conservation Shops at park entrances in
RSA, Nam, Bots, Zim and Zam. You can get beer and cold
drinks at shops called 'Drankwinkel' (sp?) or 'Bottle
Stores'.
On good idea for a kitty is that someone should buy ice
every day to keep your beer, water, juice cool. On my first
trip we had two trucks travelling together and I organised a
n ice roster on our truck and so we had cold drinks at all
times, the others didn't. Now this sounds trivial but isn't
if you a travelling around in 40 degree C conditions - you
need to drink to keep hydrated and drinking water / coke /
lemonade that is as hot as your truck's radiator is no fun!
Hope this helps
Cheers!
Shane
is amarula cream?
Please tell - sounds rather good!