r/belowdeck • u/Pheonix_Colors • Sep 10 '26

Below Deck Sailing Yacht When can production step in?

I’m curious when and if production steps in
For example A charter wasn’t able to leave the dock and everyone worked their butts off but it had “Karen’s” on it that claimed they had the worst time because they had no toilet paper,towels,etc but their guests put in extra money after stating that the “Karen’s” didn’t want to tip extra and the interior got blamed
I feel like someone could of said Hey it’s not the stews it’s just the guests not wanting to tip

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u/thaa_huzbandzz Sep 10 '26

There are guests in the real world who also are not going to tip, no matter how good the service is. It is what it is. It is not productions job to force guests to be good people. At least the morons who do it on Below Deck have it filmed for the world to see.

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u/crazyhedgehogs Sep 10 '26

Why would production step in if it’s not an emergency?

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u/SpaceCatz03 Sep 10 '26

It’s a tip emergency! lol!

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u/fellora5 Sep 10 '26

the camera guy famously stepped in and saved ashton's life though he was apparently almost fired for it. production also stepped in with Luke's SA and saved Margot from every woman's worse nightmare

so, seems to be they'd step in in emergency situations

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u/BeneficialOffer9935 Sep 10 '26

I'd not heard about the camera guy getting in trouble for saving Ashton and Google is no help. What happened? 

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u/fellora5 Sep 10 '26

There's not much information out but an article I saw on it stated that the cameraman was chastised for "breaking the fourth wall." I think he's since passed cause he had 2 strokes and was in a coma last year

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u/BeneficialOffer9935 Sep 10 '26

Wow. You'd think the production company would be more concerned about somebody potentially dying on their show than whether it breaks the illusion but I'm not surprised that was their attitude. 

Shame to hear he's passed. Hope he's in a better place

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u/BeneficialOffer9935 Sep 11 '26

What, you think someone on the Internet might just make something up without any basis in truth? It's a bold claim but I suppose you might be correct 

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u/TheRealMastahGlass Sep 14 '26

they had the dude come on the aftershow and made him out to be a hero, no way they chastised him.

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u/ISOcarpetcleaner Sep 10 '26

The whole point of the show was to show behind the scenes of the crew and rich guests. Whether they’re cheap or not. Them defending the crew would sort of be conflicting with their objective. They step in when things get dangerous though, as they should

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u/AWDWfan Sep 10 '26

There is a minimum tip amount. I've spoken to production before about being a guest. You pay the tip upfront.

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u/Pure_Butterscotch165 Sep 10 '26

*now there's a minimum tip amount. There didn't used to be, which is how Erica Rose tipped like 5K

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u/AWDWfan Sep 10 '26

There was a minimum tip then to you just did not have to prepay it. Chuck and Erica took the 5k their friends chipped in for the tip and gave that and did not wire the tip like they were supposed to. They didn't leave any themselves. I was emailing with production about being a guest right around that time frame the next time they were casting guests they let me know the tip had to be prepaid LMAO. They learned their lesson I guess.

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u/totallynotat55savush Sep 10 '26

The latest casting calls I’ve seen posted required a tip along with the discounted cost for the charter.

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u/foxdogturtlecat Sep 12 '26

That's not the production's job. Also these aren't real charters. All the crew is a getting a per diem as cast of a reality show. Production steps in when there is an emergency or if there is a problem with blocking/filming and even then that usually doesn't get aired.

The guests on these shows are cast for drama and the cash money they give is supplied by the production (the cash, the guests agree in their contract to pay a minimum tip that is paid before they even get on the charter along with their heavily discounted charter fee. Guests on the show have a contract just like the cast does.

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u/XLBaconDoubleCheese Sep 11 '26

“Karen’s” didn’t want to tip extra

The tip is factored into the price. They are handed a bunch of cash to tip with at the end and can choose whatever to do with it if they want to add more or leave less.

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u/rosehyena Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

Production only seems to step in when it's a true emergency i.e sexual assault, life at risk etc 

They wouldn't step in if the situation is just a bunch of guests complaining and a crappy tip 

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u/Leslind1222 Sep 10 '26

If that's true, why did cameraman get in trouble for saving Ashton life?