Distributing tips - is this inappropriate?

[peg2001]

I've read about distributing tips to the servers, cabin steward, etc. by handing out envelopes on the last day of the cruise. I really don't relish the idea of walking the ship trying to track down these people. Instead, can I leave a tip in the cabin when we leave and give the tip to the servers during our last meal?

 

[SC Minnie]

What you are suggesting is exactly what we did. We were not planning on eating breakfast in the dining room the morning of debarkation so we handed out the tips for the servers, etc. the last night at dinner. Many other people did this also. If you are going to eat breakfast in the dining room you could do it then also. Your regular servers will be your servers on the morning of debarkation- they tell you which restaurant to go to the night before.

Hope this helps.

 

[4nana]

Ditto....we did the tipping the last night

 

[Dodie]

There is really no tracking them down at all. Small envelopes are provided to you. You seal the envelope and then just give your servers the tip during your final evening's dinner. Everyone is doing the same, so it's no big deal.

Your stateroom host or hostess is always around, and you can bet that he or she will be available on the final evening - so you can find him or her.

It's very simple.

 

[Sandiebean]

FYI... we forgot the tip envelopes in our stateroom during the last night's dinner, so we decided to bring them at breakfast the next morning. Well.. we decided to eat at the buffet that morning, and didn't go to the restaurant. What did we do? We left the stateroom host envie in the stateroom, and dropped off the others at guest services. They promised to give them to our servers. Very easy.

 

[mmouse37]

Not a problem and you never have to "track them down". Disney has it down to a science. We give our dining room servers their envelopes either the last dinner or breakfast on debarkation day. We were at Palos once for last night dinner and had our teens give the server the envelopes.

We just leave the stateroom host his/her envelope on the bed if we don't see them. It all works out fine.

MJ

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

We never had any problem "tracking down" our cabin steward. He was almost always around during the morning and again in the evenings as we were heading to dinner. It was great because we'd just knock on the door of whichever room he was servicing at the time and say "Jeff, we're heading out... we'll be out for awhile." And the room would be serviced by the time we came back everytime.

 

[Sauunders]

We never had problems problems finding our cabin steward either. Ours had a little trick he used to see if we were in the room - so he never bothered us.

He put a little piece of folded up paper in our door jam. When we opened the door, the paper fell on the floor right outside in the hall (something my Dad would have done when I was a teenager, I'm sure!!!).

If the paper's still in the door, then you're still in your room.

He does the same thing in the evening when he comes for turn-down service.

Gotta love those pillow mints...

PS Everyone handed their envelopes to the dining room servers on the last evening. We left our cabin one in our cabin.