Another good strategy!If I keep going back to the same bar and bartender I will usually leave a tip like a $5 every night. Service might get better and if I am hanging out there, bartenders remember the tippers.
when you paid $XX per day for the package they added 18% for tips ... check your invoice!
I just bought the package (delux) for my cruise on Adventure OTS next moth
Well, I have never removed the dsc and tip extra to room stewards and waiters if service has been exceptional (which it has almost always been great). Have only not tipped extra to room steward once in almost 40 cruises. She did the bare minimum so there was no extra tip that week.editorial comment
often the folks who justify over tipping the bar tenders
are the same people who remove 'tips' to the food and room staff
'why should I tip the waiters in the <tip pool> .... I ate at the buffet every night'
if you don't understand ........
editorial comment
often the folks who justify over tipping the bar tenders
are the same people who remove 'tips' to the food and room staff
'why should I tip the waiters in the <tip pool> .... I ate at the buffet every night'
if you don't understand ........
This is a bad take.editorial comment
often the folks who justify over tipping the bar tenders
are the same people who remove 'tips' to the food and room staff
'why should I tip the waiters in the <tip pool> .... I ate at the buffet every night'
if you don't understand ........
This is a bad take.
So gratuities are added on per person, per day with a predetermined split between your DINNER servers, housekeeper and everyone else. You can opt out of this. I do not recommend doing so as the rate is quite fair.I will be going on my first cruise and a little confused about tipping and don't want to leave someone out.
I won't be getting the beverage package and I understand tipping at the bars for a beer or mixed drink that we may have. But what about the dining. I was told that we would have the same waitstaff every night after dinner, do we tip at the end of the cruise or each night? If I get room service for breakfast or in the evening, do I tip at the time of delivery? Housekeeping? Luggage?
Thank you. Much appreciated.So gratuities are added on per person, per day with a predetermined split between your DINNER servers, housekeeper and everyone else. You can opt out of this. I do not recommend doing so as the rate is quite fair.
You can tip over and above at your discretion. With room service (and most things), an 18% gratuity is levied so no extra tip is required.
For luggage, $1-2 per piece to the porters is customary.
Got off 8 day on Sunday. It was Carnival. We tipped $1 extra per pair of drinks. Sometimes $1.50 because hubby insisted he put 50 cents on his own and i kept telling him we just put $1 on one of ours but he wouldnt listen so sometimes I'd just do 50 cents also. But it must have annoyed whoever had to add that in. We left per day tips on our sail and sign and we tipped an extra $10 to room steward as well as 20% of the pay dining venues which we ate in 4/8 nights...so the $15pp charge we would tip $6 for the pair of us.
I would rather not get drink package next time so we can just buy noth drinks together and tip a normal tip on those. Have drink package on our Jan Royal Caribbean cruise but will cancel it.