How many dollar bills to take

[Ozarkglittergirl]

First cruise -- how many dollar bills do you realistically need for a 5 day cruise. It's ok if I have too many but definitely don't want to run short. For TIPS

 

[darnheather]

Tips are automatically included on alcohol so the only thing you need it for is room service $1 or $2 per time.

 

[Ozarkglittergirl]

There are baggage handlers and port excursions as well as room service

 

[darnheather]

There are baggage handlers and port excursions as well as room service

I didn't use any and assumed you meant the ship.

 

[sharksfinatic17]

For a 7 day cruise, we brought $30 in ones. We just used it for room service. I left the envelope out so whenever someone ordered room service, they would just grab a couple as a tip.

 

[Ozarkglittergirl]

I just have no clue what to take thanks for responses

 

[summerskye]

I would estimate it based on the following.
$2-3 per bag for porters (x2- before and after)
$30+ in one's for room service
The excursions are the hard part. It depends on the cost and the level of service. I plan on bringing a couple of hundred (mix of 5, 10, & 20s)

 

[amanda12404]

We are doing a Stingray excursion at Castaway Cay. Do we tip them too?

 

[Sytrace]

If you do an excursion in Nassau where a tour guide/driver is involved you might want to set aside some money for them.
At CC,if you purchase drinks at the bar or have a drink runner bring you drinks, their tip is added to your KTTWC.
Excursions at CC are not something you tip on.
Baggage porters about 1 to 2 dollars a bag for arrival and departure.
And room service tips of course.

 

[MunFam]

We tipped $2 per bag for the porters at the port.
We carried our own luggage off, so no help there...and no tips.
We tipped $1 per item from room service.
We tipped 20% to each of our guides and drivers (that we hired privately, not DCL people).

You may also find yourself needing to tip a shuttle driver, a cab driver, or the hotel maid pre or post cruise.

 

[lbus42]

i brought approximately $200 just for tips (hotel porters, airline porters, guides, drivers, room service, bartenders, etc.) Fifty of it in ones, another fifty in fives, and the rest in tens. I also ended up giving an additional $100 divided among my serving team and stateroom host. A lot of people came in contact with us and our luggage both before and after our cruise, 3 flight legs, a hotel, and transfer bus each way, so I handed out a lot of tips for good service.

 

[Luvzmy3boys]

Definitely consider tipping the tour guides/drivers on port excursions even if booked via Disney. They are locals contracted by Disney and really appreciate tips which we give for good service. I don't see too many folks tipping them it they are really working hard so that you have a good time.

 

[bumbershoot]

I count the bags we have, and estimate $1-2 per bag every time someone's going to move them for us. Don't forget your carryons if you'll have someone take them, too (on DCL bus, the porters at disembarkation, etc) So I generally know how many 5s and 1s I'll need for that.

Definitely be sure to put the tips for the END of the trip separate from the other tips, so you don't accidentally spend it!

The times I've gotten coffee and fruit for the mornings fro room service put the tip on the slip. I haven't bothered to do cash for that.

 

[lorimay]

We usually bring around $25 in singles and $25 in five's.

 

[mmouse37]

$25-$30 in singles and I make sure I have some small bills like 5's for baggage tips, etc.

MJ

 

[stitch'sgirl]

Excursions at CC are not something you tip on.
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Yes, you SHOULD tip the tour operators on Castaway Cay if they are not castmembers. Tour operators for parasailing, jet ski excursions, etc come in from local islands in the morning and should be tipped as you would at any other port.

 

[cheermom2four]

So we took the DCL bus from MCO (we stayed at the Hyatt inside the airport) and left our luggage in the hotel room for someone to get. How can we go about finding out who to tip for that as we already left our room and walked down to the DCL check-in before our bags were picked up. I would really like to be able to tip someone for that since it will be 4 bags this time for our longer cruise.

As for how much we brought last time? It was a 3night cruise just DH and I and we brought wayyyyyyyyy too much cash ($150). We didnt order room service as we were constantly on the go since it was our first time. Didnt have to use a porter as we had one bag picked up from our hotel room and we didnt do excursions this time around. We also didnt have a carryon except my purse which I kept with me so we didnt tip the driver. We did tip extra for our stateroom host and our serves though but that can be adjust on your account. I think this time we will bring $200 ($1s, $5s, and $10s) since it will be 4 of us this time for 7 nights and we are going on excursions and would like to tip there too. If we run out of cash, we will just up our tips to the servers and stateroom host on our tip forms at guest services. Having a teen this time I'm sure I will be using the $1s for room service

 

[BigredNole]

Something I learned from my parents on their 40+ cruises is that the crew went crazy over tips with $2 bills. Not sure why or the reason behind it, but they loved them. They loved them more than tipping $3 or $4 one dollar bills.

 

[Scherzermk]

I had about 30 ones and another hundred in other small bills for our 7 day with 3 people. I came home with $13. I made a list of who might need something and when like other posters have. Also account for taxi rides (most of my cash went there) and various drivers. I kept a clip magnet on the inside of my state room door for room service tips. It was really handy.

 

[tvguy]

$30 to $50 in $1s. Especially if you have excursions, air travel and bus transfers involved. Also very handy for small purchases like soda and snacks in ports.