⭐𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗱? 𝗔 - Charge them but DO NOT include it in the price (like many do now) 𝗕 - Include them as part of the cruise price 𝗖 - Do not charge them; let cruisers give as they choose
They passed the obligation off to the cruisers, and since we know that the multi-billion dollar corporations aren’t compensating their staff properly, the travelers usually tip more. More corporate greed for sure. I totally agree with u.
@keithmoore6334 you can choose not to cruise. If more would do this, the corporate greed would stop but people don't want to NOT go on their precious vacations.
@@keithmoore6334 Until Americans push back and refuse to pay tips, it will always be a problem. I read that depending on the cruise line, cabin staff can make as $500 a month with an average of about 1200 per month! 12-16 hours days at those rates is literal slavey even if the room and board is provided.
On my recent Princess cruise, I was made aware by several crew members that they do not get any extra pay from the tips we pay. All employees get paid a flat rate the only way they get tips is if the passengers give cash tips on the trip. Why do the cruise lines claim it’s “gratuity” when essentially, it’s the consumer supplementing the salary of the employee versus paying them extra because of good service. I’d like to pay my tips out of pocket. C for me!
I have never done gratuity. Go straight to service dept and cancel them. My tips go to the persons ,who has been in my life during cruise. I had a accident on board. Cabin steward was amazing. He got $50 bucks.
C, leave it up to the customer to determine who they want to recognize giving outstanding service. By adding it to the cruise price it's no longer a tip but an additional fee!
I go with C: I always have the automatic tips removed and give each crew members cash at each week of the cruise. They all have said that they like it that way and get much more than when the company devides it up.
How do you expect them to get paid? The passengers are paying either way. If you stop tipping that’s fine, but then don’t complain when your service is lackluster and everyone pays three times as much!
A gratuity you pay does not go to your room steward or other people who assist you on the ship. I was on an Norwegian cruise last year and I asked my room. Stewart for the gratuity that the cruise line charges? Would he see any of it. His response to me was it would not make a difference in his paycheck
@@timtoni123You were given incorrect information. I suspect there was a language or cultural misunderstanding with your room steward. The gratuities all go into a pool and are distributed the crew based upon their job position. Most cruise lines provide a breakdown of the tip amount per included crew. I am aware some crew will use this as a ploy to get an extra cash tip. We frequently tip our room steward extra cash, and, if we have the same main dining staff we will tip additional cash for excellent dining service.
@@vincent412l7 Well the only busses I take are ones on excursions on cruises. We generally give them $5 per person or $10 each if they’re commenting also. We only take a train maybe once a year and they’re unionized drivers, so tips aren’t needed. Where we live the only grocery workers you might tip are if they take and load the groceries into your car. Now, when I order groceries or food to home, I pay a minimum of $10 to the driver. Same to an Uber/Lyft driver. More for longer rides.
C- we are old school cruisers, when they started to add the tips to the bill at the end it was less than what we thought was fair… and tipped some services we didn’t use. Letting us decide really does make the end of the cruise special when we shake their hand and give them a token of our gratitude.
In 2001, my husband and I took a cruise with two of our dearest friends. We took the cruise because we knew my husband had less than a year to live due to his cancer💔and he had always wanted to go on a cruise. One of my favorite photos from the cruise was taken on the last night of it. My husband had a great sense of humor. So he jokingly handed our waiter a one US dollar bill as his tip for the whole cruise, while the waiter jokingly puts his hands around my husband’s neck. You are right, it does create a special moment between the passenger and crew member when we give them the tip ourselves.
@@Sand1955 I’m so sorry to hear about your husband. I am also so stoked he had a great cruise trip! What a gift! We often find the staff like family and giving them the gift to them makes it so much more personal and it made us feel better KNOWING they got what we tipped and it wasn’t shared
Also shut up about a living wage. A living wage is subject to what each individual considers it to be. If you like to live large, have an expensive taste in food, clothing, etc. your idea of a living wage g wage is higher than others who are more budget friendly. Also wages that are paid to the staff are better wages that they ever could make in their home countries. You see their wages from a very scewed perspective…a perspective of what US and probably US union wages are. If you paid everyone to a US standard, not many people would be able to afford to go on a cruise.
The cruise lines need to pay a straight and fair wage, and tipping should occur only for a service that went above and beyond. I’m tired of being badgered for a tip for every time someone hands me a paper napkin. If they have to raise prices to do that, so be it. Enough nickel and dime-ing the customer.
Define a straight and fare wage. What do you base it on. Do you base it on what you would decide a stray and fare wage is for their individual countries or a straight a fair wage based on the US! Again, define a straight and fair wage.
@@JeffreyStockard Any moron can simply look to similar "non-tipping industries", like dental assistants, bank tellers, etc to find a "straight and fare wage" for any tipped position. It seems like there's an obvious lack of fairness to your post. It's more like trolling.
The ship cruise lines should pay their employees & it's not fare that we should pay an unexpected fee like that. gratuities it's not the way to go. Carnival is already losing customers because of poor service.
C. If they are mandatory, they are not "gratuities". Also, we don't know how much each position pays, or how the tips/gratuities are distributed (ie - who gets how much). And it shouldn't be the passengers responsibility to subsidize the employees wage. We pay the MANDATORY tips/gratuities and tip extra to certain staff members. But as these greedy cruise lines continue to increase the rate, I'm finding it harder to justify it. Everyone has a limit and I think I've reached mine. These shaddy cruise lines will continue to raise the rate as passengers are willing to subsidize their empoyees wages for them.
Passengers will always ultimately pay the cruise line employees. Tips or not the passenger pays. If you feel cruise lines are shady you should take your vacation dollars elsewhere.
B. Honestly after living in Europe I realized how much better having that included in the price was. It’s also a way of making sure that the crew members actually get what should be coming to them. There’s a part of me that feels like they don’t get the full tips especially with all of these stories about companies who have committed wage theft, especially in jobs that work for tips.
@@JeffreyStockard because they are part of the cruise price. Gratuities don't go to the crew members directly, they just help the cruise line fund the cost of crew members' salary. If you want a particular crew member to receive a gratuity to keep, you have to give them cash.
I would go with C personally. The last cruise i was one 1. the dining room was run poorly. We had reservations and it still took us 2 hrs just to be seated. They only opened 1 outta 3 of the dining rooms. Ridiculous. 2. The cabin person. We never saw them and had to keep calling for clean towels and cleaning our own room. Even tho we r clean people. Dumping our own garbage. Ridiculous 3. Bought the beverage package and were always completely ignored at certain bars. 4. Food was the worse i had ever had on a ship to date (10th cruise)
I think your question on Gratuities is a very good question. I feel B may be the better answer that way the gratuities are paid along with the cruise fair.
C. If the crew needs tip to offset their wages, then the cruise line should pay their crew better and just offset that cost in the overall cost of the cruise.
Thanks for your video informative as always, and our prayers to the family that they may find that gentleman if not our condolences. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a happy new year cruising❤
It is amusing how quickly some people take to the comments to state what generous tippers they are and how well they treat the staff. The cruise lines have a level of service to maintain for all passengers. However! Some people tip (flash the cash) in order to solicit (not reward) better service than the next person. We have all seen it! Tipping is out of control. We are customers and we are paying good money, the crew are intelligent people that have made career decisions like we have and they are employed by the cruise line (who are making coin) not by us!
While I'd prefer option #3, let cruisers pay according to how well their cabins were maintained, I also know that there would, most likely, be a ton of people who think they can just leave without any kind of payment. Not good. Therefore, I'd opt for #2. Let us know the entire price of the cruise with the fees already included.
Ok but can you guarantee that the employees actually get their individual tips? BTW, do you know which employees get tips? Maybe making the tips mandatory is a way for cruise lines operating down there too pad their bottom lines or for them to not to have to pay out as much in salary because they passed it along to their passengers.
@@JeffreyStockard Actually the grats are built in to the cost, we tip our cabin steward as most do. I am also told the the grats are shared throughout the staff but we will never know. I do know that they are all happy with their wages and of course appreciate any extra.
B I cruised on Azamara last month, EVERYTHING was included in the price, gratuities, drinks, port tax/fees. I loved it. I did tip some additional , but was nice to have everything included in advertised price.
One of the reasons I choose to go on cruises with P&O UK is that service charges and tips are included, so if you're buying a glass of wine for £9, it is £9; there's not an 18 to 20% service charge added onto the cost of the drink.
C - Gratuities should be optional. The cruise line should include enough in the cruise fare so that they pay the crew a fair wage. And, we can tip for exceptional service. Thanks for the new updates.
C Gratuities are rewards for good / exceptional service. The cruise line should not be charging them until the passenger determines the appropriate amount. I also feel that the cruise lines are using the "gratuities" as a means of not paying their crew appropriate wages. By charging them in advance companies can calculate how much an employee is being tipped and reduce their wage increase because they receive excessive tips in their view.
C .... I just disembarked yesterday ... I noticed that during my 8 day cruise I interacted with the same crew members everyday over and over ..I appreciated them so much .. I tipped cash to them and also paid the gratuity fee. Now reading all the comments about crew not getting the "kinda" forced gratuity fee does not settle well with me ... Shouldn't someone investigate and dig deeper to expose this if it is the truth. I would surely hope that these huge corporations wouldn't take advantage of their employees or the customers that faithfully think that the money goes where it should! 😒
C = The passengers should NOT be expected to pay the salary of the employees/ crew!!! All expenses should be accounted for in the cruise price. Tipping all over is getting out of hand/ control!! Everyone wants money in the form of a “tip” for doing their job! A “tip” would be like a “thank you” for going above and beyond your duties for a customer. Employers should pay the employees a fair wage and their product and service would draw the customers creating more income. Tipping should not be expected and forced. I don’t mind tipping, but when you pay a high price for something and then expected to pay like 20% more for a tip is just starting to make the product or service way too costly!
When I was in NYC in Sept the Hotel tactrd on a BS $75 a day for a "Hotel Ledging" fee or some nonsense. I was ticked off. I can't stand hidden fees. Just tell me the full price up front. What if I got there and couldn't afford it? And when looking things and I'm comparing prices I want to know the full price.
Outbreaks of illness can be attributed to staff cross contaminating surfaces in the buffet. My hubby watched how they ttake dirty dishes with bare hands. Put them on a tray then use the same dirty tray and hands Clean the table.
C, but i understand that many people dont know how or refuse to tip properly. So I understand putting the tips into the price, to which I would prefer option B
We do a combo....We instruct the Cruise Line to charge us 50% of the suggested rate for the behind the scenes crew members and then tip our cabin steward, waiter, etc. separately in cash. We believe the folks that work directly with the guests are much more into their work if they know there tips will be reflected in their service. (we are generous).
I’ve booked both with RCL but also with TripAdvisor and Viator. I’ve had great experiences with all of them. I actually booked a swimming with pigs in the Bahamas this spring with TripAdvisor because it included more and was less expensive.
B- Included in the price. That way, the personnel is sure to get it. I remember our first cruise where you paid, at the end of the cruise, with cash in enveloppes, gratuities to the personnel: room attendant, dining-room waiter and maître-d. You would dine at the same table served by the same waiter every night. At that time, there were no other alternatives i.e. no specialty restaurants. Well guess what? Some people did not come to dinner that last night to avoid paying gratuities!!!
C My wife and I sailed on the Carnival Spirit about 14 years ago and we were supposed to stop in Mazatlán, but ended up skipping that port because of gang violence and instead ported in Manzanillo, which had only just began cruise operations. The place was totally industrial near the port, so we took a cab to a restaurant/beach location recommended by the driver and ended up in the prettiest location with 5-star service and nearly nobody else around. We had several drinks, lunch, our own umbrella and chairs and even bought souvenirs with the grand total being less than $100 bucks for everything! We loved it and I am now sad that things have gotten so bad.
If you picked C the person doing the laundry, cleaning the ship, sorting trash, or making your food will no longer receive tips, and you know cruise lines won't raise their wages. The cruise lines should be required to show how they distribute the gratuities
B - when I was stationed in Germany that's how things were. It took me a little time to get used to it, but it's comforting to know the price you see is exactly what it costs - no surprises.
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⭐𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗱?
𝗔 - Charge them but DO NOT include it in the price (like many do now)
𝗕 - Include them as part of the cruise price
𝗖 - Do not charge them; let cruisers give as they choose
B include in price, but also I hope the cruise lines start paying a better wage to employees
Either B or C, A makes no sense, show us the TOTAL bill. I hate a bait and switch.
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C I’d prefer the cruise line compensate their staff fairly. Customers should feel free to tip or not.
They passed the obligation off to the cruisers, and since we know that the multi-billion dollar corporations aren’t compensating their staff properly, the travelers usually tip more. More corporate greed for sure. I totally agree with u.
@keithmoore6334 you can choose not to cruise. If more would do this, the corporate greed would stop but people don't want to NOT go on their precious vacations.
@ ur absolutely correct.
@@keithmoore6334 Until Americans push back and refuse to pay tips, it will always be a problem. I read that depending on the cruise line, cabin staff can make as $500 a month with an average of about 1200 per month! 12-16 hours days at those rates is literal slavey even if the room and board is provided.
@ yes and I’m guilty and I’m ready to stop cruising. I didn’t know that they made so little
On my recent Princess cruise, I was made aware by several crew members that they do not get any extra pay from the tips we pay. All employees get paid a flat rate the only way they get tips is if the passengers give cash tips on the trip. Why do the cruise lines claim it’s “gratuity” when essentially, it’s the consumer supplementing the salary of the employee versus paying them extra because of good service. I’d like to pay my tips out of pocket. C for me!
Oh it's gratuitous alright the gratuity goes straight to the top as bonuses
A cabin steward said the same thing on our Hawaiian cruise on Princess.
I have never done gratuity.
Go straight to service dept and cancel them.
My tips go to the persons ,who has been in my life during cruise.
I had a accident on board. Cabin steward was amazing. He got $50 bucks.
It’s a gratuity for the owners. They work so hard.
Yes, they want us to pay twice. Once to them and then cash to the workers.
Every staff i ask says they don't get tip money. We stopped letting the lines charge us and opted out. Give the cabin and wait staff cash.
You can opt out?
my cabin steward told me
he don’t get the tips from the ship
i give cash
@@ShadowsandCityLightsyes
I've heard the exact same thing. Shifted to direct tipping a while back.
C, leave it up to the customer to determine who they want to recognize giving outstanding service. By adding it to the cruise price it's no longer a tip but an additional fee!
I go with C: I always have the automatic tips removed and give each crew members cash at each week of the cruise. They all have said that they like it that way and get much more than when the company devides it up.
C-prepaid gratuities are nothing more than a salary subsidy. I tip cash for exceptional service. Cruise lines should pay their workers a decent wage.
@@RussLuvs2Cruise there are no gratuities on Australian cruises...hum?
@uwately1 Different culture
then everyone will complain cruises are too expensive.
@RussLuvs2Cruise I totally agree with you
I hope the tipping culture will come to an end. The customer should not be expected to pay the staff.
How do you expect them to get paid? The passengers are paying either way. If you stop tipping that’s fine, but then don’t complain when your service is lackluster and everyone pays three times as much!
@joleighva so how much do you tip your bus driver or train driver? And tge supermarket checkout ckerk?
A gratuity you pay does not go to your room steward or other people who assist you on the ship. I was on an Norwegian cruise last year and I asked my room. Stewart for the gratuity that the cruise line charges? Would he see any of it. His response to me was it would not make a difference in his paycheck
@@timtoni123You were given incorrect information. I suspect there was a language or cultural misunderstanding with your room steward. The gratuities all go into a pool and are distributed the crew based upon their job position. Most cruise lines provide a breakdown of the tip amount per included crew. I am aware some crew will use this as a ploy to get an extra cash tip. We frequently tip our room steward extra cash, and, if we have the same main dining staff we will tip additional cash for excellent dining service.
@@vincent412l7 Well the only busses I take are ones on excursions on cruises. We generally give them $5 per person or $10 each if they’re commenting also. We only take a train maybe once a year and they’re unionized drivers, so tips aren’t needed. Where we live the only grocery workers you might tip are if they take and load the groceries into your car. Now, when I order groceries or food to home, I pay a minimum of $10 to the driver. Same to an Uber/Lyft driver. More for longer rides.
My physician summed it up after I had been on a cruise which had a noravirus outbreak…people just need to wash their hands after using the toilet!
And immediately before eating or touching your face, mouth etc.
The workers who are handling any food should be observed washing their hands
Ish. The thought makes me ill that people might not do that. Use soap, too. Rinsing doesn’t do it.
C- we are old school cruisers, when they started to add the tips to the bill at the end it was less than what we thought was fair… and tipped some services we didn’t use. Letting us decide really does make the end of the cruise special when we shake their hand and give them a token of our gratitude.
In 2001, my husband and I took a cruise with two of our dearest friends. We took the cruise because we knew my husband had less than a year to live due to his cancer💔and he had always wanted to go on a cruise. One of my favorite photos from the cruise was taken on the last night of it. My husband had a great sense of humor. So he jokingly handed our waiter a one US dollar bill as his tip for the whole cruise, while the waiter jokingly puts his hands around my husband’s neck. You are right, it does create a special moment between the passenger and crew member when we give them the tip ourselves.
@@Sand1955 I’m so sorry to hear about your husband. I am also so stoked he had a great cruise trip! What a gift!
We often find the staff like family and giving them the gift to them makes it so much more personal and it made us feel better KNOWING they got what we tipped and it wasn’t shared
B. Everything should be in the advertised price. Staff should be paid sufficiently that tips are not required to bring their pay up to a living wage.
Not my job to pay the staff.
Also shut up about a living wage. A living wage is subject to what each individual considers it to be. If you like to live large, have an expensive taste in food, clothing, etc. your idea of a living wage g wage is higher than others who are more budget friendly. Also wages that are paid to the staff are better wages that they ever could make in their home countries. You see their wages from a very scewed perspective…a perspective of what US and probably US union wages are. If you paid everyone to a US standard, not many people would be able to afford to go on a cruise.
C or B. When gratuities are mandatory, we tip less or not at all. You leave it optional, we tip more. Goes for restaurants, too.
B - Just like hotels in the US, this is like a ‘hidden’ fee.
Always love your efficiency in reporting the news
B - we always add them on as prepaid, so it would be nice to just have them included from the start!
C_ I'm tired of the hidden cost.
The cruise lines need to pay a straight and fair wage, and tipping should occur only for a service that went above and beyond. I’m tired of being badgered for a tip for every time someone hands me a paper napkin. If they have to raise prices to do that, so be it. Enough nickel and dime-ing the customer.
Define a straight and fare wage. What do you base it on. Do you base it on what you would decide a stray and fare wage is for their individual countries or a straight a fair wage based on the US! Again, define a straight and fair wage.
@@JeffreyStockard Any moron can simply look to similar "non-tipping industries", like dental assistants, bank tellers, etc to find a "straight and fare wage" for any tipped position. It seems like there's an obvious lack of fairness to your post. It's more like trolling.
C - stop with the mandatory tipping. That’s a charge not a tip.
The ship cruise lines should pay their employees & it's not fare that we should pay an unexpected fee like that. gratuities it's not the way to go. Carnival is already losing customers because of poor service.
Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands!
Isn’t it sad that you have to pass a rule to get companies to be honest to their customers. Now that’s some immorality.
B. - I also want to see proof that they are being distributed to the crew
B I also tip extra for something above and beyond, and hand it directly to that person or people.
C , I prefer to give tips if the service is good. It doesn't have to be exceptional, but commiserate with the care.
B. Include gratuities in advertised price since they are required and not optional.
Best to not stop at Manzanillo. Substitute another port, or have one less stop.
C. If they are mandatory, they are not "gratuities". Also, we don't know how much each position pays, or how the tips/gratuities are distributed (ie - who gets how much). And it shouldn't be the passengers responsibility to subsidize the employees wage. We pay the MANDATORY tips/gratuities and tip extra to certain staff members. But as these greedy cruise lines continue to increase the rate, I'm finding it harder to justify it. Everyone has a limit and I think I've reached mine. These shaddy cruise lines will continue to raise the rate as passengers are willing to subsidize their empoyees wages for them.
Passengers will always ultimately pay the cruise line employees. Tips or not the passenger pays. If you feel cruise lines are shady you should take your vacation dollars elsewhere.
B. Honestly after living in Europe I realized how much better having that included in the price was. It’s also a way of making sure that the crew members actually get what should be coming to them. There’s a part of me that feels like they don’t get the full tips especially with all of these stories about companies who have committed wage theft, especially in jobs that work for tips.
B and I usually give a bonus to our steward.
Prayers for the poor man and his family.💔🙏🕊️
B. They should be included as part of the cruise price.
Why?
@@JeffreyStockard because they are part of the cruise price. Gratuities don't go to the crew members directly, they just help the cruise line fund the cost of crew members' salary. If you want a particular crew member to receive a gratuity to keep, you have to give them cash.
@ Ii is not my job to pay the employees on the cruise ship, it’s not yours either.
I would go with C personally. The last cruise i was one
1. the dining room was run poorly. We had reservations and it still took us 2 hrs just to be seated. They only opened 1 outta 3 of the dining rooms. Ridiculous.
2. The cabin person. We never saw them and had to keep calling for clean towels and cleaning our own room. Even tho we r clean people. Dumping our own garbage. Ridiculous
3. Bought the beverage package and were always completely ignored at certain bars.
4. Food was the worse i had ever had on a ship to date (10th cruise)
I think your question on Gratuities is a very good question. I feel B may be the better answer that way the gratuities are paid along with the cruise fair.
C. Don't charge them at all. Let customers give as they choose.
I forgot to wish you guys to have a Merry Christmas before so I am doing that now and have a safe and beautiful New Year!
Hi Katy! Thank you so much! We wish you the best also!
C we don’t go to the dining room and would prefer to tip where we eat at! We even tip in the windjammer!
B - tips should be shared with all of the crew.
C. Tips as customer chooses
C. If the crew needs tip to offset their wages, then the cruise line should pay their crew better and just offset that cost in the overall cost of the cruise.
C, pay the crew properly, and let us tip for truly exceptional service.
No one should be obligated to tip. The price is the price. Not everyone can afford to give extra.
C-it’s getting out of hand! Cruises increased prices. they should increase their salaries!
B - I would like to have it included
Am new too cruising only two , but how does someone fall overboard. It’s almost impossible without you been at fault 🤷🏻♂️.
Tipping is a personal choice, we even have tipped on all inclusive cruise lines. It’s just something we like to do.
B. I love not having to worry about tips.
Thanks for your video informative as always, and our prayers to the family that they may find that gentleman if not our condolences. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a happy new year cruising❤
Hi Deborah! I appreciate you so much. We had a great Christmas. Hope you and your family did as well. Have a great weekend!
B add into cruise fee
B,best to include it upfront in the price. Just imagine the long lines at customer service gone away
B I like knowing, but always tip extra when leaving
It is amusing how quickly some people take to the comments to state what generous tippers they are and how well they treat the staff. The cruise lines have a level of service to maintain for all passengers. However! Some people tip (flash the cash) in order to solicit (not reward) better service than the next person. We have all seen it! Tipping is out of control. We are customers and we are paying good money, the crew are intelligent people that have made career decisions like we have and they are employed by the cruise line (who are making coin) not by us!
B-include them as a part of the cruise price
B - prefer to know full price up front and I am always happy to pay gratuities.
C - I prefer to tip as I feel service was provided. I have tipped upfront before and received horrible service in some area’s
C- that's why I have them removed from my bill, I tip as I go.
B- then you don't have to worry about it at the end of your cruise.
Hi Lori! Thanks for your input. I hope you have a great day!
C. Tipping as your option for above normal service.
While I'd prefer option #3, let cruisers pay according to how well their cabins were maintained, I also know that there would, most likely, be a ton of people who think they can just leave without any kind of payment. Not good. Therefore, I'd opt for #2. Let us know the entire price of the cruise with the fees already included.
B- I tend to buy a package that includes gratuities.
C- tipping should be voluntary, anything else is a fee not a tip
Definitely c I’m a generous tipper especially to my steward waiter/tress and people in the casino
In Australia Gratuities are included for cruise that depart and return to the embarkation ports.
Ok but can you guarantee that the employees actually get their individual tips? BTW, do you know which employees get tips? Maybe making the tips mandatory is a way for cruise lines operating down there too pad their bottom lines or for them to not to have to pay out as much in salary because they passed it along to their passengers.
@@JeffreyStockard Actually the grats are built in to the cost, we tip our cabin steward as most do. I am also told the the grats are shared throughout the staff but we will never know. I do know that they are all happy with their wages and of course appreciate any extra.
All gratuities should be included, ie enough to pay crew included. That allows better budgeting for traveler as well.
B Include so that I can budget for it.
B I cruised on Azamara last month, EVERYTHING was included in the price, gratuities, drinks, port tax/fees. I loved it. I did tip some additional , but was nice to have everything included in advertised price.
C - Always use Cash.....
One of the reasons I choose to go on cruises with P&O UK is that service charges and tips are included, so if you're buying a glass of wine for £9, it is £9; there's not an 18 to 20% service charge added onto the cost of the drink.
@jbaxter736 Yeah but then you have to sail with P&O. No thanks.
C the cruise companies should pay there staff a reasonable wage.
C - Gratuities should be optional. The cruise line should include enough in the cruise fare so that they pay the crew a fair wage. And, we can tip for exceptional service. Thanks for the new updates.
C Gratuities are rewards for good / exceptional service. The cruise line should not be charging them until the passenger determines the appropriate amount. I also feel that the cruise lines are using the "gratuities" as a means of not paying their crew appropriate wages. By charging them in advance companies can calculate how much an employee is being tipped and reduce their wage increase because they receive excessive tips in their view.
B, it should be rolled into the price
Hi Kathleen! Thanks for your input. I hope you have a great day!
C gratuities should be based on service provided
C .... I just disembarked yesterday ... I noticed that during my 8 day cruise I interacted with the same crew members everyday over and over ..I appreciated them so much .. I tipped cash to them and also paid the gratuity fee. Now reading all the comments about crew not getting the "kinda" forced gratuity fee does not settle well with me ... Shouldn't someone investigate and dig deeper to expose this if it is the truth. I would surely hope that these huge corporations wouldn't take advantage of their employees or the customers that faithfully think that the money goes where it should! 😒
Never been on a cruise.
C = The passengers should NOT be expected to pay the salary of the employees/ crew!!! All expenses should be accounted for in the cruise price. Tipping all over is getting out of hand/ control!! Everyone wants money in the form of a “tip” for doing their job! A “tip” would be like a “thank you” for going above and beyond your duties for a customer. Employers should pay the employees a fair wage and their product and service would draw the customers creating more income. Tipping should not be expected and forced. I don’t mind tipping, but when you pay a high price for something and then expected to pay like 20% more for a tip is just starting to make the product or service way too costly!
When I was in NYC in Sept the Hotel tactrd on a BS $75 a day for a "Hotel Ledging" fee or some nonsense. I was ticked off. I can't stand hidden fees. Just tell me the full price up front. What if I got there and couldn't afford it? And when looking things and I'm comparing prices I want to know the full price.
Outbreaks of illness can be attributed to staff cross contaminating surfaces in the buffet. My hubby watched how they ttake dirty dishes with bare hands. Put them on a tray then use the same dirty tray and hands Clean the table.
C, but i understand that many people dont know how or refuse to tip properly. So I understand putting the tips into the price, to which I would prefer option B
People more upset about tipping and price increase instead of the safety and man falling overboard and not found. Geez
The best information...short and to point.
Hi Anna Lee! Thank you so much for your kinds words!
As I said before…bypass Mexico!
I choose B, I just want everything taken care of before i go on my cruise
In Australia, RC includes gratuities in the total fare. Lets face it, gratuities pay the crew wages.
We do a combo....We instruct the Cruise Line to charge us 50% of the suggested rate for the behind the scenes crew members and then tip our cabin steward, waiter, etc. separately in cash. We believe the folks that work directly with the guests are much more into their work if they know there tips will be reflected in their service. (we are generous).
Thank you. Your info is always welcome. 😎 9:20
Thanks Jerry! I appreciate you my Friend!
Would love to have everything at once.
Hi Lisa! Thanks for your input. I hope you have a great day!
B - I like to have it all paid and not have to think about it later.
B- I just want an all included pricing for my cruise. This will allow me to budget for the cost and tip more generously on the cruise.
In case you haven’t realized most cruise fares advertised are the full fare including taxes and port charges. This is a fairly recent development.
I’ve booked both with RCL but also with TripAdvisor and Viator. I’ve had great experiences with all of them. I actually booked a swimming with pigs in the Bahamas this spring with TripAdvisor because it included more and was less expensive.
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B will continue to add gratuities extra for service
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C. That way you reward excellent service!
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B- Included in the price. That way, the personnel is sure to get it.
I remember our first cruise where you paid, at the end of the cruise, with cash in enveloppes, gratuities to the personnel: room attendant, dining-room waiter and maître-d. You would dine at the same table served by the same waiter every night. At that time, there were no other alternatives i.e. no specialty restaurants. Well guess what? Some people did not come to dinner that last night to avoid paying gratuities!!!
C
My wife and I sailed on the Carnival Spirit about 14 years ago and we were supposed to stop in Mazatlán, but ended up skipping that port because of gang violence and instead ported in Manzanillo, which had only just began cruise operations. The place was totally industrial near the port, so we took a cab to a restaurant/beach location recommended by the driver and ended up in the prettiest location with 5-star service and nearly nobody else around. We had several drinks, lunch, our own umbrella and chairs and even bought souvenirs with the grand total being less than $100 bucks for everything! We loved it and I am now sad that things have gotten so bad.
Just give the total price. Tips included.
C, so I can decide
If you picked C the person doing the laundry, cleaning the ship, sorting trash, or making your food will no longer receive tips, and you know cruise lines won't raise their wages. The cruise lines should be required to show how they distribute the gratuities
They don’t receive tips anywhere else
B pay it up front as part of the fare.
B include them in the cruise pricing.
B - when I was stationed in Germany that's how things were. It took me a little time to get used to it, but it's comforting to know the price you see is exactly what it costs - no surprises.
❤I would love to see the gratuities included in the price-it’s nice to see the total cost right from the start.