Stacey5boys

On 2/3/2020 at 5:19 AM, megaelch said:

@Swedish Viking  you are rightfully asking the questions about the tips going to staff.

 

I will be Diamond on my next cruise on the Grandiosa this month by sailing a lot on MSC. We did ask our cabin stewards every time about getting part of the gratuity and it was confirmed they do not see a single penny of it on MSC.

Our workaround is removing the tips completely and handing out the money in cash to people providing service to us. Our cabin steward gets 100 EUR cash ( and i did see more than one of them with tears in their eyes ), the restaurant waiters in the restaurants we use get cash tips, casino staff gets tips, bar waiters get tips. In total more than our automatic gratuity would have been.

 

In my opinion all other cast members should be paid by the company directly from the cruise price i paid. Tips are for service .

 

Thank you for the info. I think we all assume it goes to the actual service staff and am disappointed to find out it doesn't. I will be bringing Euros and tipping on my own. Cabin stewards are such an integral part of the enjoyment of your cruise. Last time we gave ours $20 off the hop for a 4 night cruise and he was always there so we kept it going. No joke..we would be walking down the hall and mention his name in our convo and I swear his head popped out of a room door 30 ft down the hall lol