See you are from Marion, OH. DH was born in Marysville. I'm from Richwood. We were both born at Marion Hospital in 1947, long before it was known as Marion General Hospital.:D
I take hard candies as well as chocolate bars -- but we get the biggest smiles from the chocolate candy since the crew knows it's hard to transport it from home to ship.
I watch out for Hershey's special kisses prior to a cruise, i.e., Hershey's produces mint flavored chips around St. Pat's day, cherry flavored chips around Valentine's Day, etc.
Kit Kat bars seem to be the favorite of crew on all the ship's we sailed over the past few years.
Dianne
I made up little "goodie" bags with some candy and a phone card/other goodies along with a thank you charm and handed them out to staff that were helpful but usually don't get tipped i.e. guest services, etc. This was in addition to any tip.
I also made up a gift bag with goodies for our room steward and gave it to them on the first day as a pre-thank you for their hard work. Made sure they knew that it wasn't replacing their tip just an added thank you. I must say that we got really really good service for the whole cruise along with appreciation.
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