sandiego1 Posted September 1, 2018 #1 Share Posted September 1, 2018 We are booked on the '19 WC and the standard gratuities are included in our package deal. We will tip for room service deliveries, etc. But what about a "bonus" tip for the cabin stewards, dining room stewards, and wine steward? In the past we have tipped each of them, in cash, on top of the standards amounts that are charged to our credit card. We have typically done 1-2 week cruises. But what do on a 113 night cruise? For those of you that have done HAL World Cruises, can you please advise? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted September 1, 2018 #2 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I do about a dollar a day extra (I cruise solo) if they deserve it. We had a not so good dining room steward for half of this year's world cruise who did not get that. The one we had for the first half of the world cruise was excellent and he got more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted September 1, 2018 #3 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Our last WC (104 days) was similar in that the discretionary service charge was included in the base fare. We had the same cabin steward for the duration and he was very good. We left him US $100 and he was ecstatic. The MDR waiters were average, so if memory is correct they got a little less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted September 1, 2018 #4 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I also tipped above and beyond my included gratuities in my booking. Specific amounts, I do not recall (I sailed in 2008), but I feel that I am a generous tipper if the service warrants it. My dining room stewards and wine steward received an additional gratuity at the conclusion of each of the published segments. I included my table's Assistant Dining Room Manager because he deserved it. (He was more attentive than the DRM.) My stateroom steward was having issues and eventually "jumped ship" when we were docked in Singapore. His service was below expectations to OK, but nothing more. I did offer him an additional gratuity, but not at the same amount as the DRM staff received. The stateroom steward who replaced him was moved from being Captain van Zaane's Steward. He did a very good job and he received a larger gratuity than did my original stateroom steward. I also did, and do, offer a gratuity for Room Service: $1/service for a continental type breakfast; $2 for something more than that. Then and now, I have always found in whatever venue the men and women are working to serve me, they are most pleased to receive whatever I offer them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandiego1 Posted September 2, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Thanks for the advice. Scrapnana - did you tip $1/day per person (i.e $1 to cabin steward, $1 to assistant cabin steward, $1 to main waiter...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted September 4, 2018 #6 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Thanks for the advice. Scrapnana - did you tip $1/day per person (i.e $1 to cabin steward, $1 to assistant cabin steward, $1 to main waiter...)? I did not have an assistant cabin steward but the regular one was excellent and got the extra tip. My assistant waiter got a $1/day because he was so good - main waiter was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquadesiac Posted January 31, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On our Princess 2018 WC, we tipped our room steward and MDR servers $75 each at the end of each segment. We didn't want to wait until the end of the voyage to reward their excellent service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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