Gratuities in Australia/NZ cruises

[kitman]

HI All, first time going aboard Voyager, for the Christmas Cruise and was wondering are the gratuities optional as the case on some of the other cruise lines doing the Aus/NZ waters?? We tip the staff we interact with , and receive excellent courteous service accordingly. Just asking??

[cruisnseas]

Grats are always optional with Royal Caribbean. The only exception is if you select MyTime dining in which case they are added when you select that dining option and paid for with your final payment.

[AussieVisi2r]

But they are automatically added on for us Aussies.

If you wish to pay it yourself, just ring up and have them remove them from your bill - then pay tips in cash.

[The_Big_M]

They're not optional in the same way you ask with other cruises in our waters e.g. P&O and Princess. On those, they don't expect gratuities, so any gratuity is really optional.

 

On RCL, staff's payments are based on gratuities so they are expected (at the recommended amount), even though they don't say it's compulsory.

[kitman]

Thanks, i guess i'll check with the agent we booked with to see if weve already paid in advance..