Currency for additional tips?

[LolaBlue]

Hi everyone,

First time poster here, so sorry if this is a silly question.

We are about to go on a cruise for the first time, going from Barcelona with NCL. My question is about additional tips - which currency should it be? (not whether you should/shouldn't tip!)

We are coming from England, so will be getting Euros to use in Barcelona and other ports - but should we also get some US dollars for tips on the ship for Cabin Steward etc? Or do you think they would be ok with Euros?

 

Thanks!

[rvsullivan]

Normally the ships currency is U.S. dollars. However, the crew would be happy with anything you give them. Euros will work and they would be very pleased to receive either!

[calmac]

The crew will be able to spend euros in many of the ports they visit. The crew's onboard shop trades in US$ so either will be accepted.

[auducky2]

We tipped our steward extra since he had to deal with DD2's diapers every day. :rolleyes: We used $$ and he was more than thankful. He even reminded us that his tip was included in what we pay, but we wanted to give him a little something extra. I don't think they really care what form it's in! :)

[LolaBlue]

Thanks for your replies.

Just wanted to check that Euros wouldn't be wrong or cause more inconvenience than they'd be worth!

I think we may stick with Euros then, save us having to get US dollars as well, then we would have 3 currencies (inc GBP) and I would be bound to muddle them up!

[lanceholt]

We bring $1 bills to tip room service if we are in a regular cabin. If in a suite we usually tip with larger denomination US currency, but if we have Euros left over we use them sometimes. Our take is that they are equally happy with either.

[jdvmd]

Either Euros or USD are fine. If in Europe, it saves the crew member from having to exchange the money.

[mypleasure]

Got off the Spirit in Barcelona yesterday. I tipped my extra over the DSC in Euro and they were all happily received by the crew.