Cash tips on QV.

[Haggis_Fed]

Having previously sailed QM2 on TAs, this year my wife and I are undertaking our first cruise on QV .

 

On the crossings, we tipped in $, but as QV operates mainly in Europe and out of Southampton, which currency is most useful to the employee if we want to leave a tip €,£,$?

 

Thanks for your advice

 

Cg

[capnpugwash]

Having previously sailed QM2 on TAs, this year my wife and I are undertaking our first cruise on QV .

 

On the crossings, we tipped in $, but as QV operates mainly in Europe and out of Southampton, which currency is most useful to the employee if we want to leave a tip €,£,$?

 

Thanks for your advice

 

Cg

 

It really doesn't matter, USD, GBP or Euros are all useful.

[DDBINK1]

On my QV trip to Hawai'i, I tipped in US $'s but I also asked my butler who was from Germany if she wanted a different currency. She said US $ are ok because they can use them on the ship and can always deposit them into their personal accounts and then bank transfer the funds to their home countries.

And I think they keep the money given as a tip since I suspect the auto tipping gets utilized as their base pay by the company. I may be wrong in that conspiracy theory.

 

Hope that helps.

[Scrapnana]

I asked the Social Hostess on QE and she said US$ were far and away the most preferred. She said dollars were the easiest to send home. Not real sure why that is true but that was her answer.

[Jimsgirl]

Having lived in the "third world" I think the answer is "black market" . You can get better exchange rates for dollars in the local market place than at a bank.

 

It is illegal but it is done.