teigenes Posted December 21, 2015 #1 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Is one expected to tip the Steward when they deliver ones breakfast to have in your cabin.? If so how much is expected. Will be on the Aurora in Jan/Feb. Edited December 21, 2015 by teigenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the english lady Posted December 21, 2015 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Is one expected to tip the Steward when they deliver ones breakfast to have in your cabin.? If so how much is expected. Will be on the Aurora in Jan/Feb. You will get many answers on this., dependant on peoples point of view on tipping. We used it once on our cruise for breakfast and once for a sarnie... We did not tip extra. If you were going to use it every morning for breakfast then maybe, but it is not your steward who delivers it..you will have different people each day. In which case you would have to look at tipping each time, for someone doing their job. If they spread a fine line tablecloth each time and laid out the best silverware and crockery then maybe. In actual fact it will be a person bringing a tray to your cabin. If you think that merits a tip, then £1 a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teigenes Posted December 21, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Thanks, Have never tipped for room service on other cruise ships we have been on. This is a first time on P&O UK but thought I read somehwere that it was expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgs1956 Posted December 21, 2015 #4 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Its not expected to tip and nor is it necessary. We occasionally use Room Service and we tip a £1 or a Dollar but certainly don't think you have to. As EnglishLady says, you'll have a lot of views on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canugess Posted December 21, 2015 #5 Share Posted December 21, 2015 We have always tipped 2 dollars a time. But only because I thought it was expected. I am not generally a tipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NauticalMiss Posted December 21, 2015 #6 Share Posted December 21, 2015 We always have room service breakfast and we tip 2 or 3 US $ each time. Happy to do so. I am on holiday and the crew are helping me have a wonderful time so I like to spread the goodwill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyGold Posted December 21, 2015 #7 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Ruby GoldDon't worry about it It is I who is dense. Posted in the wrong place :( I was slightly concerned there! I really thought I must be missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticalmother Posted December 21, 2015 #8 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Do whatever you think is right. We have occasionally had breakfast on room service...if they bring it in, and set it out on the table, we might give a £1 or a Euro, but sometimes they stand at the door and expect you to take the tray....in which case, nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 22, 2015 #9 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) We had room service brekkie on Oriana in October as we had a couple of real early shorex. It is very rare for us to have room service as in my opinion, staff have better things to do. However, it was early in the morning, to wit 0700, half asleep and I got my pounds, dollars and euros mixed up in my wallet, so no wonder the brekkie steward looked ecstatic when he saw he had a £5 note in his hand. He must have thought 'generous Aussie, I thought they were tight tippers!!') LOL. Edited December 22, 2015 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florry Posted December 22, 2015 #10 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We always tip £1 it is almost always the same person who brings the order (especially at breakfast time). Each to their own, no right or wrong answer but if you do tip you can guarantee it is bang on time [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanexile81 Posted December 22, 2015 #11 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We take a little purse with £1 coins in, collected before we go and we use for room service tips usually £1 but if we get particularly special service we give £2. We get ice and lemon delivered most nights, an occasional breakfast and lunch. NSWP - thought on P&O there were crew assigned to do room service. They certainly on the whole seem a pretty happy bunch and always very pleased to get a small tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florry Posted December 22, 2015 #12 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We take a little purse with £1 coins in, collected before we go and we use for room service tips usually £1 but if we get particularly special service we give £2. We get ice and lemon delivered most nights, an occasional breakfast and lunch. NSWP - thought on P&O there were crew assigned to do room service. They certainly on the whole seem a pretty happy bunch and always very pleased to get a small tip Same as us! We save up £1 coins to take with us :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver surfer 2010 Posted December 22, 2015 #13 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I have never ever thought about tipping for room service, especially as tipping is automatically added to your account and presumably allocated to staff that serve you. Not that we have room service very often, just whenwe have an early start for a shorex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgs1956 Posted December 22, 2015 #14 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It is very rare for us to have room service as in my opinion, staff have better things to do. . Why not offer to help wash the dishes? That'll give them even more time for those "better things to do". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted December 22, 2015 #15 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Is one expected to tip the Steward when they deliver ones breakfast to have in your cabin.? If so how much is expected. Will be on the Aurora in Jan/Feb. On our first cruise with P&O we didn't tip. We then went on 3 Celebrity cruises and got used to giving a dollar or 2 when breakfast was delivered as was suggested on the Celebrity thread. This year on 2 P&O cruises we gave a small tip just as a thank you - only about a £1. The staff always seemed very appreciative of the gesture. Having said that, I don't think there is any need to - I think our US cruises have got us in the habit of saying small thank you. :) Edited December 22, 2015 by Presto2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanexile81 Posted December 22, 2015 #16 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Same as us! We save up £1 coins to take with us :) We need a like button :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted December 22, 2015 #17 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We need a like button :) We more or less said the same ----- I think. I would like to be liked too as it is Christmas :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 22, 2015 #18 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Why not offer to help wash the dishes? That'll give them even more time for those "better things to do". :) Take me to the scullery, I am an all rounder. I saw them doing the dishes on the 'Behind the Scenes Tour' on Oriana, I doubt the dish washers got any of the £75 fee though, all goes to Carnival Corp coffers in the US of A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teigenes Posted December 23, 2015 Author #19 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the feedback, as we are joining the ship in San Francisco and disembarking in Auckland the need to buy UK Pounds just for tipping doesn't make sense. Plus the hideous exchange rate NZ$ to UK pounds makes me think we will just take US dollars. As this is a world cruise, I think US dollars would be readily accepted in most countries. More so than the NZ dollar! Tho they could spend NZ$ while in the ports visited here!. That is of course if they have shore leave. Edited December 23, 2015 by teigenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the english lady Posted December 23, 2015 #20 Share Posted December 23, 2015 We always tip £1 it is almost always the same person who brings the order (especially at breakfast time). Each to their own, no right or wrong answer but if you do tip you can guarantee it is bang on time [emoji23] Florry on the odd time when I have had brekkie room service they have always arrived with in 5 mins of the start of my slot. I do not tip. I smile and say thank you and am polite. I don't know maybe the sleeping snoring monster in the corner of the room scares them off.!!!! (that's OH not me) We have room service so rarely I don't think we have the same person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NauticalMiss Posted December 23, 2015 #21 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks for the feedback, as we are joining the ship in San Francisco and disembarking in Auckland the need to buy UK Pounds just for tipping doesn't make sense. Plus the hideous exchange rate NZ$ to UK pounds makes me think we will just take US dollars. As this is a world cruise, I think US dollars would be readily accepted in most countries. More so than the NZ dollar! Tho they could spend NZ$ while in the ports visited here!. That is of course if they have shore leave. For crew, the currency of choice is most definitely the US dollar :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florry Posted December 23, 2015 #22 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Florry on the odd time when I have had brekkie room service they have always arrived with in 5 mins of the start of my slot. I do not tip. I smile and say thank you and am polite. I don't know maybe the sleeping snoring monster in the corner of the room scares them off.!!!! (that's OH not me) We have room service so rarely I don't think we have the same person. Ah like me you are the one who gets to open the door [emoji53] whilst the OH sleeps through the knocking! Got my own back one year though - brought a breakfast card home, completed it, hung it on the bedroom door and made sure I retired first so he would know! Got it too [emoji4] Edited December 23, 2015 by Florry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the english lady Posted December 24, 2015 #23 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Ah like me you are the one who gets to open the door [emoji53] whilst the OH sleeps through the knocking! Got my own back one year though - brought a breakfast card home, completed it, hung it on the bedroom door and made sure I retired first so he would know! Got it too [emoji4] Like like like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanexile81 Posted December 24, 2015 #24 Share Posted December 24, 2015 We more or less said the same ----- I think. I would like to be liked too as it is Christmas :D:D:D Of course I like you too Presto........Well at least we agree about tips :) And maybe the fact we also cruise with Cunard and Princess has made us feel more that we should tip extra to crew who provide good service. The pound coins are easy for us but once we get to the Caribbean it may well be $1 bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fue-fue Posted December 27, 2015 #25 Share Posted December 27, 2015 we save our £2 coins throughout the year. We use room service every morning for our early morning coffee and we tip £2 each day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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