hammsz Posted February 16, 2016 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I will be answering questions as well. Its definitely a "culture change" at NCL. I dont think the bartenders are getting the money coming in like they used to from tips. I found a few bartenders that were personable and started telling them to print out my "bill" so i could add a tip to my several rounds of drinks. The only thing on my account review was the actual tip i paid. It changed everything!!! just a few bucks here and there went a very LONG way. My service at Spice H2O was impecable after i helped them out a little bit. I booked the free UBP before they started charging the service fees lol. We came out so far ahead. My friends enjoyed 25+ drinks/shots each day. I drank smoothies all day and fireball all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDsquared Posted February 16, 2016 #2 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Do you think it would be the same if I brought a bunch of dollar bills to tip? I was thinking about doing that instead of signing a receipt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofigyawhy Posted February 16, 2016 #3 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Do you think it would be the same if I brought a bunch of dollar bills to tip? I was thinking about doing that instead of signing a receipt... Dollar bills work great. What I do is fold them up and hold on to them underneath my key card. When the bartender takes my card he/she feels the bills and then indiscreetly slides the bills into their pant pocket. I then will receive back a nod of their head and a smile along with supurb service for the entire cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-mom Posted February 16, 2016 #4 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hi, can I ask where you got the smoothies on Getaway and an idea of what's available with UBP please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitlions Posted February 16, 2016 #5 Share Posted February 16, 2016 On Getaway last trip I also had UBP I did have to pay the 18% but I still slid the tender dollars here and there just to be nice some of them went out of there way to serve me but I did not do it for that and I tried not to get ahead of anyone. Some folks that act rude at the bar I enjoy the cutoff though :D . What I do enjoy about the UBP it tends to create a much more exciting atmosphere around the bars before that not so much. I also think it helps keep the boorish snobby types in there quiet areas which I am all for that I just feel they are in the way of a good time anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted February 16, 2016 #6 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Dollar bills work great. What I do is fold them up and hold on to them underneath my key card. When the bartender takes my card he/she feels the bills and then indiscreetly slides the bills into their pant pocket. I then will receive back a nod of their head and a smile along with supurb service for the entire cruise. Where is the LIKE button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbmom1 Posted February 16, 2016 #7 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I will be answering questions as well. Its definitely a "culture change" at NCL. I dont think the bartenders are getting the money coming in like they used to from tips. I found a few bartenders that were personable and started telling them to print out my "bill" so i could add a tip to my several rounds of drinks. The only thing on my account review was the actual tip i paid. It changed everything!!! just a few bucks here and there went a very LONG way. My service at Spice H2O was impecable after i helped them out a little bit. I booked the free UBP before they started charging the service fees lol. We came out so far ahead. My friends enjoyed 25+ drinks/shots each day. I drank smoothies all day and fireball all night. Curious, were you using your UBP to buy drinks for your friends, if so, was it pretty easy to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinAndTheCity Posted February 16, 2016 #8 Share Posted February 16, 2016 How often are you guys tipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifffanyD Posted February 16, 2016 #9 Share Posted February 16, 2016 This worked well for me too. When howl was packed - I had someone at my side every 5 minutes asking if I needed another round. At 5 o clock somewhere my glass never went empty and I was sent with a heavy "to-go" after closing. They really do appreciate it and will give you the best service (not that it is bad service if you don't... you are just in line with all the other non-tippers then). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifffanyD Posted February 16, 2016 #10 Share Posted February 16, 2016 How often are you guys tipping? At the end of the night - if I spend several hours there. Or sometimes earlier if service is slow - to get it to speed up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LrgPizza Posted February 16, 2016 #11 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Dollar bills work great. What I do is fold them up and hold on to them underneath my key card. When the bartender takes my card he/she feels the bills and then indiscreetly slides the bills into their pant pocket. I then will receive back a nod of their head and a smile along with supurb service for the entire cruise. That's hilarious! I just hand them the cash. There's no need to flaunt it, but also no need to be all top secret about it. It's not like it's disallowed or something. Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdiamond55 Posted February 16, 2016 #12 Share Posted February 16, 2016 That's hilarious! I just hand them the cash. There's no need to flaunt it, but also no need to be all top secret about it. It's not like it's disallowed or something. Too funny. Maybe this is because they usually put the tips in a communal jar? Can anyone comment if this is the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurabegorrah Posted February 16, 2016 #13 Share Posted February 16, 2016 That's hilarious! I just hand them the cash. There's no need to flaunt it, but also no need to be all top secret about it. It's not like it's disallowed or something. Too funny. I was thinking the same thing - we swapped them the drinks for a few bucs, all out in the open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic51 Posted February 16, 2016 #14 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) As far as using your UPB for your friends, I truly hope people aren't going to start doing this... in the end everyone else will end of paying for it. If you want the UPB for your friends, buy them one! Probably not to anxious to do that.. Edited February 16, 2016 by mystic51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurabegorrah Posted February 16, 2016 #15 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I truly hope people aren't going to start doing this... in the end everyone else will end of paying for it. If you want the UPB for your friends, buy them one! Probably not to anxious to do that.. I took the OP to mean that they all had the UBP - friends were doing drinks/shots with their UBP and OP was doing smoothies and fireball with theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbmom1 Posted February 16, 2016 #16 Share Posted February 16, 2016 As far as using your UPB for your friends, I truly hope people aren't going to start doing this... in the end everyone else will end of paying for it. If you want the UPB for your friends, buy them one! Probably not to anxious to do that.. Sorry, guess I didn't really think a lot about it, this is the first time with the UBP, but we used to take turns buying drinks/rounds for each other. Guess if we all have the package there is no need for that. Just thought it might be easier for the bartenders/servers using one card instead of 3 or 4. No worries, be happy. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackarykeef Posted February 17, 2016 #17 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Last time I had the UBP (August 2015), they had no issue letting us put multiple drinks at a time on one card...I just had to show my and my friend's card to show that we each had the UBP. I never tried to order more than 2 drinks, but my friend didn't need to be there as long as I had the two cards. Also, at night when we would sit a the same bar for a while, the bartender would just take our card at the first drink and give it back to us when we were finished, however long or however many drinks that was. __________________________________________________ June 2006: Carnival Legend, New York-->Eastern Caribbean March 2007: Carnival Conquest, Galveston-->Western Caribbean March 2011: Carnival Valor, Miami-->Exotic Western Caribbean August 2012: Carnival Freedom, Ft. Lauderdale-->Western Caribbean April 2013: Carnival Valor, San Juan-->Southern Caribbean August 2015: Norwegian Getaway, Miami-->Eastern Caribbean March 2016: Norwegian Getaway, Miami-->Western Caribbean June 2016: Norwegian Pearl, Seattle-->Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmalone3 Posted February 17, 2016 #18 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks for the tip...lol! We are new to NCL and the UBP...we are planning on tipping extra ...good service is worth a few bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammsz Posted February 17, 2016 Author #19 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Curious, were you using your UBP to buy drinks for your friends, if so, was it pretty easy to do that? yes super easy to get 3 drinks at a time, just be super nice, cool and respectful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammsz Posted February 17, 2016 Author #20 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I took the OP to mean that they all had the UBP - friends were doing drinks/shots with their UBP and OP was doing smoothies and fireball with theirs. you are correct, i had a group of 14 with me and only 2 didnt have UBP and i got them a few drinks here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammsz Posted February 17, 2016 Author #21 Share Posted February 17, 2016 How often are you guys tipping? I averaged 50 cent per drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcell Posted February 17, 2016 #22 Share Posted February 17, 2016 What kind of smoothies and are they available everywhere?? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pspercy Posted February 17, 2016 #23 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Dollar bills work great. What I do is fold them up and hold on to them underneath my key card. When the bartender takes my card he/she feels the bills and then indiscreetly slides the bills into their pant pocket. I then will receive back a nod of their head and a smile along with supurb service for the entire cruise. Agree 100% and I'm glad to do it, UBP or not. DW & I had visions of trying all sorts of new stuff but maybe we're too old:eek: and mostly ended up ordering what we normally would tho' we did try a few different martinis we would not have ordered otherwise. UBP was a great perc:) but I know if we'd bought it we would not have got our money's worth. PS We always showed both cards but usually they only swiped one of them. Edited February 17, 2016 by pspercy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezo Posted February 17, 2016 #24 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Maybe this is because they usually put the tips in a communal jar? Can anyone comment if this is the case? This is what we usually see. They go into the jar unless you give it to them a bit out of the way, then you'll see a hand slip into a pocket, especially with a $5 bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodieh12 Posted February 17, 2016 #25 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Dollar bills work great. What I do is fold them up and hold on to them underneath my key card. When the bartender takes my card he/she feels the bills and then indiscreetly slides the bills into their pant pocket. I then will receive back a nod of their head and a smile along with supurb service for the entire cruise. Thats pretty much my strategy and it's not failed me so far xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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