Tipping in person question

[Foxinspace]

I enjoy my on board Latte's. I also usually get excellent service from the Barista. If I add a tip to my coffee receipt does that tip go directly to the Barista or does it go into a giant pot of all the tips and get split up?

 

Does anyone know?

 

I would like to think that receipt added on tips go straight to the people involved but I want to be sure. Otherwise I'd prefer to carry along a few singles to give out.

 

Thanks for the help!

[GOLDENBONNY]

I enjoy my on board Latte's. I also usually get excellent service from the Barista. If I add a tip to my coffee receipt does that tip go directly to the Barista or does it go into a giant pot of all the tips and get split up?

 

Does anyone know?

 

I would like to think that receipt added on tips go straight to the people involved but I want to be sure. Otherwise I'd prefer to carry along a few singles to give out.

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Don't bother with receipt .If some one give you extra care just give them cash tip . you don't have to do it every day , $10-$20 after cruise will work .

[Fern Crest]

It is nice to tip when you get exceptional service. If you get a latte every day, then perhaps tip at the end of your cruise, but some people will get great service from a bartender the first time, and tip them so the great service is encouraged to continue.

 

There are as many ways to tip as there are people to tell you how. :D

[Je Souhaite]

If you tip on the receipt, it gets split. If you tip in cash, they keep it.

[Frank12]

Tip on the receipt goes into a tip pool. Cash belongs to the server you give it to.

[Foxinspace]

Thanks everyone. I'll carry a few extra dollars with me next trip. I don't mind that the main gratuities get all split up, but I'd like my in person tips to go to the person I'm dealing with!

[Frank12]

Thanks everyone. I'll carry a few extra dollars with me next trip. I don't mind that the main gratuities get all split up, but I'd like my in person tips to go to the person I'm dealing with!

 

If you find a good bartender and tip them well it usually pays off!

[path145]

According to a casino bartender on my last cruise, the tip that's printed on the receipt (the 15%) gets pooled. If you write in an extra tip or hand them cash, it goes directly to the server.

[riclop]

Just give cash to the person.

[Tripper10]

Don't bother with receipt .If some one give you extra care just give them cash tip . you don't have to do it every day , $10-$20 after cruise will work .

 

Tipping at the end of the cruise doesn't get you the same effect of tipping at the time of service.

[RuthlessBoss]

Tip on the receipt goes into a tip pool. Cash belongs to the server you give it to.

 

Who makes the drink? I understand tipping personally, but that's tipping only to the person bringing it to you, but is he/she the one who makes it?

[erinmarie424]

If you find a good bartender and tip them well it usually pays off!

 

 

 

Same goes for casino waiters - we tipped a buck on just about every drink we got and never had to wait. We had cheers and I know that 7.50 gratuity per day got broken up into lots of tiny chunks so I wanted the servers to get more like what they would get if I had paid for each drink individually. I know someone will think I'm crazy. [emoji4]

[Foxinspace]

Not sure about drink waiters, for the coffee house I get to watch it being made so it's important to me that the person who is making my Latte knows I appreciate it and that they personally get the tip. Guess I'll grab a dollar every morning when I leave just for them.

 

 

**As a side note. On our first cruise they still did envelopes for tips. I took one to the Barista specifically. She looked so surprised that someone had brought her an envelope.

[cb at sea]

You know in land bars, restaurants, etc...the tip you give your server is split between several people...usually the host/hostess who seats you, the bus person, and bartender, if you order drinks.

 

That's the way of tips, so don't worry about it!

[RjayB]

Sorry, but I'm not walking around the cruise ship with my pockets stuffed with dollar bills.

I DO tip extra on the receipt quite often, and it is almost always met with gratitude and thanks:)

They call the ship "cashless" for a reason :p

[GUT2407]

Who knows.

 

You'll get different answers from different people.

[MemphisFan]

You know in land bars, restaurants, etc...the tip you give your server is split between several people...usually the host/hostess who seats you, the bus person, and bartender, if you order drinks.

 

That's the way of tips, so don't worry about it!

 

some do, some don't. But many places have had issues with tip pooling and it's a good way to lose strong talent. A superstar doesn't want to split their tips with a lazy one just squeaking by where they end up getting the same tips.

[SMSACE6]

when you order a drink, there is an automatic 15pc gratuity added to the cost of that drink. I think that covers the bartender and the server (of course I could be wrong) lol, but when I have a good drink server who looks afters me well, I just tip an extra 1.00 cash per drink, and if low on cash, add a dollar to the bill they bring, but, mostly I like to tip cash, and believe that cash is going only to them.

[Micahs Grandad]

when you order a drink, there is an automatic 15pc gratuity added to the cost of that drink. I think that covers the bartender and the server (of course I could be wrong) lol, but when I have a good drink server who looks afters me well, I just tip an extra 1.00 cash per drink, and if low on cash, add a dollar to the bill they bring, but, mostly I like to tip cash, and believe that cash is going only to them.

 

Not sure everyone is correct about cash not being split.

 

As I understand it in the steakhouse cash goes into the pool to be split.

[Drumbum675]

It is a cashless ship, but cash is king. I've found that a few bucks to the right people can get you extra special service....

[TheJayCat]

Just back from a 3 day on the Inspiration. I brought $100 in fives. I tipped several key servers on the first two days. I did see the difference in the service that I received from them after that.

[Elaine5715]

when you order a drink, there is an automatic 15pc gratuity added to the cost of that drink. I think that covers the bartender and the server (of course I could be wrong) lol, but when I have a good drink server who looks afters me well, I just tip an extra 1.00 cash per drink, and if low on cash, add a dollar to the bill they bring, but, mostly I like to tip cash, and believe that cash is going only to them.

 

This is correct. For the 15%.on the bar tab,it is "pooled" between the wait staff and bar tenders. It would be impossible to track which bar tender is making drinks for what waiter. The 15% is not "pooled" with any other crew.