Tips

[Mopsymillar]

We are about to board our first ever cruise ship - the Emerald. We have pre paid the tips but will probably want to tip over and above that. My question is - as the Emerald is now based in Europe for a wee while- should we tip in dollars, euros or sterling? Sorry if this has already been asked

[GUT2407]

We are about to board our first ever cruise ship - the Emerald. We have pre paid the tips but will probably want to tip over and above that. My question is - as the Emerald is now based in Europe for a wee while- should we tip in dollars, euros or sterling? Sorry if this has already been asked

 

Any or all of the above will work fine.

[paul929207]

The staff will be happy with any of the three

[OCruisers]

Happily, the auto tip covers you for all you should tip. Like you, many of us want to tip additional to those who have given us especially great service.

Any of the three you named would be perfect and appreciated. :)

[shredie]

The staff will be happy with any of the three

 

They have the opportunity to exchange currency. They will be happy with anything you have.

[GUT2407]

On our last cruise we were in a shop while a crew member was doing some shopping, seems chocolate was popular, he pulled out some cash I know I saw

 

AUS$

NZ$

US$

pound

Euro

CAN$

 

And a few I didn't recognise, and the ship had been down under for a few months.

[eandj]

I'd choose whichever is most convenient for YOU.

[Lucky TGO]

I always use USD every one seems to like cash :D

Tony

[neverbeenhere]

I only carry krugerrands.

[Lucky TGO]

I only carry krugerrands.

I love it there nothing better then GOLD :D :D

Tony

[Putterdude]

I always use USD every one seems to like cash :D

Tony

 

There is a lot of cash other than the USD. I would have no trouble tiping with Euros or GBP as well as USD. In fact we leave tomorrow for a Baltics cruise and have no plans to take any USD.

Edited May 22, 2016 by Putterdude

[Lucky TGO]

There is a lot of cash other than the USD. I would have no trouble tiping with Euros or GBP as well as USD. In fact we leave tomorrow for a Baltics cruise and have no plans to take any USD.

I think what ever you use will be fine. Have a great cruise.

Tony

[neverbeenhere]

But, please no wooden nickels.:) OR round tuits.

Edited May 22, 2016 by neverbeenhere

[Putterdude]

I think what ever you use will be fine. Have a great cruise.

Tony

 

Thank you. However I don't think, I know that the other two currencies are much appreciated by the crew as tips on ships based in Europe.

[Mrs.Gosse]

I would tip with whatever currency would give you the easiest conversion to the amount you wanted it. I'm assuming you are American so if tipping in pounds or Euros would make you tip a little more than you're comfortable with by using only bill or coin then use dollars. For drinks we usually only tip $1 for a drink to our bartender, assuming the service was good. So if the Euro or pound conversion to the easiest Bill we are going to use was $1.48, I might consider using dollars. Have a great time on the emerald! She is a really large ship and there's always something to do! She's a lot of fun.

[SwissDave]

We are about to board our first ever cruise ship - the Emerald. We have pre paid the tips but will probably want to tip over and above that. My question is - as the Emerald is now based in Europe for a wee while- should we tip in dollars, euros or sterling? Sorry if this has already been asked

 

On Emerald a few weeks ago from Southampton, asked cabin steward what she preferred and she said Euros as she will be there for the season, so thats what I gave her. Not much opportunity to spend sterling as Southampton is turn around port and not too many staff/crew can get off due to it being a busy day for them.

 

However, as others have said €, £ or $ will be gratefully accepted, but as you are a UK person £ or € is probably easier.

[Shogun]

Hi

 

For the summer season Euros works well, especially if crew are from Europe.

 

yours Shogun

[TracieABD]

This is one of the ways that we divest ourselves of our foreign currency (specific to the cruise we are on).. We leave it as tips. Don't get me wrong- we don't leave Chinese RMB on a Baltics cruise---:cool: though I am certain it would be accepted. For our upcoming Med cruise, we will most likely leave Euro.