NLH Arizona Posted May 31, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) Don't know if this is old news. According to an article on Yahoo, Celebrity is raising the automatic gratuities: Effective July 1, the company is hiking the automatic gratuity for staff it tacks onto final bills by more than 4% to $13.50 per person, per day for passengers staying in most cabins. Passengers in suites will pay $16.45 to $17 per person, per day. Edited May 31, 2016 by NLH Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted May 31, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Don't know if this is old news. According to an article on Yahoo, Celebrity is raising the automatic gratuities: Effective July 1, the company is hiking the automatic gratuity for staff it tacks onto final bills by more than 4% to $13.50 per person, per day for passengers staying in most cabins. Passengers in suites will pay $16.45 to $17 per person, per day. There's a couple of contentious threads on it since they announced last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted May 31, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Don't know if this is old news. According to an article on Yahoo, Celebrity is raising the automatic gratuities: Effective July 1, the company is hiking the automatic gratuity for staff it tacks onto final bills by more than 4% to $13.50 per person, per day for passengers staying in most cabins. Passengers in suites will pay $16.45 to $17 per person, per day. Yes, This was reported a week or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLH Arizona Posted May 31, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Guess I was a day late and a dollar short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany C Posted June 1, 2016 #5 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hi cruisers, We featured a story on the gratuity increase in our Friday news roundup. Best, ~Brittany Chrusciel, Associate Editor, Cruise Critic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydog Posted June 1, 2016 #6 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Other lines have announced staff fee increases. Airlines have announced widespread fare increases for future. If you do your research and shop carefully, cruising is still a relative great value per $. HAPPY CRUISING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzsnooze Posted June 1, 2016 #7 Share Posted June 1, 2016 This is the SUGGESTED amount that can be adjusted up or down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celebrity Cruises Posted June 3, 2016 #8 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Beginning June 14, 2016 for all sailings beginning on or after July 1, 2016, gratuities will increase to the following: • $13.50 per person, per day in standard staterooms • $14.00 per person, per day in Concierge Class and AquaClass staterooms • $17.00 per person, per day in Suite Class Prepay your gratuities by June 13 to lock in the current rate before it adjusts by calling 1-800-647-2251, logging into your My Celebrity account, or by contacting your travel agent. As of June 14, any prepaid gratuities applied to your reservation will be at the new rates. Please note that if you have already prepaid your gratuities or have received them through a sales promotion that you will not incur any additional automatic daily gratuity charges once onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtravel Posted June 3, 2016 #9 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Why are the gratuities being raised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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