Tipping

[Mary49]

Do you guys pay tips before your cruise or wait until the last day of your cruise? Thanks for info. Mary49

Edited September 8, 2016 by Mary49

[Florings]

Automatic - up front. Then it's done and don't have to worry about it!

[falkcor]

auto tips. i don't pre-pay, they will post to your account while onboard automatically (i don't need something else to do up front). i've never touched them.

 

i pay additional tips to those deserving depending. i tend to leave room steward a few 'extra' especially with notes (like please make sure to keep ice, etc.) or give it to them when i make any requests, give bar servers tips at the point of service, and extra to dining room servers etc. during the course of the cruise too.

[GradUT]

I let it be added to my S&S card and pay it in the following month's credit card statement.

 

I don't like to prepay anything I don't have to.

[BellaSweet]

Pre-pay ahead of time. I don't like ending my cruise with extra charges that could have been taken care of beforehand. Then I just give extra cash to the crew members that were particularly helpful or friendly.

[beachbum53]

Do you guys pay tips before your cruise or wait until the last day of your cruise? Thanks for info. Mary49

 

We've done it both ways, but it didn't seem to make any difference in the service we've received. If you don't want to prepay the gratuities, and don't want to leave it on your S&S bill, pay it off with gift cards on the last night of your cruise. Then the charge won't be on your credit card bill. ;)

[lizardhowson]

Do whichever you wish, the end result is the same.

[maldenmusic]

I do the automatic tips then tip extra to our room stewards usually

[VASOXFANN]

Haven't decided yet for this coming-up cruise. It'll depend on how many gift cards I accumulate between now and then :p

[JMAE]

We have the tips added to our S&S card. Plus we provide an extra cash tip on the first and last day of the cruise to the room steward and on the last day to the wait staff.

[easyboy]

Auto tip on ship board account then pay at end of cruise.

[ray98]

Up front....budgeting made easy.

[bakersdozen12]

I don't prepay. I feel like that defeats the purpose of it being a tip for good service, which comes after the service is rendered. It needs to be earned. So far, they have always more than earned it, so I have also tipped extra in cash.

 

 

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[kbs19]

Upfront and add more in cash at end for exceptional service.

 

 

Karen - I love to Travel

 

12/2016 ~ Carnival Splendor So. Caribbean

9/2016 ~ Gate 1 Russian River Cruise

7/2015 ~ Carnival Legends Alaska

Edited September 11, 2016 by kbs19

[Melozone]

Pre-pay to get it out of the way and then whatever extra we want to do.

[dacsmom]

I like to pre-pay, that way I have less of a bill at the end.

[annabell08]

Pre-pay before the cruise. I cruise with my sister and a friend. Got in trouble with them for not prepaying last cruise.

[Maraprince]

How do you pre-pay the tips for only one passenger before the ailing? Do not want to end up paying for both of us!

 

 

MARAPRINCE

[Melozone]

How do you pre-pay the tips for only one passenger before the ailing? Do not want to end up paying for both of us!

 

 

MARAPRINCE

 

I just checked my upcoming cruise. I'm alone in a balcony. My tips are $77.70. I don't even know what the rate is per day for each person.

 

Just checked, only for one person.

Edited September 11, 2016 by Melozone

[easyboy]

How do you pre-pay the tips for only one passenger before the ailing? Do not want to end up paying for both of us!

 

 

MARAPRINCE

If you want to be sure not being overcharged, just have it charged to your shipboard account when on board.

[Mary49]

If you want to be sure not being overcharged, just have it charged to your shipboard account when on board.

 

I guess you would take your S&S card to the Service Desk to have that done?

 

I think I like that idea better.....

[riclop]

Do you guys pay tips before your cruise or wait until the last day of your cruise? Thanks for info. Mary49

 

After the cruise.