Tipping!!

[terratrac]

What is an appropriate tip for various services?

-Bag Porters

-Bar Staff

-Pool side waiters

-Etc...

 

Dollar a drink/Bag?

How about other daily services on the ship?

 

I'm by far not cheap, but gratuity is included so all tips are icing on the cake right?

[cb at sea]

For porters or bellmen, $1-2 per bag

 

For bar staff, 18% is added to the cost of each drink (or package)...no extra is needed, unless you have too much money, then, they'll be happy to take it!

 

Same with pool waiters....ANY drink you buy will have 18% added to the price.

 

The tips they charge to your account daily cover your cabin attendant, waiters, ass't waiters and head waiter in ALL dining venues....specialty restaurants, the "fee" you pay includes the tip.

 

You are totally covered by what they charge you!

Edited October 9, 2016 by cb at sea

[riffatsea]

Gratuities/tips are covered in daily amount assessed by the cruise line. IF you want to give more then the amount is up to you. It is not required but many give above and beyond.

 

[Micahs Grandad]

For porters or bellmen, $1-2 per bag

 

For bar staff, 18% is added to the cost of each drink (or package)...no extra is needed, unless you have too much money, then, they'll be happy to take it!

 

Same with pool waiters....ANY drink you buy will have 18% added to the price.

 

The tips they charge to your account daily cover your cabin attendant, waiters, ass't waiters and head waiter in ALL dining venues....specialty restaurants, the "fee" you pay includes the tip.

 

You are totally covered by what they charge you!

 

Unless something recently changed tip is 15% on drinks

[StolidCruiser]

If you are "far from cheap", you should already know (or not have to ask others) what additional gratuity is "reasonable". Provide whatever icing you feel appropriate for the services provided (considering the DSC) to your cake.

 

If still unsure, search for any of a thousand threads asking the exact same question every week.

 

Now sit back and watch the madhouse that will happen like seagulls on a handful of tossed bread. Like rubber-necking a roadside accident, there will be those that just can't resist a good tipping thread.

[ray98]

Porters get a $2 or so per bag.

 

Servers get the already included tip which is sufficient.

[Florings]

We check two bags and give the porter $5

 

We tip the bar servers an extra $1 each time they come around to us.

 

Room service $3 per delivery.

 

Small amounts, really, in the grand scheme of things...

[twitzgall]

If you use Cheers, I've found adding a $1 per refill is worthwhile especially if you keep going to the same bartender and even more especially in the club when they're crowded! You will be noticed and you may get your drink w a bit extra from them too!

Edited October 9, 2016 by twitzgall

[berrieh]

It is possible we "overtip" in some places and go lower in others, but here is what we typically give:

 

Porters -- We give $5 per bag if they help us straight away. We hold up a tenner (if hubs and I) or a twenty (if cruising with another two) and get immediate service usually, with our bags always arriving timely and the correct place. I feel about the Porter the same way I do about my hairstylist: anyone with that much power over my happiness gets the best tips. A weak drink isn't going to mess up my trip as much as luggage not getting where it needs.

 

Room Steward -- We pre-pay grats and leave an extra $1-5 (usually 1-2, but depends on what we need) whenever we need something, like extra towels, etc, just like we do on a hotel. We rarely need something extra besides towels, so usually just an extra $1-2 per day. If they are really good, we leave a card at the end with extra, more-so if we're cruising over the Christmas holidays (and we often do).

 

Room Service -- We put $2-5 on the bill, depending on the amount of stuff. At least $1 per item and at least $2 total but usually in the $3-5 range. Sometimes we'll put more if it's really fast or they help us out in some way.

 

Bar service -- We don't use pool waiters. We'd prefer to go to the bar ourselves (leaving a chair for 10 minutes isn't a problem). I try not to use theatre waiters but find you have to in the comedy club to get the drinks on that menu... We give $1 per drink (with Cheers) but prefer to go to the bar and give it there, while watching the drink get made. Sometimes I give more, especially at bars where we're going to be frequenting or where we've had excellent service/heavy pours/extra attention/special requests before. We always get Cheers lately and we always tip extra on every mixed drink. Sometimes on a bottle of water or a beer or something, we leave it. But usually at least one of us is leaving a tip. This usually gets us heavy pours, beers unopened if we ask (against the rules technically), quick service, etc.

 

Dining room -- We do ATD/YTD (whatever it's called) and don't tip extra because a) You can't put it on your S&S and we don't carry around cash for tipping and b) Service rarely merits it. Sometimes if we've asked for the same waiter repeatedly, we'll bring an envelope for him (just twice). Bar service is so terrible there that even if we use it, it's one of the few places we rarely tip anymore (we tried tipping heavily and it was still terrible! They wouldn't even come back to us!). We usually just go get our own drinks from atrium!

 

Specialty dining -- We tip a decent amount. Usually $10-15 per person at Steakhouse, as we believe the service is well worthy it. We usually go 2-3 times per weeklong cruise.

Edited October 9, 2016 by berrieh

[bury me at sea]

The only employees I am aware of who are not included in the tip pool are porters and room service waiters. The rest are covered and we enjoy adding some icing to the cake for exceptional service.

[tandemcruzr]

Because the porters don't work for Carnival. They work for the Port Authority.

[jigger]

If you tip the bartender/server an extra $1-2 for good service, and you add it to your total receipt. Does that tender/server get that amount or does that go in a gratuity pool ? I know if you give them cash they will keep it .

[springs741]

I just got off the Breeze today. I specifically asked the Bar waiter in the MDR and a bar waiter in the showroom and one in the casino. They get the tip weather it I the auto tip or extra. It does not go into a pool. This, IMHO, encourages better service. I can't imagine a staff member that didn't pull their weight would be very popular with their peers.

[Havingfun2010]

What is an appropriate tip for various services?

-Bag Porters = $0.00 (they are union longshoreman making 80-120K a year)

-Bar Staff = 18% already on receipt.

-Pool side waiters = 18% already on receipt

-Etc...

 

Dollar a drink/Bag?

How about other daily services on the ship?

 

I'm by far not cheap, but gratuity is included so all tips are icing on the cake right?

 

Most items have tip included.

[JaniceB]

I tip the porter based on how much I was helped and the weight of my bags. My husband always feels bad for the porter if my bags are really heavy.

 

I always tip the room service person, depending on how much I ordered and how nice they are.

 

Bartenders who help me right away get more than the when I wait a long time and others are served first that arrived after me.

 

I guess I tip dependent on service.

[Jamericannn]

That's totally up to your discretion. (I can use a few extra hundreds if you have it). The person who should really be tipped is the room steward. That way he will be extra nice and if there are any issues he will surely try to take care of it quickly.

[sparks1093]

Most items have tip included.

 

Personally if someone has done a service for me that warrants a tip I don't concern myself with how much they are making.

[bigcraig]

.50 per bag to the porter is more than enough and tell the filthy animal to get lost.

 

And a buck or so to room service per tray, that's it as we remove auto tipping as it should be included in the price of the cruise.:cool:

[sparks1093]

.50 per bag to the porter is more than enough and tell the filthy animal to get lost.

 

And a buck or so to room service per tray, that's it as we remove auto tipping as it should be included in the price of the cruise.:cool:

 

.50 a bag was standard when I was a bellhop. 41 years ago. While you think it should be included the fact remains that it is not and you are only hurting the underlings, you aren't affecting the business at all (I know that you don't care about that, just wanted to mention it in case someone reading the thread thinks your way of doing it is a good idea).

[Havingfun2010]

Personally if someone has done a service for me that warrants a tip I don't concern myself with how much they are making.

 

The longshoreman, which I guess you are referring to, handle the bags for about 15 seconds. I usually take the bag out, place on ground. They take bag and place on cart, next to the curb. 15 seconds. Once on the cart, numerous people, on the dock, and on the ship handles your bag. Those will not see a dime from the 15 second guy.

 

It's like tipping the UPS driver, the FedEx Driver, the McDonalds drive thru person. The list goes on for people who get paid for completing customer service with you. Example, the cashier at the super market. Their job is to load the cargo bins in such a way to safely load it onto the ship.

 

There are people who make less money in industries that are tipped employees. Like a waiter/waitress. There pay is tips. It's much different than the pay of a longshoreman. I also don't tip the ship captain because their pay is not based on a tipped position.

 

I don't care how much they make, but I do care if they are a "tipped" position or not. It makes a difference on my decision whether to tip or not to tip.

[sparks1093]

The longshoreman, which I guess you are referring to, handle the bags for about 15 seconds. I usually take the bag out, place on ground. They take bag and place on cart, next to the curb. 15 seconds. Once on the cart, numerous people, on the dock, and on the ship handles your bag. Those will not see a dime from the 15 second guy.

 

It's like tipping the UPS driver, the FedEx Driver, the McDonalds drive thru person. The list goes on for people who get paid for completing customer service with you. Example, the cashier at the super market. Their job is to load the cargo bins in such a way to safely load it onto the ship.

 

There are people who make less money in industries that are tipped employees. Like a waiter/waitress. There pay is tips. It's much different than the pay of a longshoreman. I also don't tip the ship captain because their pay is not based on a tipped position.

 

I don't care how much they make, but I do care if they are a "tipped" position or not. It makes a difference on my decision whether to tip or not to tip.

 

See, it's not just because they are earning $80k-$100k a year, which was the only reason you gave before. (Given all that I know about longshoreman though do you really expect that the others working on the dock are really going to let the 15 second guy keep all that he takes in? I would expect the 15 second guy would be in lead boots if he tried it;).)

[coevan]

Bag Porters = $0.00 (they are union longshoreman making 80-120K a year)

-Bar Staff = 18% already on receipt.

-Pool side waiters = 18% already on receipt

 

 

Where did you hear porters are making that kind of money? $12-15 an hour is a more likely compensation for the job.

 

As to poolside servers, we always tip $1 per drink. Short story, We were on deck 11 sat in lounge chairs. We asked the lady next to us if she had seen a server. She said rarely. A few minutes later a server showed up, ordered drinks, and tipped. He was back every 1/2 hour, if not more. Don't be so cheap

 

We also always tip room service

[LostPuppy]

An additional $2.00/drink tip is what I do regardless of the venue or drink. Generally I start off the day by going to GS/Casino to exchange a twenty for ones.

 

I once got a comment from a woman at one of the pool bars stating "the tips are already included, you don't need to tip so much". Maybe she thought I was new and was giving me a tip!

Edited December 5, 2016 by LostPuppy

[adamt]

Giving A bartender an extra one or two dollars per drink, especially if it is the same bartender, can prove to be very advantageous in terms of getting a heavy pour.

 

 

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[Bookbug53]

For porters or bellmen, $1-2 per bag

 

For bar staff, 18% is added to the cost of each drink (or package)...no extra is needed, unless you have too much money, then, they'll be happy to take it!

 

Same with pool waiters....ANY drink you buy will have 18% added to the price.

 

The tips they charge to your account daily cover your cabin attendant, waiters, ass't waiters and head waiter in ALL dining venues....specialty restaurants, the "fee" you pay includes the tip.

 

You are totally covered by what they charge you!

 

From Carnival:

 

* In addition, a 15% beverage gratuity will be added to all beverage purchases.