Cash Tipping

[Cruizin for a Bruizin]

Is tipping is cash still a thing on cruise ships in this era of COVID restrictions?

[1025cruise]

Sure.

[craig01020]

Yes. Cash is king.

[ColeThornton]

Yes.  No reason why it wouldn't be and now more than ever the workers really appreciate it.

Edited February 4, 2022 by ColeThornton

[cruizergal70]

Why would Covid interfere with cash tips? If the staff can hand you a drink, you can hand them cash.

[ninjacat123]

So, I always add a tip to my Cheers, specialty meal on the sign and sail slip.  Is it better to give cash or does it not make a difference?  TIA!

[csm5986142]

I always take cash for drink tips because that goes right into their pocket.  I'm not sure how/when tips added to the receipt slip get distributed.

[Cruizin for a Bruizin]

2 hours ago, cruizergal70 said:

Why would Covid interfere with cash tips? If the staff can hand you a drink, you can hand them cash.

Um - plenty of places stopped taking cash during covid, thus the question.  

[Denverdonkeys]

1 minute ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Um - plenty of places stopped taking cash during covid, thus the question.  

That was when people thought it spread on surfaces. It doesn’t. Although I see lots of people talking about bringing Lysol wipes on the ship. So I guess wrong (outdated) information dies hard.

 

wipe your groceries!

[Cruizin for a Bruizin]

2 minutes ago, Denverdonkeys said:

That was when people thought it spread on surfaces. It doesn’t. Although I see lots of people talking about bringing Lysol wipes on the ship. So I guess wrong (outdated) information dies hard.

 

wipe your groceries!

Completely understand.  Still some businesses are non-cash - at least where I live, thus the question. 

[fsjosh]

6 minutes ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Completely understand.  Still some businesses are non-cash - at least where I live, thus the question. 

 

Some of that is a staffing thing. Harder for employees to steal and/or screw up when you are electronic payment only. When there's limited staff availability, and you need to take what you can get, it's a consideration. 

 

But I don't know any company that has tipped staff that could force their employees not to take cash tips. 

[MagnoliaBlossom]

We usually tip $1 on drinks.   I know we’ve paid it, but I don’t trust the cruise lines that the delightful people who serve us, chat with us, and provide us with a fair amount of entertainment value - that said, we have been blessed in our lives and those who serve us kindly are sacrificing a lot back home to support a family, so the small amount of my cash tips will hopefully provide some bit of comfort for them

[DallasGuy75219]

4 hours ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Um - plenty of places stopped taking cash during covid, thus the question.  

In my 6 post-restart cruises on Royal, Princess, and Carnival, not a single bartender, bar waiter, MDR waiter, or room steward has refused a cash tip for fear of COVID.

[HillBilly Bob]

6 hours ago, xDisconnections said:

Not everyone will carry cash.

Having $100 in fives come in very handy both ashore and on board.  Taxi...porters....cabin and bar attendants all will accept and appreciate your generosity.  

[cruizergal70]

7 hours ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

In my 6 post-restart cruises on Royal, Princess, and Carnival, not a single bartender, bar waiter, MDR waiter, or room steward has refused a cash tip for fear of COVID.

Exactly! Cash will always be king.

[cmukid87]

12 hours ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Completely understand.  Still some businesses are non-cash - at least where I live, thus the question. 

Plenty of reasons to be non-cash but a lot of it came down the change shortage(s).  

Yet to experience an onboard employee reject a cash tip.

[hapytobehr]

13 hours ago, csm5986142 said:

I always take cash for drink tips because that goes right into their pocket.  I'm not sure how/when tips added to the receipt slip get distributed.

The tips added to the receipt are split among the servers and whoever.  When you give cash to the server, they pocket them.

[ninjacat123]

I always tip room service staff with cash since they usually don't have a receipt to sign for free room service items.  When there's a receipt to sign and add additional gratuity, that's when I add it to the bill and not use cash.

[Cruzmomma77]

I don’t want to sound ignorant so please excuse this somewhat non-drinker. When you purchase drinks isn’t there an automatic tip added to the bill? So if I tip them in cash, are they getting cash and gratuities that’s already added? I have no problem giving them more, especially my room stewards who go over the top -  just curious about gratuities that are already added to drink orders. I’ve actually never drank on any of our cruises and I am planning on buying the drink of the day this time if there are good ones. Will those have a gratuity already added to them?

Edited February 4, 2022 by Cruzmomma77

[sanger727]

5 minutes ago, Cruzmomma77 said:

I don’t want to sound ignorant so please excuse this somewhat non-drinker. When you purchase drinks isn’t there an automatic tip added to the bill? So if I tip them in cash, are they getting cash and gratuities that’s already added? I have no problem giving them more, especially my room stewards who go over the top -  just curious about gratuities that are already added to drink orders. I’ve actually never drank on any of our cruises and I am planning on buying the drink of the day this time if there are good ones. Will those have a gratuity already added to them?

most of the people tipping on drinks have the drink package. They pre-pay tips when they purchase the package but still like tipping in cash also. If you purchase a drink your tip is already going to the bartender. No reason to tip extra.

 

20 hours ago, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Completely understand.  Still some businesses are non-cash - at least where I live, thus the question. 

cruise ship employees will still accept cash. There’s no easy system for you to tip extra otherwise.

[craig01020]

11 hours ago, HillBilly Bob said:

Having $100 in fives come in very handy

I also have $100 in fives plus I bring $100 in these:

[nlktx49]

18 hours ago, xDisconnections said:

Not everyone will carry cash.

We always carry dollar bills on a cruise, mainly to tip bar waiters in the casino. We almost always have free drinks there, we sign the ticket though it's zero, but I've never known if the waiters earn any tip on them like they do on regular drinks.

[Elaine5715]

23 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

So, I always add a tip to my Cheers, specialty meal on the sign and sail slip.  Is it better to give cash or does it not make a difference?  TIA!

Doesn't make a difference

[Elaine5715]

9 minutes ago, nlktx49 said:

We always carry dollar bills on a cruise, mainly to tip bar waiters in the casino. We almost always have free drinks there, we sign the ticket though it's zero, but I've never known if the waiters earn any tip on them like they do on regular drinks.

They get about 75 cents per drink 

[IntrepidFromDC]

On 2/3/2022 at 7:11 PM, Cruizin for a Bruizin said:

Is tipping is cash still a thing on cruise ships in this era of COVID restrictions?

 

On 2/3/2022 at 7:22 PM, ColeThornton said:

Yes.  No reason why it wouldn't be and now more than ever the workers really appreciate it.

 

... and now more than ever they DESERVE it!