Are $2 bills appreciated for tips?

[Cruise5life]

6 minutes ago, poocher said:

And are rarely needed.

Yes.  But they are still printed when needed.   So they are still in circulation and being printed.   When needed.   

[Cruise5life]

39 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

They have to use it?  For what?

Is this a serious question?    

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, poocher said:

Well I am pushing 68 so I expect to be dead or in a home in 10 years!😁

Wow,I am over 78.What does this mean for me by your logic ?

[time4u2go]

Just now, Cruise5life said:

Is this a serious question?    

Yes. 

[Cruise5life]

9 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

Yes. 

Well. Let’s see.   How do you think they get all the cash we give in tips into there accounts ??????

or do you think they mail cash home to India ?   

[Blur]

23 minutes ago, Cruise5life said:

Lolol. Ok. This makes sense.  Lol.  Not.   
Seems like you have a lot of knowledge of ships banking.     So they exchange 20.00 in 2.00 bills and get a 20 back.    What the problem in tracking that ?   Lol. 
and pocket 200.00 in other cash.  🤷🤷🤷

rgr by forcing their hand for no good reason except it makes you feel good?  Come on.  I bet they laugh how all these cruisers give them $2 thinking it's special...

 

The cruising industry... Keeping $2 bills alive in 2023.

[jeh10641]

I received a $2 bill as a gift recently and am saving it for a special occasion. I like the idea of having a bunch of them for tips on a cruise. Ship personnel can go into a U.S. bank when in port if they want to convert them. I have never had a problem with $2 in retail stores.

[time4u2go]

Just now, jeh10641 said:

Ship personnel can go into a U.S. bank when in port if they want to convert them.

They can? In what port?

[jeh10641]

Any U.S. port.

[poocher]

28 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Wow,I am over 78.What does this mean for me by your logic ?

Only talking about me.  Always been a glass half empty kind of person.  

[Cruise5life]

5 minutes ago, Blur said:

rgr by forcing their hand for no good reason except it makes you feel good?  Come on.  I bet they laugh how all these cruisers give them $2 thinking it's special...

 

The cruising industry... Keeping $2 bills alive in 2023.

Lolol. Why would the casino cashier hand out 2.00 bills then ???   If they don’t like 2.00 bill why are they giving them out to cruisers ?????   
and yeah they laughed all the way to the bank.    Doesn’t make me feel good.   It’s saves me space in my pocket.  

[time4u2go]

Just now, jeh10641 said:

Any U.S. port.

I wouldn't think that the people that receive cash tips would be allowed off in US ports because they are busy on turnaround day. Also, according to a previous post on this thread, banks don't perform such services for non-account holders.

[Blur]

1 minute ago, jeh10641 said:

I received a $2 bill as a gift recently and am saving it for a special occasion. I like the idea of having a bunch of them for tips on a cruise. Ship personnel can go into a U.S. bank when in port if they want to convert them. I have never had a problem with $2 in retail stores.

I've only received a $2 bill once in my life from my grandmother when I was little which I still keep in my wallet... Not as money but for luck!  So weird lol...

 

Look the best way to settle this is to ask every crew member you meet if they prefer $2 or 2x$1.  Then if they tell you $2 then give it to them lol.  Otherwise you are just forcing it on them cause it's better than no tip.

[time4u2go]

Just now, Cruise5life said:

If they don’t like 2.00 bill why are they giving them out to cruisers ?????

Because they don't like them and they are trying to get rid of them. 

[Cruise5life]

4 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

They can? In what port?

Are you just trying to pump up your post count with these silly questions.    Or????   

[jacelyn]

On 3/12/2023 at 9:05 AM, joeyancho said:

It's US cash. If you can't figure out how to use them,  send them my way

 

 

I’ll take a $2 bill over a $1 but maybe that’s just me 😂

[Blur]

3 minutes ago, Cruise5life said:

Lolol. Why would the casino cashier hand out 2.00 bills then ???   If they don’t like 2.00 bill why are they giving them out to cruisers ?????   
and yeah they laughed all the way to the bank.    Doesn’t make me feel good.   It’s saves me space in my pocket.  

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Because you asked for it... And they keep getting it from people who thinks it's "cool". Lol.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Blur

[time4u2go]

1 minute ago, Cruise5life said:

Are you just trying to pump up your post count with these silly questions.    Or????   

No, it's a serious question. Are they allowed off on the days that ships are in US ports? What about ships that don't even go to US ports?

[Cruise5life]

1 minute ago, Blur said:

 

Look the best way to settle this is to ask every crew member you meet if they prefer $2 or 2x$1.  Then if they tell you $2 then give it to them lol.  Otherwise you are just forcing it on them cause it's better than no tip.

I’ve already done this.   And non of them have refused a 2.00 bill.  
like I said.  29 days at sea.    Not one refusal.    At port or at sea.   

[Cruise5life]

Just now, time4u2go said:

No, it's a serious question. Are they allowed off on the days that ships are in US ports? What about ships that don't even go to US ports?

And again.  That’s what the ships bank/purser is for.    
Again.  What do you think they do with all the cash they get as tips.     Mail cash home.    I think not.    

[jeh10641]

5 minutes ago, time4u2go said:

I wouldn't think that the people that receive cash tips would be allowed off in US ports because they are busy on turnaround day. Also, according to a previous post on this thread, banks don't perform such services for non-account holders.

I believe they get some time off on occasion. Certainly at the end of their tour.

[Cruise5life]

3 minutes ago, Blur said:

Because you asked for it... And they keep getting it from people who thinks it's "cool". Lol.

They had sealed bands of 100 of them in the drawer.  They didn’t come from a cruiser.    

[time4u2go]

1 minute ago, Cruise5life said:

And again.  That’s what the ships bank/purser is for.    
Again.  What do you think they do with all the cash they get as tips.     Mail cash home.    I think not.    

I was responding to someone that said they can go into a US bank and convert them. 

[Blur]

2 minutes ago, jeh10641 said:

I believe they get some time off on occasion. Certainly at the end of their tour.

I would bet they mostly use the ships bank at whatever fees they charge.  Of course they would use the ships bank to some degree and to be fair maybe that's where they throw all the $2s and keep other bills for spending at ports or otherwise.  Just funny

Edited March 16, 2023 by Blur

[Charles4515]

11 minutes ago, jeh10641 said:

I received a $2 bill as a gift recently and am saving it for a special occasion. I like the idea of having a bunch of them for tips on a cruise. Ship personnel can go into a U.S. bank when in port if they want to convert them. I have never had a problem with $2 in retail stores.

I recently went into a bank and tried to get change and they refused because I did not have an account. In any case why would you want to make crew find a bank when in a US port.