BIN Posted February 2 #1 Share Posted February 2 Hello. My wife and I have been on sixteen cruises between five different cruise lines. Future Cruise Credits for Silversea that we may be looking to use. We have not yet sailed Silversea. I emailed Silversea directly asking about gratuities. The reply stated that gratuities are included in the fare. We generally tip above and beyond pre-paid gratuities on the other cruise lines. What may be a respectable "above and beyond" gratuity for crew members aboard a Silversea ship? Thank you, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A Tucson Guy Posted February 2 #2 Share Posted February 2 Whatever floats your boat as there is no norm. Some people don't tip at all and others are very generous and everything in between. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Port Power Posted February 2 #3 Share Posted February 2 3 hours ago, BIN said: Hello. My wife and I have been on sixteen cruises between five different cruise lines. Future Cruise Credits for Silversea that we may be looking to use. We have not yet sailed Silversea. I emailed Silversea directly asking about gratuities. The reply stated that gratuities are included in the fare. We generally tip above and beyond pre-paid gratuities on the other cruise lines. What may be a respectable "above and beyond" gratuity for crew members aboard a Silversea ship? Thank you, John. A donation to the crew fund via the customer service desk is a desirable option. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojaan19 Posted February 3 #4 Share Posted February 3 We have been cruising with Silverseas since 2010. We always donate to the crew fund once we found out about this from the wonderful DuctTape and her husband. ( Both now sadly departed ) So along with the Crew Fund ( this provided extra stuff for ALL the crew - especially those you dont see - those way below decks keeping everything humming !!) we also tip our Butler and Room Attendant. Anyone who makes my bed and brings my clean laundry - deserve it 🤩 If you are cruising Silversea you can afford to tip the people cleaning up after you. These people SERVING you are away from their families for months at a time, if you can afford to cruise SS you can afford a gratuity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I come from a country where tipping IS NOT the norm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted February 3 #5 Share Posted February 3 22 hours ago, BIN said: Hello. My wife and I have been on sixteen cruises between five different cruise lines. Future Cruise Credits for Silversea that we may be looking to use. We have not yet sailed Silversea. I emailed Silversea directly asking about gratuities. The reply stated that gratuities are included in the fare. We generally tip above and beyond pre-paid gratuities on the other cruise lines. What may be a respectable "above and beyond" gratuity for crew members aboard a Silversea ship? Thank you, John. Hi John, as you can see, there are multiple different responses. I have had people ask me on board if I tip extra and how much......in my opinion, this is a very personal decision and I would never tell anyone to tip extra and I would never give an amount. That is up to you. If you are on a ship for (example) a 2 week cruise, just use your own judgement if you want to give extra $ and how much. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIN Posted February 6 Author #6 Share Posted February 6 Thank you, all. We do tip above and beyond but most of our cruises have been on Royal Caribbean or Carnival and not as "high caliber" as Silversea. This would be our retirement gift to each other and I would not want to seem unappreciative to the crew. We are not wealthy and we are not living paycheck to paycheck. We would just want to splurge a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlboroman Posted February 6 #7 Share Posted February 6 (edited) After many many voyages with another luxury cruise line my wife and I are will be trying Silverseas, if anyone wants to message me with advice on, tipping, dining options, excursions, ships and more... it would be greatly appreciated chatting. Thank You -Mauro Edited February 6 by marlboroman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAexNY Posted February 6 #8 Share Posted February 6 Messaging is not permitted on Cruise Critic. I suggest you use the Search function within this Silversea board and search for each of your topics. You will find many posts on each of your questions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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