Tipping on the QM2

[bobnatt]

Can anyone tell me where most of this thread has disappeared to?

 

It just took a large tip to get rid of those posts...:D

[garigoun]

It just took a large tip to get rid of those posts...:D

 

L>O>L>

G.

[Norfolk Brit]

 

1 - "Don't allow tips to be charged to your on board account"Answer from Smedley, Norfolk on 20 Aug 08 at 11:58

 

It's Sir Smedley of Norfolk, if you don't mind; I have many aliases. More money saving tips available at: www.youvebeenhadbysirmartin.com

 

Sir Martin:cool:

[Guest Anorak33]

Another way they could list to save money on cruises is to steal items from the ship and sell them on ebay.

 

Over the last few weeks I have seen everything from a toast-rack to the blue plastic swizzle sticks and the Cunard boxes of matches but this one takes some beating:

 

Ebay item number 220270759343

 

QE2 BAR CARD FOR HOLDING BILLS.

 

THERE IS A PLACE FOR HOLDING BILLS AND A PLACE FOR HOLDING A PEN.

 

 

 

 

Oh - and the pen was for sale separately...................

[garigoun]

It's Sir Smedley of Norfolk, if you don't mind; I have many aliases. More money saving tips available at: www.youvebeenhadbysirmartin.com

 

Sir Martin:cool:

 

Your web address don't work.

Gari

[Norfolk Brit]

Your web address don't work.

Gari

 

Oh, so you tried it then:D. Nothing I offer actually works.

 

Sir Martin

[Fleetwood15]

I actually have a serious question. Does it matter which currency one tips with? The reason I ask is that being from the UK we have the £ and if we are on a Med cruise we change £'s for euros. Is there any reason why we cannot tip with Pounds or euros? It would save having convert into Dollar and have yet another lot of money to worry about.

[bobnatt]

I actually have a serious question. Does it matter which currency one tips with? The reason I ask is that being from the UK we have the £ and if we are on a Med cruise we change £'s for euros. Is there any reason why we cannot tip with Pounds or euros? It would save having convert into Dollar and have yet another lot of money to worry about.

 

No it doesn't (accept if it is some exotic currency such as Russian Rubles). In June I was on the Queen Victoria cruise out of Southampton. At the end of the cruise I had a few hundred British Pounds left in my wallet. So when I gave my tips at the end of the cruise I first used my British pounds and then used US dollars for the rest of the tips. The staff was very happy with both currencies.

[Fleetwood15]

thanks Bob...very helpfull

[SeaMatesNYC]

I believe, but don't know for certain, that crew are given much more favorable (perhaps even wholesale) exchange rates by the company.

[southwestie]

LOL we have tipped on the QV and Independence of the seas in soton in us $ uk £ and a few euros, they were all more than happy

[Fleetwood15]

I feel as if I've been abducted by aliens. Yesterday this thread was running with 5 - 6 pages, now it's 2. Have I been transported back in time? Is there something I don't know about regarding length of threads?

[southwestie]

Question .

as we are on a back to back TA this year, should we tip when we get to NYC or should we wait until we complete the whole thing and tip in southampton?

[Felice]

Hi,

 

I started this thread awhile ago and have been stunned by the activity. If I recall, the 2nd post (mine being the 1st) said something to the effect that I was unknowingly opening up a real can of worms! But -- I don't think it ever got to 5 or 6 pages. It might, though...

 

Felice.:)