Eddie,
It appears those who have already responded have pretty well covered
everything. These folks that you don't seem to want to tip, work 10 and 12
hour days to make your stay as pleasant and memorable as possible. In fact,
if the cabin steward and the folks in the dining room do an exceptional job,
I normally pass them and extra $20 or so. I agree with one person here who
said to be more satisfied just drinking the tea, coffee, hot chocolate,
lemonade, water that is provided to you at no extra and only buy a few
drinks just to be sociable and therefore save your 15%. I'm not sure I
totally agree with automatically taking another 15% either, but it is now
the way things are done. I'm sure once you've enjoyed your cruise, you will
be more than willing to pay your gratuities. As I understand it, you don't
have to pay if you truly don't want to. Go take it up with the purser, but
I think you will think it's a deal once you see how it all works. Relax and
enjoy your cruise.
Ray B.
"Eddie-Type2" wrote in message
news:4aqhg.3230$hp.2820@read2.cgocable.net...
> Hello,
>
> We are going on our first cruise at the end of this month.
>
> I've been reading a lot about tipping and quite frankly, I don't agree
> with
> it at all.
>
> I'm not trying to be cheap at all, but my philosophy regarding tipping is,
> "
> I tip if I think the service is worth it !".
>
> I read that tipping for room stewards should be $3.50 per day per person -
> This is crazy in my opinion! I have a young family of 5 and there is no
> way
> that I should feel compelled to tip $17.50 per day! I don't want to sound
> rude, but why do I need to tip on a cruise when I don't even tip for
> normal
> room service at a hotel? Am I missing something here?
>
> I also read that we should tip our main server and assistant server during
> dining. Why do I need to tip 2 people instead of only one person like any
> other normal restaurant? How much is an appropriate amount?
>
> I read that every passenger must have a sign and sail card and that each
> time you use it, a 15% gratutuity will automatically be applied to my
> account? What the heck is all that about? Will I have an option to just
> pay cash for sodas and stuff?
>
> Any comments are sincerely appreciated
>
> Eddie
>
>
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