Jewel wrote:
> "Sue and Kevin Mullen" wrote in message
> news:5242lnF1muna5U1@mid.individual.net...
>
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>>Philip and Heather Johnson wrote:
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>>>I always slip the cabin steward 20 bucks the first day, what's that? 3
>>>drinks, and say, "Don't forget about us this week." ...wink wink, nudge
>>>nudge, know what I mean...
>>>
>>>Phil >...never had a complaint with the cabin
>>
>>I consider tipping ahead to be a form of bribery and have never done it.
>>We do give a nice additional tip at the end if the service deserves it and
>>we have rarely had a problem. Of course on our last cruise on the
>>Volendam, the dining room staff was lucky that none of us removed all
>>their tips from our account.
>>
>>sue
>
>
> So can you decide at the END of the cruise to opt out of the service charge?
> I didn't realise that. It's the taking it out before we even know what sort
> of service we're going to get that I object to.
>
>
On our recent Volendam cruise, you could opt out on the last sea day.
So most of the time that you're getting service, the crew doesn't really
know whether you're going to do that or not.
Ermalee |