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Subject: Re: Never use Royal Caribbean Cruises Posted on: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:02:51 -0500


wrote

> Is it ILLEGAL for Royal Caribbean to charge gratuities upfront ? How
> can they charge us for Gratuities Upfront ? and refuse to refund it
> for poor service?

Royal Caribbean does not charge gratuities upfront. There are some travel
agencies that add pre-paid gratuities into bookings (especially groups)...
that may be what happened to you.

On Royal Caribbean ships, you can either tip in cash the last night of the
cruise or go to the purser's desk and have the tips put on your ship-board
account. If you do that, they give you vouchers to pass out to your waiter,
cabin steward, etc.


> They are losing THOUSANDS of potential dollars by refusing to refund a
> small amount of money. This leaves a bad taste in any customers mouth
> and they are getting tremendous amount of negative PR too.

You are saying that none of the service you received during your cruise was
worth even a small tip? No one working on the ship provided you with
acceptable service?


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George Leppla http://www.CruiseMaster.com

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