Tipping Poll

[mccruiser]

Thanks Joey! Now I know what to tell my husband if I want him to limit his gambling. :shocked:

[JoeyandDavid]

and Mindy the great thing about it is it's a cash advance that is treated like POS no service charges

[schatje]

Question....they don't ask you to spend it in the casino? Say I need extra money (cash) for an excursion?

[mccruiser]

Mary, that's right. They figure that just by walking into the casino to get money, chances are good that you will drop some money there, sometime during the cruise.

We use the casino as our "ATM" during the cruise. This way, we can have money when go into port, and not have to keep too much in the cabin.

[Dan]

If they don't charge a fee, and simply add it to your shipboard account like a purchase, then I would be taking advantage of that just for the rewad points on my credit card.

[CanadianCruiser]

I found this poll, and thought I would bring it forward....

I an split between leaving it on my account and leaving them cash...

[Joanandjoe]

We've had two cruises since we made our original comments, and haven't changed our view. Including the tip in the fare won't happen unless all the cruise lines agree to do it; and that's just the opposite of how things are going in the cruise industry. The trend is toward rockbottom fares, with more and more things treated as extra cost items.

As between the other two choices, for the two cruises since our response (HAL and Avalon Waterays), Avalon was true pooling of tips, which you could either pay in cash or put on your shipboard account. We also gave individual tips to our room stweard and the bar staff. Dining was a true team approach, so the pooling was appropriate. On HAL, we gave the standard tip plus individual tips.

We still haven't voted.

[SCIROCCO]

Automatic Tipping AKA, Prepaid Gratuities, On Rccl they got the Money right away from us when we gave them the envelopes its just like cash Iwas told! Also we can give them some extra cash as well for good services!

[Dan]

If you're talking about Jeff (Dacruznut), check the date on his post LOL. He bugged out a while ago LOL.

[SCIROCCO]

A Hey Jeff where you been My friend! Good to see you posting!

If you're talking about Jeff (Dacruznut), check the date on his post LOL. He bugged out a while ago LOL.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention!