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Ok, lets get this one straight .... Auto Tips were started by NCL when they instituted Freestyle Cruising. If you do NOT have dinner every night with the same wait staff who will you give your "regular" tip to? So many passengers were actually asking for convenience "can't you just put it our my account" that they decided to go that route. Once the wait staff were covered they added the room steward. Then Princess was next when they brought in Personal Choice Dining. It really had little to do with the stiffing of staff. These automatic tips on Princess are done daily onto your account at midnight (or thereabouts). You can go and have them removed, you can go and put more on, it's up to you. The other cruise lines followed suit when the Cruising Public seemed to like the convenience of it. For a short time the NCL America product made the $10.00 per day per person "tip" into a Resort Fee and there was no way to change it but I understand that has gone by the way side now. p.s. ABoatNerd - I agree that Celebrity and RCI have it right - they let you put it on your account and give a voucher for the convenience aspect. But then Celebrity and RCI still have formal 2 seating dining and thus you have the same staff the whole cruise long. Don't know about Crystal. Laurey

<blockquote data-quote="WCoastCdnCruisers" data-source="post: 921131"><p>Ok, lets get this one straight .... Auto Tips were started by NCL when they instituted Freestyle Cruising.&nbsp; If you do NOT have dinner every night with the same wait staff who will you give your &quot;regular&quot; tip to?&nbsp; So many passengers were actually asking for convenience &quot;can't you just put it our my account&quot; that they decided to go that route.&nbsp; Once the wait staff were covered they added the room steward.&nbsp; Then Princess was next when they brought in Personal Choice Dining.&nbsp; It really had little to do with the stiffing of staff.&nbsp; These automatic tips on Princess are done daily onto your account at midnight (or thereabouts).&nbsp; You can go and have them removed, you can go and put more on, it's up to you.&nbsp; The other cruise lines followed suit when the Cruising Public seemed to like the convenience of it.&nbsp; For a short time the NCL America product made the $10.00 per day per person &quot;tip&quot; into a Resort Fee and there was no way to change it but I understand that has gone by the way side now.&nbsp;&nbsp; p.s. ABoatNerd - I agree that Celebrity and RCI have it right - they let you put it on your account and give a voucher for the convenience aspect.&nbsp; But then Celebrity and RCI still have formal 2 seating dining and thus you have the same staff the whole cruise long.&nbsp; Don't know about Crystal.&nbsp; Laurey</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="WCoastCdnCruisers, post: 921131"] Ok, lets get this one straight .... Auto Tips were started by NCL when they instituted Freestyle Cruising. If you do NOT have dinner every night with the same wait staff who will you give your "regular" tip to? So many passengers were actually asking for convenience "can't you just put it our my account" that they decided to go that route. Once the wait staff were covered they added the room steward. Then Princess was next when they brought in Personal Choice Dining. It really had little to do with the stiffing of staff. These automatic tips on Princess are done daily onto your account at midnight (or thereabouts). You can go and have them removed, you can go and put more on, it's up to you. The other cruise lines followed suit when the Cruising Public seemed to like the convenience of it. For a short time the NCL America product made the $10.00 per day per person "tip" into a Resort Fee and there was no way to change it but I understand that has gone by the way side now. p.s. ABoatNerd - I agree that Celebrity and RCI have it right - they let you put it on your account and give a voucher for the convenience aspect. But then Celebrity and RCI still have formal 2 seating dining and thus you have the same staff the whole cruise long. Don't know about Crystal. Laurey [/QUOTE]