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I'm sorry to hear that you had trouble with your room steward. We don't tip them until the end...then we give them over and above what Carnival has already taken out of our sail and sign card based on how their service during our stay has been. However, we have in the past given phone cards the day we arrive or the second day. With the advent of the internet and email...I'm not sure if phone cards are appreciated as much as they use to be. If you decide to go ahead and tip him/her for each service....$1 to $2 should be more than enough - in my opinion. Why don't you play it by ear...take a few extra singles with you in case you feel you have to tip him/her to get what you need but wait until you see how you and he/she get along. It may be totally different this time. We've been on 11 Carnival cruises and only twice did we have problems with the room steward. One time was a communication problem - they didn't know enough English. That was frustrating but we eventually understood each other. And the other time we had a room steward whose contract was about up (we didn't know this at the time)...when we stopped at our first port we were assigned a new room steward and he was great.

<blockquote data-quote="SandyBeach" data-source="post: 1037706"><p>I'm sorry to hear that you had trouble with your room steward.&nbsp; We don't tip them until the end...then we give them over and above what Carnival has already taken out of our sail and sign card based on how their service during our stay has been.&nbsp; However, we have in the past given phone cards the day we arrive or the second day.&nbsp; With the advent of the internet and email...I'm not sure if phone cards are appreciated as much as they use to be.&nbsp; If you decide to go ahead and tip him/her for each service....$1 to $2 should be more than enough - in my opinion.&nbsp; Why don't you play it by ear...take a few extra singles with you in case you feel you have to tip him/her to get what you need but wait until you see how you and he/she get along.&nbsp; It may be totally different this time.&nbsp; We've been on 11 Carnival cruises and only twice did we have problems with the room steward.&nbsp; One time was a communication problem - they didn't know enough English.&nbsp; That was frustrating but we eventually understood each other.&nbsp; And the other time we had a room steward whose contract was about up (we didn't know this at the time)...when we stopped at our first port we were assigned a new room steward and he was great.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="SandyBeach, post: 1037706"] I'm sorry to hear that you had trouble with your room steward. We don't tip them until the end...then we give them over and above what Carnival has already taken out of our sail and sign card based on how their service during our stay has been. However, we have in the past given phone cards the day we arrive or the second day. With the advent of the internet and email...I'm not sure if phone cards are appreciated as much as they use to be. If you decide to go ahead and tip him/her for each service....$1 to $2 should be more than enough - in my opinion. Why don't you play it by ear...take a few extra singles with you in case you feel you have to tip him/her to get what you need but wait until you see how you and he/she get along. It may be totally different this time. We've been on 11 Carnival cruises and only twice did we have problems with the room steward. One time was a communication problem - they didn't know enough English. That was frustrating but we eventually understood each other. And the other time we had a room steward whose contract was about up (we didn't know this at the time)...when we stopped at our first port we were assigned a new room steward and he was great. [/QUOTE]