Carnival Tips on S & S Card?

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littlebit

Guest
We were told that Carnival now automatically charges your gratuities to your sail & Sign card. But now I am beginning to wonder if that is true. I was reading a post on a Carnival Board about prepaying your tips. They posted that you have to request this ahead of time (Or do it when you board). So is it now automatic or not??
 
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Ddunn

Guest
I was on the fantasy in May, and they automatically put them on my acct.

I went down and paid my s and s card off before we left the ship.

From what i understand, u can adjust the tip, if you think your service was not worthy, or if u wanted to add more.

We just gave extra directly to the steward and waiter.

Denise
 
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hampton

Guest
yes they will its $10 a day for each adult, we just got our docs & they tell you so. makes it easier i guess then you can just tip for room service etc if you want.
 
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Cherilo

Guest
Yes, room service isn't included in those tips and you can have them removed or reduced if you want. If we get good service from someone like a waiter, we just hand them extra at the end of the cruise. I have heard the rumor that you can prepay tips too, but haven't figured out how to do that. Maybe if someone here knows..................
 
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soulfood

Guest
you could pre-pay your tips by calling carnival, or you have the tip money with you and pay it onboard the ship and get it out of the way.
 
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publicdefender

Guest
I don't consider myself a stingy guy but using the figures suggested in this thread and assuming my 12 year old is counted as an adult, for a seven night cruise five people are assessed $350 in tips before you dig any further into your pocket. Using a normal 20% tip ratio that means I have already tipped for $1750.00 worth of service.
Now do I determine whether this is adequate by figuring 20% of the $5000 it cost me for everyone,in which case I owe another $650? Or do I try to figure how much I would normally tip for the particular service I receive and the add them all up and subtract $350 from that figure and pony up the difference? eg. if I figure dinner each night is worth $300 for the five of us thats $60 tip. $5 a night for each of two cabins is $70 for the week, and so on.
I really don't want to count each and every service to figure how much extra to tip.NEITHER do I just want to tip like the $350 they take automatically doesn't count as anything. Do the employees get the $350 or does the cruise line rake some or all of it? How many people share the $350?
Some actual figures that you tip per day for each service would be helpful. Has anyone actually figured a total amount of tips per day per person above the amount that is automatically added? If you give a lump sum at the end of the cruise how do they split it up? Another vexing cruise issue. Thanks.
 
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serene56

Guest
7 night cruise for 3 people is 210.oo total. Yes, your 12 year old should tip as an adult.
25.00 pp goes to the waiter for the whole week. for serving your dinner each night.
25.00 pp goes to the cabin steward for the whole week of cleaning your cabin twice.

and the 21 goes to the asst waiter and the wait staff who man the buffets.
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carnival has funship dollars or you can buy cabin credit. I do this before I cruise. By the time I leave in February I will have accrued 700 worth of cabin credit/funship dollars. My onboard spending is now paid for and I wont have a bill when I am finished my vacation.

SOme people prepay tips with their final payment so they dont have to worry about that being on their sign and sail card. If its prepaid you can not adjust it up or down. Putting it on your cabin credit is a better way to do it
 
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Tweety9

Guest
Pre-paid our tips right through our travel agent!! It worked out GREAT!! I actually read about pre-paying tips on this board and went to the travel agent and she said that a lot of people are catching on to this. It is just one last thing to worry about!!
 
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publicdefender

Guest
I didn't put those symbols in my post that usually stand for foul language. Is there anyway someone can add to a post after you post it? By the way I reported myself to the moderator. Hopefully I can explain that it was either a mistake or someone is trying to get me in trouble.
 
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lizardstew

Guest
I think you're the only one who can edit your post after it's been posted. By the way...I didn't see anything wrong with your post, even with the symbols....maybe you put in some word that is flagged somehow, or maybe mispelled a word?

Here's the breakdown of the tips, right from Carnival's website.

The total amount will be $10 per guest, per day, which breaks down as follows:

$5.50 pp/pd for Dining Team Service (Headwaiter and Waiter)
$1 pp/pd for Bistro Service (Waiter/Cooks)
$3.50 pp/pd for Cabin Services (Cabin Steward)

Remember that the waiter and assistant waiter you have also serve in the buffet restaurants for breakfast and lunch, so even if your waiter and assistant waiter is not serving you, they are serving someone and someone else's waitstaff is serving you. (This may be what they're talking about by "bistro" service, but surely lunch and dinner is worh more than $1 pp/pd for breakfast and lunch!) The room steward will be in your room several times a day, not just once.

You can read all about Carnival's tipping policy here: http://www.carnival.com/CMS/FAQs/Gratuities_Tips.aspx
 
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BlueChef

Guest
I think Carnival's tipping policy is a good and fair one. $10 per person per day is fair and reasonable. And yes, it goes directly to the staff involved, not the cruiseline. Lizard has provided the correct breakdown.

PREPAID TIPS - This amount can be paid when paying for your cruise. As Serene pointed out, It cannot be adjusted up or down or removed once on board.

AUTOMATIC TIPPING - This is the first entry on your Sail & Sign account. It can be adjusted up or down or removed. (Hopefully, nobody actually does that.) It's certainly a fair amount when you consider all these folks do to make our cruises pleasant.

ADDITIONAL TIPPING - Some like to leave their automatic tips in place, and tip a little extra to their cabin steward and/or waitstaff in the dining room. Not necessary, but appreciated. The room service delivery person should be tipped a small amount ($1-2) each time you use their services.

BEVERAGE TIPPING - Whenever you order a drink, it will be charged to your S&S card, and a 15% tip will be automatically added. So - unless you just want to, you don't need to tip the bartender extra.

Personally, I think the tipping is just about right. I leave my automatic tips in place, and tip a little extra here and there, or on the last evening. I think the cabin steward, in particular, earns and deserves his tips. He's in the cabin at least twice a day, cleaning, making beds, providing new towels, filling ice buckets, leaving mints, Capers, and other info in the cabins, and making those adorable little towel animals. Plus, he's on call most of the day, with a mere press of a button. Love those guys!
 
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Cruizer

Guest
BlueChef Wrote:
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> BEVERAGE TIPPING

Young kids do this all the time. Be careful, it leave a stick mess on the table or floor unless it is cleaned up properly.
 
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mdale28

Guest
We prepaid our tips on our last cruise .It worked out great.$10 a day pp. is very reasonable .if you tipped for 3 meals a day plus room steward it would be more than that.15% tip added on to drink order was ok also.usually if we go out for drinks at home we tip 20% on the tab .so we were sattisfied with this also. Hope this helped.
 
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BlueChef

Guest
Uh, Cruizer - I don't understand what you mean. In the first place, you weren't quoting me, and in the second place, your sentence makes no sense and doesn't pertain to tipping. Explain, please??? LOL
 
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girlsavage

Guest
How do you have a cabin credit applied? We are going on our first cruise 12/4/05 and want to have most of the vaation paid off before we cruise. Any advise would be appreciated.
 
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BlueChef

Guest
girlsavage Wrote:
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> How do you have a cabin credit applied? We are
> going on our first cruise 12/4/05 and want to have
> most of the vaation paid off before we cruise.
> Any advise would be appreciated.
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> Girlsavage
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To apply cabin credit prior to a cruise, you'll need to contact your booking agent and pay whatever amount(s) you want ahead of time.
I have a friend who applies $100 a month to her account prior to each cruise, and it pretty much takes care of her Sail & Sign account before she even boards the ship. (If somehow you have 'overpaid', you'll receive a check from the purser's office before leaving the ship.)
 
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serene56

Guest
or you can call 1-800-906-7603 and speak to a representative of Carnival who sells cabin credit or Funship dollars.

I buy one 50.00 funship dollar each pay. I also buy drink coupons 4 for 19.95. Photo coupons for 15.00 soda coupons 4 for 6.80 so majorityof my stuff is also prepaid and no bill after the cruise
 
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sdcruzer

Guest
Wow.. that is such a good idea to pre-pay all of that stuff... I only have a month left, but I think I'm going to buy some cabin credit for the next couple of paychecks.

People on this board are so smart!! :)
 
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