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Tips are paid at the end of the cruise, usually on the last night. You can have them automatically added to your shipboard account, in which case you'll get a slip to put in the "tip envelope" (which will appear about three nights from the end) or you can put cash into it. Recommended guidelines are provided with the envelopes. You can "up" the tips or stiff the help, as your conscience allows. We've never been on a cruise where everyone doesn't rate AT LEAST the recommended amount. Tipping "in advance" isn't a tip; it's a bribe. If I were doing my job, I think it'd be insulting to be told, in effect, "I figure you won't give me decent service unless I bribe you first." All your bar tabs and services will automatically include a 15 per cent gratuity, so you can add a buck here and there to it, or add additional gratuity on the charge slip when it's presented to you for signature.Hope this helps.
Tips are paid at the end of the cruise, usually on the last night. You can have them automatically added to your shipboard account, in which case you'll get a slip to put in the "tip envelope" (which will appear about three nights from the end) or you can put cash into it. Recommended guidelines are provided with the envelopes. You can "up" the tips or stiff the help, as your conscience allows. We've never been on a cruise where everyone doesn't rate AT LEAST the recommended amount. Tipping "in advance" isn't a tip; it's a bribe. If I were doing my job, I think it'd be insulting to be told, in effect, "I figure you won't give me decent service unless I bribe you first." All your bar tabs and services will automatically include a 15 per cent gratuity, so you can add a buck here and there to it, or add additional gratuity on the charge slip when it's presented to you for signature.
Hope this helps.
