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I returned yesterday from a one week trip on the Grand. The tips were charged directly to our room accounts. It was $6.50 per person per day for the dining room gratuity and $3.50 each for the room steward. We did not eat any lunches in the dining room and had breakfast in the dining room on only two occasions. I didn't see any gratuity charge for the breakfast meals - not sure if that was an oversight on their part or if the $6.5o per day charge is for all meals - it was listed on my folio as "AB NIGHT".Tips for any and all beverages were included with the individual bevrage charges. We gave our room steward an exytra $45 in an envelope at the end of the cruise as the service was so fantastic. Gratuity envelopes are available in a box on the counter at the purser's desk during the last two days of the cruise. I strongly recommend using the on-line personalizer at the Princess web site and pre-registering your credit card. The lines at the purser's desk that last two days were long but we never had to deal with it - just had an account summary delivered to our mailbox that was available on Sunday morning.
I returned yesterday from a one week trip on the Grand. The tips were charged directly to our room accounts. It was $6.50 per person per day for the dining room gratuity and $3.50 each for the room steward. We did not eat any lunches in the dining room and had breakfast in the dining room on only two occasions. I didn't see any gratuity charge for the breakfast meals - not sure if that was an oversight on their part or if the $6.5o per day charge is for all meals - it was listed on my folio as "AB NIGHT".
Tips for any and all beverages were included with the individual bevrage charges. We gave our room steward an exytra $45 in an envelope at the end of the cruise as the service was so fantastic. Gratuity envelopes are available in a box on the counter at the purser's desk during the last two days of the cruise. I strongly recommend using the on-line personalizer at the Princess web site and pre-registering your credit card. The lines at the purser's desk that last two days were long but we never had to deal with it - just had an account summary delivered to our mailbox that was available on Sunday morning.
