Tipping
Cruise Lines
For your convenience, a gratuity in recognition of outstanding personal service of $12.25 per Guest, per day, will be automatically added to your SM Account. This covers your Butler & Stateroom Attendant as well as all restaurant staff. Since our ships offer multiple open-seating dining venues and you will likely be served by many different staff members during the course of your stay onboard, the restaurant staff allotment is evenly distributed among them. Guests staying in Penthouse, Royal and Sky suites will experience superior Head Butler service in addition to Butler & Stateroom Attendant service; these guests will be charged an additional gratuity of $4.00 per Guest, per day.
Notice to Guests: Gratuities may be shared with other crew members depending on the particular service requirement. Please note that Bar & Wine personnel are acknowledged with the standard 18% of the beverages and wines billed for the service rendered.
Service Gratuities
For your convenience, Carnival automatically charges the gratuities for dining and stateroom staff to your onboard Sail Sign account. The total amount is $11.50 per guest, per day.
If you are not satisfied with the service you receive, Carnival encourages you to contact the Purser's Information desk while onboard. This will allow Carnival to address your concerns in a timely and appropriate fashion. At your discretion, you may adjust the gratuities at any time.
For beverage purchases, fifteen percent of the bill is automatically added to the Sail Sign charge. Room Service staff may be tipped as service is rendered. Tipping your Maitre d' is at your discretion, based upon the service you receive.
For your convenience, Celebrity will automatically add gratuities for your restaurant and stateroom services to your onboard Seapass account on a daily basis in the following amounts, which may be adjusted at your discretion: $11.50 per person per day for guests in staterooms ($12.00 per person per day for guests in Concierge Class and AquaClass staterooms and $15.00 per person per day for guests in Suites). These service gratuities are based on the following recommended amounts:
Beverage Service personnel are acknowledged with a 15% service charge which will be automatically added to the bill. *Please note that gratuities may be shared with other crew members depending on the particular service requirement. |
Because tipping is a personal matter, Crystal Cruises does not include gratuities in the cruise fares. Suggested guidelines for stateroom and dining service gratuities are as follows: stewardess, $5 per guest, per day (single travelers, $6 per day); senior waiter, $5 per guest, per day; waiter, $3 per guest, per day; butler (Penthouse decks), $4 per guest, per day.
Tips for the maitre d', headwaiter, assistant stewardess and night Room Service personnel are at your discretion. Gratuities may be prepaid or charged to your shipboard account.
For Crystal's specialty restaurants, Prego, Silk Road and The Sushi Bar, Crystal suggests $7 per guest, per dinner. A 15 percent gratuity for all bar drinks and wines is added to your bar check automatically. We suggest a 15 percent gratuity for Crystal Spa and Salon services.
It is customary to give gratuities in recognition of service, which you will most likely be treated to in abundance aboard the ship. As a guideline, Disney suggest the following:
| Per Guest per cruise | 3-Night | 4-Night | 7-Night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dining Room Server | $12.00 | $16.00 | $28.00 |
| Dining Room Asst. Server | $9.00 | $12.00 | $21.00 |
| Dining Room Head Server | $3.00 | $4.00 | $7.00 |
| Stateroom Host/ Hostess |
$12.00 | $16.00 | $28.00 |
| Dining Manager | Your Discretion | ||
| Room Service | Your Discretion | ||
| Palo | Gratuity included | ||
| Vista Spa & Salon | Your Discretion | ||
| Babysitting | Gratuity not expected | ||
| Shore Excursions | Optional; not included in shore excursion price. |
For your convenience, a 15% gratuity is automatically added to bar, beverage, wine and deck service tabs. All gratuities can be charged to your room charge.
At the Walt Disney World Resort, 15% is the customary gratuity at restaurants and bars.
Our crew works very hard to make sure that every aspect of your cruise meets the highest standards. This includes those crew members who serve you directly, such as HAL's dining room wait staff and the stewards who tend to your stateroom each day. There are also many others that tend to your care that you may never meet, such as galley and laundry staff. To ensure that the efforts of all of HAL's crew members are recognized and rewarded, a daily Hotel Service Charge of US$11 per passenger is automatically charged to each guest's shipboard account. If HAL's service exceeds or fails to meet your expectations, you are free to adjust this amount at the end of the cruise. The Hotel Service Charge is paid entirely to Holland America Line crew members, and represents an important part of their total compensation package. A 15 percent service charge is automatically added to bar charges and dining room wine purchases. In terminals, airports, ports of call and on shore excursions, HAL suggests that you extend gratuities consistent with customary local practices.
Also, certain staff positions provide service on an individual basis to only some guests. We encourage those guests to acknowledge good service from these staff members with appropriate gratuities. For example, for guests purchasing bar drinks the recommended gratuity is 15 percent. For guests purchasing spa treatments the recommended gratuity is 18 percent. Similarly, for guests using concierge and butler services, NCL recommends they consider offering a gratuity commensurate with services rendered.
The reason there's a fixed service charge is an important one: Our Crew (as are the crew from other lines) is encouraged to work together as a team. Staff members including restaurant staff, stateroom stewards and behind-the-scenes support staff are compensated by a combination of salary and incentive programs that your service charge supports.
Onboard Service Charges are additional. A charge of $12 per person per day will automatically be added to your onboard account.
Guest satisfaction is the highest priority at Norwegian Cruise Line. We have structured a guest satisfaction program designed to handle any concerns about service or on-board product quickly and efficiently. However, in the event a service issue should arise during your cruise please let NCL's on-board reception desk staff know right away, so that NCL can address these in a timely manner. It is NCL's goal to reach a satisfactory solution to any issue when it happens and make sure NCL's guests can focus on enjoying their cruise. Should your concerns not be met with satisfaction you can adjust the charges.
Casino dealers and Lotus Spa personnel do not share in the Hotel and Dining charge as not all passengers utilize these services.
A 15% charge is automatically added to your bar charges and dining room wine account. This is shared amongst the beverage staff and their support staff, including cleaners and utility staff.
So that you can thank those who have made your cruise vacation better than you could have imagined, we've developed these gratuity guidelines:
Suite attendant: $5.75 USD a day per guest
Stateroom attendant: $3.50 USD a day per guest
Dining Room Waiter: $3.50 USD a day per guest
Assistant Waiter: $2.00 USD a day per guest
Headwaiter: $.75 USD a day per guest
To thank those who served you well on your cruisetour, RCCL generally suggest the following guidelines:
Tour Director: $3.00 USD (or CAD/EUR equivalent) a day per guest
Motorcoach Driver: $2.50 USD (or CAD/EUR equivalent) a day per guest
Traincar Host: $1.00 USD (or CAD/EUR equivalent) a day per guest
Wait Staff: $2.50 USD (or CAD/EUR equivalent) a day per guest
Note: These gratuities apply to guests of all ages. Gratuities for other service personnel are at your discretion. A 15% gratuity will automatically be added to your bar bill or wine check when you are served. Notice to Guests: Gratuities may be shared with other crew members depending on the particular service requirement. Envelopes for gratuities will be provided in your stateroom on the last night of the cruise. Gratuities may be paid in the following ways: Pre paid by having them added to your reservation by your booking agent. Added to your onboard SeaPass account. Paid in cash at the end of the cruise.
Windstar crew works very hard to make sure that every aspect of your cruise meets the highest standards. This includes those crewmembers who serve you directly, such as wait staff, beverage servers and the stewards who service your stateroom each day. There are also many others who support their efforts whom you may never meet, such as galley and laundry staff. To ensure that the efforts of all of Windstars crewmembers are recognized and rewarded, a Hotel Service Charge of $12 per passenger is automatically added to each guest's shipboard account on a daily basis. If Windstars service exceeds or fails to meet your expectations, you are free to adjust this amount at the end of the cruise. In addition, a 15% Beverage Service Charge is automatically added to bar charges and dining room wine purchases. These charges are paid entirely to Windstar crewmembers, and represent an important part of their compensation.
In terminals, airports, ports of call and on shore excursions, Windstar suggest that you extend gratuities consistent with customary local practices.
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