Comments on: Royal Caribbean Gratuities (Tips): Full Guide to Cost & How They Work https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/ Everything Cruising Tue, 21 May 2024 16:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Janette https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204408 Tue, 21 May 2024 16:09:46 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204408 In reply to Tanner Callais.

No but I’ve since figured it out – they added 10% tax to each and every item

]]> By: Tanner Callais https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204407 Tue, 21 May 2024 14:54:33 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204407 In reply to Janette.

They typically give a receipt for you to sign. Did you happen to remember it?

]]> By: Janette https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204406 Tue, 21 May 2024 14:36:53 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204406 Hi, hoping someone can help answer this question.

I’m looking at my cruise statement having just finished on a week on Oasis. I have a check which is showing $17.92 at Schooner Bar. The drink I bought was a Rum Old Fashioned at $14, I add on the 18% which brings it to $16.52, the same as what is stated above. Does anybody know what the additional $1.40 is? I didn’t add any additional tip as I do this in cash? Really confused!

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Tanner Callais https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204102 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:04:53 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204102 In reply to Jan.

You’re covered. Gratuity is added on to the cost of the daily package. So an $80 package is really $94.40 each day. Then when you go to the bar, there’s nothing more to pay.

]]> By: Jan https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204101 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:30:47 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204101 In reply to Tanner Callais.

I am confused. We purchased the deluxe drink package. Do we just tip in cash every time we get one or will pre paid gratuities plan cover that?

]]> By: Craig https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-204058 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 01:05:28 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-204058 NEVER pre-pay gratuities. When you get on the ship go to the pursuers desk and have the auto-gratuity canceled. Ask for tip envelopes. We have been cruising for over 30 years. There’s great service and not so great service. Award accordingly.

]]> By: Joan lawler https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-203795 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:20:38 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-203795 Paid for soft drinks package and gratuity’s before cruise then on first day of cruise decided to upgrade to full drinks package to save them any trouble they said they would cancel our original package and that we would get full refund into original payment method , then they charged us for full drinks and gratuity’s again on board .
This was January 23 and was told buy Cruise2.com that we would be getting back £436.28 within 30-40 days after 2months had not received refund and got back to the cruise company and they have said Royal Caribbean are now only willing to pay us £281.00 can they do this as have the email saying that Royal Caribbean had agreed the first amount saying they will not refund gratuity’s even though we have paid it twice .

]]> By: Karen Carranza https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-203785 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:36:37 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-203785 The last time I cruised I prepaid gratuities and before I left the cruise I had to pay more. Why is that? We are going on another cruise and I made sure to add the gratuities but I don’t want to be surprised with extra gratuities. How can I make sure?

]]> By: John and Mandi https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-203737 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:38:37 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-203737 From memory, the tip breakdown was as follows (circa 2001-ish):

Cabin Steward: $3.50 per person per day
Waiter: $3.50 per person per day
Assistant Waiter: $2.50 per person per day
Head Waiter: $1 per person per day

It was a total of $10.50 per person per day or $21 per couple per day. Envelopes for cash were provided on the last full day of the cruise and everyone would bring all the wait staff tips to the final dinner and hand them to each of them personally, sometimes the waiter collected the Head Waiter envelopes if they were tied up. We would leave the envelope for our cabin steward on the bed before we went to dinner, usually accompanied with a hand written thank-you. We often added more for the Cabin Steward, Waiter, and Assistant Waiter if they were exceptional. At some point RCCL started allowing passengers to change the tips to their sea pass account and a printed slip would be provided to place in the envelope in lieu of cash. That eventually morphed into the system that exists today. Of course some would stiff the staff but overall we always experienced everyone at our table joyfully giving the envelopes. We preferred that system as we like to give tips directly to those that have served us. At this point the automatic gratuity system should be abandoned and the cruise prices adjusted accordingly. We have had a long hiatus from cruising but we will be sailing again in September, it will be interesting to experience all of the recent ‘changes’.

]]> By: Tanner Callais https://www.cruzely.com/royal-caribbean-gratuities-tips-full-guide-to-cost-how-they-work/#comment-203282 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:23:23 +0000 https://cruzely.com/?p=5525#comment-203282 In reply to brian keil.

Yes, if you want. You can head to guest services and have them removed.

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