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Hi Everybody!  Guess what? I always do my own tipping. On my last cruise I went to the front desk and asked to delte the tips from my account. I told them I do my own tipping. Quess what? The front desk notified my cabin steward that I had taken out the tips from my account. He came and asked me if he was doing a good job of cleaning my cabin. I told him not to worry that I was planning to tip him at the end of the cruise. On the last day he came running to say good-by to him. I knew he was looking for his tip so I gave him his tip.

Next time..... I plan to wait a few days before my cruise is over and tell the cabin steward and my waiters that I plan to do my own tipping. I felt bad that the cabin steward was worried about getting stiffed by me.

I am a very generous person and I am in the habit of buying gifts in the ports for my cabin steward and other crew workers. I also tip the Matri di and sometimes give them gifts too. I always over-tip too.  I also do a random selection and give gifts to people who didn't expect it. For example: a Casino gal who works there or a cleaning crew worker. Luci