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Hi Dan, I once asked on a HAL ship that I wanted to do my own tipping. The front desk gal said that they interrogate the cabin steward and the waiters and ask how much they got from me. It sounded ominus...sp to me.I think it would be really hard to prove if a cabin steward or waiter really got some money and how much. What if a cabin steward got tipped $200. dollars....would he/she turn it in? I don't think so. If I give money to a cleaning crew worker....how would the ship know that I gave that person money since that person didn"t work for me?I think it is just a rumor..... I have been cruising since the 1970's. I notice that sometimes the waiters lie by the way they answer me when I ask them a question about tipping through the ship. They are trained to say that it is best to keep the tip money in my ship board account. I somehow don't believe their answers.If I was working on a ship I would prefer to get my tip money directly and not through a customer"s account that will take time for me to get my tip or NOT.In the 1970's I learned that some restaurants keep the tips that you put on your credit card. That is why I always give the waiter their tip in cash.Next time I cruise I will ask different cruise workers the question about leaving my tip on my ship account and see if they all give the same answer..
Hi Dan, I once asked on a HAL ship that I wanted to do my own tipping. The front desk gal said that they interrogate the cabin steward and the waiters and ask how much they got from me. It sounded ominus...sp to me.
I think it would be really hard to prove if a cabin steward or waiter really got some money and how much. What if a cabin steward got tipped $200. dollars....would he/she turn it in? I don't think so. If I give money to a cleaning crew worker....how would the ship know that I gave that person money since that person didn"t work for me?
I think it is just a rumor..... I have been cruising since the 1970's. I notice that sometimes the waiters lie by the way they answer me when I ask them a question about tipping through the ship. They are trained to say that it is best to keep the tip money in my ship board account. I somehow don't believe their answers.
If I was working on a ship I would prefer to get my tip money directly and not through a customer"s account that will take time for me to get my tip or NOT.
In the 1970's I learned that some restaurants keep the tips that you put on your credit card. That is why I always give the waiter their tip in cash.
Next time I cruise I will ask different cruise workers the question about leaving my tip on my ship account and see if they all give the same answer.
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