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Again, each line has its own tipping policies. This thread was CARNIVAL'S tipping. Go to Princess website. Their waiters, stewards, and background workers all share in a ship wide pool. Carnival pays specific amounts to the servers that served YOU, or the steward for YOUR room.

Paying some xtra in cash is fine, I do that. But giving ALL of the tip in cash is a problem. One, they have no SECURE place to keep it. Two, most send sizable amounts home, so they HAVE to convert the cash to wire it home. At the very least, that takes up some of their off time. They can go to someplace onshore of one of the islands [carrying cash] or they simply deposit it in their on board account. Auto-tips go into their on board account and are easily wired home thru the ship, and there is no security [or temptation] problem.

Luci, You are very little senior to me if at all, I also have cruised since the 70's.

<blockquote data-quote="Dan40" data-source="post: 1311016">Again, each line has its own tipping policies.&nbsp; This thread was CARNIVAL'S tipping.&nbsp; Go to Princess website.&nbsp; Their waiters, stewards, and background workers all share in a ship wide pool.&nbsp; Carnival pays specific amounts to the servers that served YOU, or the steward for YOUR room.Paying some xtra in cash is fine, I do that.&nbsp; But giving ALL of the tip in cash is a problem.&nbsp; One, they have no SECURE place to keep it.&nbsp; Two, most send sizable amounts home, so they HAVE to convert the cash to wire it home.&nbsp; At the very least, that takes up some of their off time.&nbsp; They can go to someplace onshore of one of the islands [carrying cash] or they simply deposit it in their on board account.&nbsp; Auto-tips go into their on board account and are easily wired home thru the ship, and there is no security [or temptation] problem.Luci, You are very little senior to me if at all, I also have cruised since the 70's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dan40, post: 1311016"] Again, each line has its own tipping policies. This thread was CARNIVAL'S tipping. Go to Princess website. Their waiters, stewards, and background workers all share in a ship wide pool. Carnival pays specific amounts to the servers that served YOU, or the steward for YOUR room. Paying some xtra in cash is fine, I do that. But giving ALL of the tip in cash is a problem. One, they have no SECURE place to keep it. Two, most send sizable amounts home, so they HAVE to convert the cash to wire it home. At the very least, that takes up some of their off time. They can go to someplace onshore of one of the islands [carrying cash] or they simply deposit it in their on board account. Auto-tips go into their on board account and are easily wired home thru the ship, and there is no security [or temptation] problem. Luci, You are very little senior to me if at all, I also have cruised since the 70's. [/QUOTE]