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When I sailed on the Holiday in March, I was told by my room steward & my waiter that if ALL of the "automatic tips" were removed they would be REQUIRED to report all cash tips given them..... However if a passenger only removed some of the "automatic tips", and left a portion on their bill, then the wait staff could keep 100% of all cash tips... I checked with the Purser's Desk and was given the same information..... This policy may vary from ship to ship, but if you want to tip in person and make sure they keep it all, check with the Purser, cabin steward, & wait staff as to the policy of removing the "auto-tips" and using personal tipping.....

This same policy was in effect on another Carnival owned subsidiary in April, but I don't want to upset anyone, so I'll just post the same information on the Princess board.... Also, the crew has some very limited free port time, a crew bar & snack bar to spend the cash in... so don't let anyone tell you they have no place to spend cash... they certainly do, and every crew member I have spoken to appreciates cash ~~!!~~

<blockquote data-quote="joebat1" data-source="post: 1321782">When I sailed on the Holiday in March, I was told by my room steward &amp; my waiter that if ALL of the &quot;automatic tips&quot; were removed they would be REQUIRED to report all cash tips given them..... However if a passenger only removed some of the &quot;automatic tips&quot;, and left a portion on their bill, then the wait staff could keep 100% of all cash tips... I checked with the Purser's Desk and was given the same information.....&nbsp; This policy may vary from ship to ship, but if you want to tip in person and make sure they keep it all, check with the Purser, cabin steward, &amp; wait staff as to the policy of removing the &quot;auto-tips&quot; and using personal tipping.....This same policy was in effect on another Carnival owned subsidiary in April, but I don't want to upset anyone, so I'll just post the same information on the Princess board....&nbsp; Also, the crew has some very limited free port time, a crew bar &amp; snack bar to spend the cash in... so don't let anyone tell you they have no place to spend cash... they certainly do, and every crew member I have spoken to appreciates cash ~~!!~~</blockquote>

[QUOTE="joebat1, post: 1321782"] [color=#6633FF]When I sailed on the Holiday in March, I was told by my room steward & my waiter that if ALL of the "automatic tips" were removed they would be REQUIRED to report all cash tips given them..... However if a passenger only removed some of the "automatic tips", and left a portion on their bill, then the wait staff could keep 100% of all cash tips... I checked with the Purser's Desk and was given the same information..... This policy may vary from ship to ship, but if you want to tip in person and make sure they keep it all, check with the Purser, cabin steward, & wait staff as to the policy of removing the "auto-tips" and using personal tipping..... This same policy was in effect on another Carnival owned subsidiary in April, but I don't want to upset anyone, so I'll just post the same information on the Princess board.... Also, the crew has some very limited free port time, a crew bar & snack bar to spend the cash in... so don't let anyone tell you they have no place to spend cash... they certainly do, and every crew member I have spoken to appreciates cash ~~!!~~[/color] [/QUOTE]