Penfold_67

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I would post your questions on the dedicated Celebrity forum, where you will likely reach more people with direct experience:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=28

Thanks, will remember this for future. :)

Drink price and gratuities are not unbundled on your bill. Price shows it as combined.

 

 

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If your cruise left from the UK, the cost of the drinks/package includes the compulsory gratuity, as they must under UK law. This is also the reason for the prices looking rather higher than they do on cruises leaving from the USA.

Thank you both. Yes left from the UK, so that makes sense now. :D

Sorry if this is covered elsewhere but my searching has not returned an answer. So we're just back from our first cruise, loved it and we've already booked another. :D We booked on Celebrity on the Baltic cruise, pre-paid the gratuities and took the classic drinks package. Our understanding was that the pre-paid grats were for the cabin stewards and the restaurant staff only. Any drinks we took would have an additional 18% tip added on top, and this would be added to our bill to pay at the end of the cruise. During our cruise, we did not see any tips added to the bill and the amount taken from our credit card is no more than we thought it would be. Have we misunderstood how the bar tips piece works? Any help so we understand for the next cruise much appreciated.

Just back from my first cruise and while I wasn't restricting myself, I found using the smaller dessert plates rather than dinner plates at the buffet helped me not to stuff myself too much.