We are very familiar with liveaboard diveboats around the world, and have done 2 weeks on a 16 passenger boat in the Galapagos, but this is our first overnight on a big ship (over 100 passengers). I do not see a forum dedicated to this small cruise line, and we are soon leaving for the preliminary part of this trip prior to receiving the final paperwork from the cruise line.
Thus, my question--what is the practice with respect to gratuities on such a trip? I see other discussions about 12-15 USD per day, but that seems to involve mega-Caribbean ships. I hope that tips aren't expected based on a percentage of the cost of the trip, but that is typically the case on diveboats.
It does seem from other discussions that the gratuities would be payable via credit card, which simplifies matters somewhat.
