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Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Yes, the cruise lines like the American tipping system. They just don't like American labor laws or tax system. I wish I had the ability to piecemeal a system like they do. -
Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Don't know, I've never done it...yet. -
Another cut being tested: Once per day cabin service
Ocean Boy replied to Tenderpaw's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Tell your steward that you only want evening service and your problem will be solved. -
Another cut being tested: Once per day cabin service
Ocean Boy replied to Tenderpaw's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Plenty of us have been around long enough to know what a "trial" of something on an RCI ship means. If this was a Covid related issue the company would have been more than happy to wave a banner blaming the virus. Heck, I'm surprised they didn't try to pin this on this on Covid anyway. -
Mini “LIVE” , Allure from Galveston 12/4
Ocean Boy replied to niksmom630's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Three extra nights in a CL suite sounds awesome. -
Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Math is not complicated. And you know what is even less complicated.... I agree to pay RCI a certain amount of money to sail on their ship and they compensate their employees. That is really simple. Then you don't even have to know how to do math. -
Mini “LIVE” , Allure from Galveston 12/4
Ocean Boy replied to niksmom630's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I would like the new Galveston terminal so much better if Allure was not there.😆😇 -
Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Isn't that a problem with auto-gratuities though? Say your cabin steward does a really poor job. If you reduce the auto-gratuities then the entire service team suffers. No one knows why they were reduced or who caused the reduction. So the action isn't likely to be a learning experience for anyone. -
Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I think this is a perfect example of how a gratuity based system is far more complicated than a salary based system.🙂 -
Daily Service Charges are now officially out of hand
Ocean Boy replied to bjlaac's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Two same category cabins next to each other can sell for widely different rates yet require the same amount of service. I don't really see why the gratuities should be different for the two. The present system of charging gratuity per person in the cabin seems the better way in my opinion. -
Another cut being tested: Once per day cabin service
Ocean Boy replied to Tenderpaw's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Right, I'm clean and don't like messes. Neither is anything that I'm embarrassed about. Never been in an Air BnB but have no issue cleaning up after myself. On a ship I guess my options are throw the used glasses out in the passageway or over the balcony railing.