patty0227

The smuggling of booze is best summed up by the fact that the people who do smuggle are just TOO DAMN CHEAP!You can justify it all you want but that is the bottom line!

Really? Then what about the people who bring their own water & soda on board for pete's sake if you want to talk about being cheap! I just want a drink on my balcony or while getting dressed for dinner and dont feel like running up to the bar and back. I'd call me lazy but not cheap. Let me post my bar bill when I get back in 3 weeks and you can tell me if I'm cheap. And oh by the way I have already pre purchased the platnium wine package for $325.00 .... just saying.

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Remember to call your credit card company (or companies) and get a "travel memo" put on your file or you could find your card being refused. :eek:

Great Advice!

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Please explain the statement that it is easier to budget and not to have to worry about the amount. If you pay at the end, you know exactly what the amount will be - x dollars per day times the number of days on the ship. Not a really hard thing to calculate.

 

BTW - do you prepay your tip when you go to a restaurant? Do you prepay your tip when you take a tour? Do you prepay your tip when you take a taxi? Do you prepay your tip when you have your hair done? Do you prepay your tips at the spa? Do you prepay your tips at any other establishment?

 

Why is it that the only place in the world that I can think of where people think that prepaying tips is a great idea is on a cruise chip?

 

DON

I pre pay my tips because I want as much paid for in advance before I leave. I dont mind because I KNOW I am going to get great service so it doesnt bother me. I would never in a million years think of not tipping because of all the people on the ship that do such a great job making my vacation wonderful. If any employee on that ship treated me like I get treated in most land based restaurants they would be fired.

When I go to another establishment that stands behind me and fills my water glass everytime I take a drink, remembers my name and those of my family & what we are drinking after meeting us one time, puts the dressing on my salad & can dance and sing with food on their heads then Ill start pre tipping them too.

There is also ALOT of behind the scenes stuff those people do for us that you never see.

They earn it believe me. ;)