jtl513 Posted May 10, 2010 #26 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I have almost never done room service but I thought it's typically your room steward who delivers it ...No, it is never delivered by your room steward ... always a dining steward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyAgain Posted May 10, 2010 #27 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Actually the people who deliver room service are not the dining room staff (who share in the pooled tips) but kitchen staff on the smaller ships and a specific room service staff on the bigger ships. They do not have part of the tip pool as part of their wages. They need to be tipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smslms Posted May 10, 2010 #28 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Actually the people who deliver room service are not the dining room staff (who share in the pooled tips) but kitchen staff on the smaller ships and a specific room service staff on the bigger ships. They do not have part of the tip pool as part of their wages. They need to be tipped. Agree 100%. If you're going to ask someone to deliver a coffee to your room when you could go and get it yourself, then you should tip them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal1993 Posted May 10, 2010 #29 Share Posted May 10, 2010 If the food is free for room service then what is the rate of tipping calculated upon ? Is there a determined rate that one should give? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyAgain Posted May 10, 2010 #30 Share Posted May 10, 2010 The minimum we tip is $2. We up it to $4 for breakfast or a big order of snacks and sandwiches and at least $5 for a dinner. For a pot of coffee $2 is fine. Be sure to clear a landing site for the room service tray in advance of its arrival and don't have your Do Not Disturb sign out. It it is out, they won't knock and will go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal1993 Posted May 10, 2010 #31 Share Posted May 10, 2010 The minimum we tip is $2. We up it to $4 for breakfast or a big order of snacks and sandwiches and at least $5 for a dinner. For a pot of coffee $2 is fine. Be sure to clear a landing site for the room service tray in advance of its arrival and don't have your Do Not Disturb sign out. It it is out, they won't knock and will go away. Thanks I will keep this for reference as we have never used room service before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennyAgain Posted May 10, 2010 #32 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Room service is one of my favorite things about cruising! A pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchByAssociation Posted May 11, 2010 #33 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Am trying to figure out if it's worth it to buy one of the coffee cards or just pay a la carte. Does anyone know what the going rate for coffee drinks are these days? And are the cards good for any size? Thanks. Here's the prices onboard Amsterdam as of May 2, I had planned on including this info in a future post, but uploaded it now so I could link to it for your answer. http://www.dutchbyassociation.com/2010/05/amsterdam-explorations-cafe-coffee-menu.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAKcruiser Posted May 11, 2010 #34 Share Posted May 11, 2010 It is my understanding that the entire crew shares in the hotel service charge. Why wouldn't the room service people receive a portion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelker Posted May 11, 2010 Author #35 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Here's the prices onboard Amsterdam as of May 2, I had planned on including this info in a future post, but uploaded it now so I could link to it for your answer. http://www.dutchbyassociation.com/2010/05/amsterdam-explorations-cafe-coffee-menu.html Thanks so much!! So if we drink some of the pricier flavored drinks (which I do), then a coffee card will save us a few pennies here and there. Anyone know what the heck a Creamice is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtl513 Posted May 11, 2010 #36 Share Posted May 11, 2010 It is my understanding that the entire crew shares in the hotel service charge. Why wouldn't the room service people receive a portion?Room service stewards are included. It's not the "entire crew" that shares the HSC, just those in the Hotel Department except officers. Excluded are all officers, Security, Engineering (Maintenance and Operations), contractors (Spa staff, SeaMobile), and bar staff, which have their own pool financed by the 15% Service Charges. But I still tip the room service stewards $2 to $5 anyway, depending on how much we get and how accurate and timely the order is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope to Cruise Posted May 11, 2010 #37 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Actually, the dining room stewards do handle room service too. On our recent Rotterdam cruise our dinner steward did room service during the daytime and his assistant worked in the Lido for breakfast and lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherylsCaribbeanTravel Posted May 12, 2010 #38 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Could anyone give me an example of what is in a 'daily special"?? It prices at $4.95. Thank you, Cheryl :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted May 12, 2010 #39 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Could anyone give me an example of what is in a 'daily special"?? It prices at $4.95. Thank you, Cheryl :) These were the daily specials on our April 6 Hawaii cruise: Almond Mocha Cappuccino White Chocolate & Mocha Cappucino Chocolate Caramello Irish Coffee Latte Raspy Nilla Soy Latte Vanilla Chai Latte Double Mint Latte Girl Scout Cookie Latte Chocolate Raspberry Creamice Hazel Choco Nut Latte Irish Cream Mocha Sensation Mocha Caramello Creamice Raspberry Chai Tea Snickers Coffee (and the $4.95 is for the grande) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherylsCaribbeanTravel Posted May 12, 2010 #40 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Very helpful! Thank you so much :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calteacher Posted May 12, 2010 #41 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Does the coffee card allow for the daily special? for the larger size? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted May 12, 2010 #42 Share Posted May 12, 2010 [quote name='Cruising-along']I usually don't get specialty coffees (I prefer the taste of pure coffee, no flavorings). But since we had a lot of OBC on our recent cruise, I got the coffee card ($29). You get 10 punches. We had 10 sea days and I got a specialty coffee each sea day. By getting grandes I saved quite a bit. For instance the special of the day cost $3.95, and over $4.00 for a grande. You can get this for one punch -- so I figure my $29 card was quite a bargain.[/quote] [quote name='calteacher']Does the coffee card allow for the daily special? for the larger size? Thanks.[/quote] I'm quoting myself above to answer your question :) When I bought the coffee card, I was told then that the way to save the MOST $$ is to buy the coffee of the day in the larger (grande) size. Since they cost $4.45 and I got 10 of them for $29, IMO I feel like it was a bargain. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted May 12, 2010 #43 Share Posted May 12, 2010 [quote name='Cruising-along']I'm quoting myself above to answer your question :) When I bought the coffee card, I was told then that the way to save the MOST $$ is to buy the coffee of the day in the larger (grande) size. Since they cost $4.45 and I got 10 of them for $29, IMO I feel like it was a bargain. :)[/quote] Yes, that seems to be the only way to really make it worthwhile. Most of the stuff on the menu will only make you a few dollars at the most, and that assumes you get the largest size of the most expensive drink there, other than the daily special. Aside: I hate it at restaurants when the daily special is more expensive than anything else on the menu (and they don't volunteer the price)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBill99 Posted May 14, 2010 #44 Share Posted May 14, 2010 [quote name='DutchByAssociation']Here's the prices onboard Amsterdam as of May 2, I had planned on including this info in a future post, but uploaded it now so I could link to it for your answer. [URL]http://www.dutchbyassociation.com/2010/05/amsterdam-explorations-cafe-coffee-menu.html[/URL][/quote]So I noticed that the Grande daily special claims to be $4.45 on that menu, but someone else said it's $4.95. Which is correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted May 14, 2010 #45 Share Posted May 14, 2010 [quote name='MisterBill99']So I noticed that the Grande daily special claims to be $4.45 on that menu, but someone else said it's $4.95. Which is correct?[/quote] I think $4.95 was a typo. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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