Lara Cruising Posted April 22, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2012 We are cruising out of Sydney on HAL Volendam later in the year, up through Indonesia to Singapore. As first time cruisers we have read a lot about tipping and understand the protocols however we are unsure what currency to have our 'addtional tipping' cash in. Australian, Indonesian, American dollars? We would like to have the best solution for the staff we are tipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted April 22, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2012 We are cruising out of Sydney on HAL Volendam later in the year, up through Indonesia to Singapore. As first time cruisers we have read a lot about tipping and understand the protocols however we are unsure what currency to have our 'addtional tipping' cash in. Australian, Indonesian, American dollars? We would like to have the best solution for the staff we are tipping. If you are going to give extra tips ..not on your shipboard account I would give some local currency unless the crew have to turn in any extra they receive then use USD if you have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted April 22, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Welcome to Cruise Critic. You can tip using either Australian or US money . The front desk can exchange the money for the drew members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeyer418 Posted April 22, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 22, 2012 proper ettiquette for tipping is to use the local currency of where ever you are. If the ship uses US dollars as the medium of exchange than its US dollars because that is the local medium. off the ship tipping should be in local currency. Crew live in close quarters and whether they have to turn the tips in or not, most crew turn everything in anyway so as to not keep large amounts of cash in the room. While they can exchange other currencies, ships are notorious for poor exchange rates even for the crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Cruising Posted April 23, 2012 Author #5 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thanks very much for the responses - it will be easy enough to get some US dollars before we board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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