Butler experiences

[Guest THE EDS]

Anyone care to share butler experiences good or bad

 

THE EDS

[iowagirl411]

We had Aswin on Celebrity's Century. Although we didn't really "need" a butler and only made had few special requests it was a memorable experience. He was always pleasant and attentive. My morning coffee was always on time. It was just like the Celebrity commercials. It might not be for everyone and we may never try it again, but it was fun.

 

I would maybe suggest that a honeymoon couple might not like the interuptions of fresh fruit deliveries, mid-afternoon snacks, afternoon tea and before dinner appetizers, etc. If one doesn't want interruptions then one could just tell the butler to stay away, so there would be no point in having him.

[cali-croozer]

There was a recent review of 3 cabins on a Radisson ship, one of which was a suite with butler service on the show "Travel Spies" on the Travel Channel. As these show are rerun quite a bit, you might want to check out their website and see if it's going to be shown again soon. The bottom line for the travel spies was that it wasn't worth the extra $3,000 (in their case, that was the difference between a suite without butler service and one with) to have the butler service. Although the butler did everything asked of him, the service, at times was slow...........up to 40 minutes to deliver snacks and drinks that you could just go up on deck and get yourself in 5. Interesting show if you can find it.

[SANDY BEACH]

If you do not want to be disturbed just put the do not disturbe sign on your door when you are in your cabin. No surprises then.

[shoalhaven]

To overcome these minor annoyances, why not just bring your own butler with you?

 

Have a great cruise.

[CaribbeanBound]

We always bring our own butler. : )

 

We had the services of a butler on our Eastern Caribbean cruise. It was fun. Here is a complete review:

http://www.lavasurfer.com/info/easterncaribbean.html

[Marie51]

We had a wonderful butler on the Mercury last year named Keith. He was always very attentive and professional. It was a special treat I paid for once but probably would not again unless I win the lottery.