If you get cheers, do you tip most bartenders?

[shellsd]

I purchased Cheers on my last two cruises. I still tended to always tip my regular bartenders $1/round because that just seems normal. I have a hard time writing $0 when I get good service. However, gratuities are supposed to be included. I am curious how many of you with Cheers tip extra?

[Beach_gal]

I'm with you. We always tip - it just doesn't feel right not doing so.

[emod20]

Same $1 round felt right to me

[mrneil001]

Extra tip.. nope. And never felt bad about it. You pay gratuity in advance.

 

I dont even bother writing out 0. Just two slash marks and a squiggly line as my sig. Quick and easy.

[sweetsixteencruisers]

We have had the cheers package. We don't tip per drink, if we have had a great bartender we will tip them at the end of our cruise.

[GUT2407]

What 18% ain't enough.

[AndyT3]

Being a new cruiser, I can understand the people that have said it just doesn't feel right writing 0 on that tip line.

 

However, on the same page, I can understand the folks that commented that gratuities are already included, and therefore don't leave an extra tip. I can agree with both sides of this argument.

 

I guess I'll just have to wait and see, but I feel like unless I get exceptional service, I most likely won't leave an additional tip, over and above the gratuities.

[mmckm]

We tip $1 per round unless service is terrible.

[GUT2407]

If your drink is $10 and you give $1 you're now tipping 28%. If it's a $7.50 drink its about 33%.

 

This is my biggest fear about the auto added tips, the pressure (and staff expectation) to tip yet again.

 

I'm sorry but here does it end.

Edited March 3, 2016 by GUT2407

[GUT2407]

We tip $1 per round unless service is terrible.

 

I remember when tipping was for exceptional service. Not it seems it's for all but terrible service.

[IsanTom]

I normally do not tip if I have a package since the 18% is already paid! Now, at the end of the cruise and I feel some staff gave me excellent service, then I will tip individually on a one time basis.

[TaDaaa!]

I'm with you. We always tip - it just doesn't feel right not doing so.

 

Actually, you're double tipping.

[TaDaaa!]

If your drink is $10 and you give $1 you're now tipping 28%. If it's a $7.50 drink its about 33%.

 

This is my biggest fear about the auto added tips, the pressure (and staff expectation) to tip yet again.

 

I'm sorry but here does it end.

 

What pressure? And why assume the staff expects you to double tip?

[MCFTJCH2V]

I purchased Cheers on my last two cruises. I still tended to always tip my regular bartenders $1/round because that just seems normal. I have a hard time writing $0 when I get good service. However, gratuities are supposed to be included. I am curious how many of you with Cheers tip extra?

 

I don't fall for the extra tip guilt thing.

 

I also wouldn't answer a poll without the actual act of service being injected.

 

Anyone who has already taken a tip from me "for my convenience" generally doesn't get any more. They would have to have done something extraordinary for me before I would even consider it.

[cmukid87]

I always get CHEERS! Sometimes tip extra. I rarely tip extra to just a bartender. To me they aren't adding much service.

 

1. Not every drink, but if I'm frequenting one bartender, every few drinks I'll give an extra $1-2.

2. If one server on the lido is running around for me, I'll tip $1 per on that.

[marley22]

I tend to buy most of my specialty drinks (ie, mixed, martinis, etc.) from the Casino bar. On the 1st day of the cruise in the evening I will tip $20.00 to one of the bartenders at the casino bar. Even if there is a line, if he/she sees me waiting, that drink usually comes without even asking throughout the rest of the cruise. At the other bars, I sometimes tip an additional 1.00, depends on attitude of the bartender.

Edited March 3, 2016 by marley22

[klfrodo]

Drinks are comped? Then I tip

I pay for drinks and they already include the tip? No extra tip

[swalton85]

We didn't tip per drink, but at the end of the cruise we gave an extra tip to the 2 bartenders that mostly served us our drinks.

[kimberlym4]

Do you know how the bartenders are tipped with the Cheers program. If you pay approximately $50 for it and they are tipped 15%, that amounts to $7.50. But who gets what portion of that $7.50. If I order 15 drinks throughout the day, does the $7.50 get divided by the 15 drinks and go to each bartender that served them?

[Folsom]

Do you know how the bartenders are tipped with the Cheers program. If you pay approximately $50 for it and they are tipped 15%, that amounts to $7.50. But who gets what portion of that $7.50. If I order 15 drinks throughout the day, does the $7.50 get divided by the 15 drinks and go to each bartender that served them?

 

You (almost) beat me to my point. Cheers is $49.95 per day with an 18% tip so it equals just under $9 a day. If you drink the 15 drinks then you are actually tipping $.60 per drink.

 

Now this is just my opinion, but... I actually don't mind throwing an extra buck to most bartenders, especially those that I frequent or show good service. I am on vacation and the extra $75 or so in tips is more than made up by my savings from the cheers program. Sometimes you will get the benefit of your drink being made and given to you ahead of those in line, or they may track down a particular spirit if their bar is out of it. So to me it's worth it, but that is just me.

 

Now if we are going to talk about tips that I disagree with, it is the Maitre 'd. They get the lions share of the gratuities and I have never seen one do anything a high school door greater couldn't do.

 

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[PurdueChefAmber]

We have had the cheers package. We don't tip per drink, if we have had a great bartender we will tip them at the end of our cruise.

 

I do this.

[RHilla619]

I always buy Cheers, but do not tip extra each drink. I already paid gratuities upfront, now if I'm too lazy to get out of my lounge chair and I'm using one of the servers on the deck then yes I will tip extra. But if I'm going to the bar I don't tip extra every drink, but at the end of the week I always give my favorite bartender an extra $20.

[maxwell'sparents]

We normally tend to give an extra dollar on a round.

 

By the end of the second day every bartender knows who we are and go out of their way for us.

 

Plus tipping extra makes me feel better and that's what vacation is all about right?

[Hribal]

No we do not tip either. As others have said, we are already paying the tip in advance. I am not leaving extra. I have never had an exceptional bartender on our previous sailings though either. We aren't big drinkers so an occasional drink here and there, the bartenders in my experience are just there to make drinks. No one has ever stood out whereas I felt I needed to tip additionally.

[sid_9169]

I normally frequent the same bar throughout the cruise, and tip $1 per drink starting on the very first day... This pays off when the bar gets very crowded, because the bartenders remember those who tip, thus I tend to get my drink more quickly than others...