springfire Posted March 24, 2019 #76 Share Posted March 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, mcatmcat said: I also heard they wont go above and beyond if you prepay , sometimes I do but sometimes I dont and I feel like getting the same service We never prepay because if you get bad service, you will never get your money back. Much rather receive the service and determine the value at the end of our cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted March 24, 2019 #77 Share Posted March 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, SakeDad said: FAKE NEWS No need to shout at me 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfire Posted March 24, 2019 #78 Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, voyager70 said: No need to shout at me 🙄 Not only was he wrong for shouting but you are indeed correct about the list. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakeDad Posted March 24, 2019 #79 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, voyager70 said: No need to shout at me 🙄 No need to spread disparaging lies about hard working crew members under the guise of "not sure if it's true or not..."....that does not excuse your childish accusations. You need to learn to respect the crew members that work so hard to take care of their guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted March 24, 2019 #80 Share Posted March 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, springfire said: Not only was he wrong for shouting but you are indeed correct about the list. 14 minutes ago, SakeDad said: No need to spread disparaging lies about hard working crew members under the guise of "not sure if it's true or not..."....that does not excuse your childish accusations. You need to learn to respect the crew members that work so hard to take care of their guests. Um, OK. You need to re-read my posts. I prepay my tips and tip generously on top of that. ***** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakeDad Posted March 24, 2019 #81 Share Posted March 24, 2019 50 minutes ago, voyager70 said: Um, OK. You need to re-read my posts. I prepay my tips and tip generously on top of that. ***** I am glad you tip generously but words speak louder. And to insinuate stewards base their service on who pre-tipped or didn't says much more than your tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikew0805 Posted March 24, 2019 #82 Share Posted March 24, 2019 18 hours ago, Biker19 said: If this was my cabin.. I would have a heart attack! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikew0805 Posted March 24, 2019 #83 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) As far as tipping... At the beginning we let the steward know what additional pillows we need, and that they should save their time, and not make towel animals for us. The cabin steward should only have to make the bed, empty the trash bin, and change the towels. Everything else is spotless already due to my need for cleanliness. I do not tip extra beyond the auto gratuities, unless something specific warrants it. Edited March 24, 2019 by Mikew0805 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 24, 2019 #84 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 7:18 PM, mcatmcat said: I wonder what people call as good service ( doing the bed and cleaning the bathroom?) I prefer to over tip my main dinning room staff but I always leave to the cabin attendant between 10-20$ Having our cabin cleaned while we are at breakfast. They generally do our cabin first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted March 24, 2019 #85 Share Posted March 24, 2019 10 hours ago, Tree_skier said: No I don't because I'm 100% confident that he makes a good living. I'm not so sure that the CS does. 🙂 Hard to say what a good living is in many 3rd world countries, and the income needed to accomplish that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 24, 2019 #86 Share Posted March 24, 2019 20.00 is common for us, more if they go above and beyond. We are very neat and tidy and don't ask for the world. Always bring treats to share with them also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 24, 2019 #87 Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: Having our cabin cleaned while we are at breakfast. They generally do our cabin first. We always have a hot room service breakfast on the balcony so we are probably one of the last cabins to be cleaned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 24, 2019 #88 Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Heymarco said: So all of you that tip extra, would you recommend they raise per-paid gratuities to help cover the money they deserve? Tipping extra, above and beyond the standard that RCI sets up, is only for good service IMHO. Suppose you have really bad service? They are still getting the minimum, but most will not tip over and above if that was the case. Tipping extra is just that....tipping extra. Choice is ours. In our case, most of our attendants have been spot on...luckily. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted March 24, 2019 #89 Share Posted March 24, 2019 15 hours ago, bradenj21 said: Here's my question... do you think they have some idea of who has prepaid? They and their supervisor know if tips have been removed. List may or may not be posted - varies by ship. Some of our stewards have told us they have to turn envelope in to supervisor until list is checked. Have only done prepaid once, so never thought of that as different from normal charge by the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted March 24, 2019 #90 Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Having our cabin cleaned while we are at breakfast. They generally do our cabin first. With our habit of early rising, most of the time our attendant it thrilled to be able to get our cabin right away and get it over with. Many times I have seen them standing around out in the hallway waiting for the sleepy heads to get out of bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 24, 2019 #91 Share Posted March 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, island lady said: With our habit of early rising, most of the time our attendant it thrilled to be able to get our cabin right away and get it over with. Many times I have seen them standing around out in the hallway waiting for the sleepy heads to get out of bed. Often I have just told our CS to just give us clean towels and give him the dirty towels back. We always make the bed before we go out and keep our cabin very tidy but we get hot room service breakfast every morning around 7.30am and it is usually around 10 am before we leave our cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbys6 Posted March 24, 2019 #92 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 9:02 AM, Biker19 said: Sloppy and disgusting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorben-Hendrik Posted March 24, 2019 #93 Share Posted March 24, 2019 18 hours ago, voyager70 said: Supposedly there is a list in the crew area stating who has prepaid and who hasn't or had them removed. I have no idea if this is true or not but I don't worry about it as we always prepay as well as tip extra as we feel is deserved. I say this is fake news - have removed on the first night and on the last night - it did NOT make any difference at all! Also WHY would RCI want to compile and disclose that to their employees?🤔 Compiling takes resources and disclosing is not changing anything - but asking for trouble....so why would they do it!🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted March 24, 2019 #94 Share Posted March 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Thorben-Hendrik said: I say this is fake news - have removed on the first night and on the last night - it did NOT make any difference at all! Also WHY would RCI want to compile and disclose that to their employees?🤔 Compiling takes resources and disclosing is not changing anything - but asking for trouble....so why would they do it!🙄 I have seen the list of staterooms that have had their auto tips removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorben-Hendrik Posted March 24, 2019 #95 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Intersting.....so I guess ist is better to remove on the last night to be on the safe side....👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 24, 2019 #96 Share Posted March 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: I have seen the list of staterooms that have had their auto tips removed. That's good enough for most of us that you have seen the list Bob. The fact we can prepay or auto-pay gratuities is fantastic as we know that's what the crew and RC want and we can all give extra if we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfire Posted March 24, 2019 #97 Share Posted March 24, 2019 We always remove auto tips on day one and pay cash at the end of our cruise. This is acceptable to both Royal and the crew. With auto pay the crew is well aware that anyone can still remove their tips up to the very last night of the cruise so the list is not much use to them except for the very last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted March 24, 2019 #98 Share Posted March 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, springfire said: We always remove auto tips on day one and pay cash at the end of our cruise. This is acceptable to both Royal and the crew. With auto pay the crew is well aware that anyone can still remove their tips up to the very last night of the cruise so the list is not much use to them except for the very last day. And by then it really doesn't matter anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted March 24, 2019 #99 Share Posted March 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, time4u2go said: And by then it really doesn't matter anyway. How would you feel if you were the CS and someone did this to you? I and many others prefer to do the right thing unless circumstances dictate otherwise. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not-enough-cruising Posted March 24, 2019 #100 Share Posted March 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, grapau27 said: How would you feel if you were the CS and someone did this to you? I and many others prefer to do the right thing unless circumstances dictate otherwise. So you are saying the way YOU do things is the ONLY right way? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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