Casino charge to make change

[JTBCruiser]

Does the casino charge to break 50s down to 10s 5s and 1s?  During the cruise I'd like to get smaller bills vs carrying a wad of 5s and 1s. Thx!

[Biker19]

Just now, JTBCruiser said:

Does the casino charge to break 50s down to 10s 5s and 1s? 

Yes, usually, along with Guest Services.

[smokeybandit]

I've never had guest services charge to make change.

[Sunshine3601]

If you want to use sea pass at casino they will charge you a 5% fee to get cash.

If you simply want to break a $50 or $20 into smaller bills, no charge at casino.  You can also do this at guest services.

[alexgtp]

Some ships have bill breakers/ticket cash out machines.

 

You can use those to make change. 

 

On Freedom I was limited to breaking 1 $20 per day. But they let my wife and I each break $20's made no sense. LOL

 

Anthem - luckily had a bill breaker

[Cigar King]

48 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I've never had guest services charge to make change.

+1  Same at the casino.  My experience has been that if you already have the cash they will break it down for free.

[nelblu]

Never got charged in either place.  The casino has a kiosk/machine to cash in the casino ticket and also to break big bills, however, when in port it's not available.

[STEVE-O]

I guess if they got stinky, you could buy chips at the blackjack table and walk them over to the cashier............

[Tlbecker1]

We have never been charged for asking for different bills in the casino or at guest services.

[Merion_Mom]

I think that @Biker19 just misread the question. 😊

[JessyCruises]

I have never been charged at the cage to break a bill into smaller.  The only time I ever had an issue was when I was trying to break a $20 into $1s.  They could only give me 10 $1s and 1 $10 as they were running low.

Edited February 21, 2022 by JessyCruises

[pcur]

I just got off a b2b on the Navigator, and went to Guest Services several times to break my larger bills into $1's that I use to tip bar and restaurant staff.  As already posted, they don't charge to do this.

[Biker19]

7 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

I think that @Biker19 just misread the question. 😊

Charge/change same thing, no?

 

Biker, who is usually pretty good at reading posts in a hurry, but not in this case.

Edited February 21, 2022 by Biker19

[pcur]

6 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Charge/change same thing, no?

 

Biker, who is usually pretty good at reading posts in a hurry, but not in this case.

Oh, we all have our mentally dyslexic moments........................

[Cigar King]

FWIW, my wife goes to the bank before we cruise.  She has a pouch she keeps tip money in.  If we use it all up, then we get change onboard.  Usually she gets plenty though.

[resetjet]

Why not just bring $200 in ones????  We tip everyone we can a dollar ot two.  Its not much but it adds up for these folks.

[brillohead]

43 minutes ago, resetjet said:

Why not just bring $200 in ones????  We tip everyone we can a dollar ot two.  Its not much but it adds up for these folks.

That makes for a really thick wallet!

 

I've never had a problem getting change at Guest Services.  I carry large bills on the ship, then break them down as needed.  

I have been limited to only $10 in singles in the casino before, though -- they don't seem to have many small bills in the cashier cage.  But never a problem at Guest Services. 

 

[Cigar King]

51 minutes ago, resetjet said:

Why not just bring $200 in ones????

 

6 minutes ago, brillohead said:

That makes for a really thick wallet!

My wife just got $200.00 in ones.  (along with other denominations as well)  We'll just keep the tip pouch in the safe.  No need to put it all in your wallet.  Before we arrive, I just carry it in a pocket.

[brillohead]

2 minutes ago, Cigar King said:

My wife just got $200.00 in ones.  (along with other denominations as well)  We'll just keep the tip pouch in the safe.  No need to put it all in your wallet.  Before we arrive, I just carry it in a pocket.

I obviously don't carry all my cash around with me on board, but the getting-to-the-ship is the part that would be a pain for me.  A stack of bills like that doesn't easily or safely or comfortably fit in a pocket of any women's clothing I've ever known.

[flamingos]

15 minutes ago, brillohead said:

I obviously don't carry all my cash around with me on board, but the getting-to-the-ship is the part that would be a pain for me.  A stack of bills like that doesn't easily or safely or comfortably fit in a pocket of any women's clothing I've ever known.

We carry ours in the backpack, with the passports, medicines we need, and stuff we want right away.

 

We also save our 5's and 1's between cruises for just this purpose.

[brillohead]

11 minutes ago, flamingos said:

We carry ours in the backpack, with the passports, medicines we need, and stuff we want right away.

It's still easier for me to just carry large bills and change as I go along.  When cruising for a month or longer at a time, you're talking about a LOT of bulk in singles.  

[flamingos]

9 minutes ago, brillohead said:

It's still easier for me to just carry large bills and change as I go along.  When cruising for a month or longer at a time, you're talking about a LOT of bulk in singles.  

Haven't had a chance to test that problem yet.  Maybe someday........

[boscobeans]

8 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

I've never had guest services charge to make change.

Same here, never been charged.

On the Anthem the casino has a machine that will break down bills to smaller denominations, that is when it works. LOL

[Old Fart Cruisers]

8 hours ago, resetjet said:

Why not just bring $200 in ones????  We tip everyone we can a dollar ot two.  Its not much but it adds up for these folks.

 

[SRF]

15 hours ago, brillohead said:

I obviously don't carry all my cash around with me on board, but the getting-to-the-ship is the part that would be a pain for me.  A stack of bills like that doesn't easily or safely or comfortably fit in a pocket of any women's clothing I've ever known.

 

Don't you carry on a bag of some sort?

 

I use a pouch from Amazon to carry cash in my shoulder computer bag (which I carry even if I don't have a computer along).

 

They are a bit bigger than a standard envelope, mesh with a zipper.  I carry extra US currency, and those international currencies that I hold onto for later use (Euro, Pounds, Yen, HKD, Baht, Won, and a few more).

 

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