lightsleeper Posted December 16, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 16, 2022 This is our first time on Oceania. When dining in a specialty restaurant do you tip the server or is it included somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted December 16, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Oceania has set daily paid gratuities per your cabin level. BUT whether you tip and to whom or how much and when is entirely up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1985rz1 Posted December 16, 2022 #3 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, lightsleeper said: This is our first time on Oceania. When dining in a specialty restaurant do you tip the server or is it included somewhere. Servers share in the base daily gratuities that are added to your account automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted December 16, 2022 #4 Share Posted December 16, 2022 36 minutes ago, 1985rz1 said: Servers share in the base daily gratuities that are added to your account automatically. and at $46/day for 2 ppl, it's a fairly generous tipping policy, though I still tip additional to various crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 16, 2022 #5 Share Posted December 16, 2022 2 hours ago, lightsleeper said: This is our first time on Oceania. When dining in a specialty restaurant do you tip the server or is it included somewhere. We do not tip extra in the specialties though I have read some do The staff work in other venues as well so are covered by the daily Gratuities It is a personal choice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 16, 2022 #6 Share Posted December 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, LGW59 said: and at $46/day for 2 ppl, it's a fairly generous tipping policy, though Not everyone is in a PH & above only $32 per cabin in the A to G cabins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 16, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I always tip 20-25% of the total bill in the specialties 😎 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 16, 2022 #8 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, shepherd really said: I always tip 20-25% of the total bill in the specialties 😎 is that on top of the 20% already added? 🤔 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 16, 2022 #9 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, LHT28 said: is that on top of the 20% already added? 🤔 Of course, I'm not cheap. Related, do you know the difference between a Canadian and a canoe? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted December 16, 2022 #10 Share Posted December 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, shepherd really said: Of course, I'm not cheap. Related, do you know the difference between a Canadian and a canoe? You add 20% to a bill that already includes a 20% tip...I'm not cheap either but there is a limit to my generosity 🙂 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espmass Posted December 16, 2022 #11 Share Posted December 16, 2022 On our first Oceania cruise last year we realized as dinner ended that there was no bill. We have cruised many times on other lines where the restaurants were not included so we always received a check and could use our ship card and add a tip. It seemed odd to simply stand up and leave but that's what we did. At the time we wondered how to leave a tip if we wanted. So our next Oceania cruise is coming up. How do people tip on Oceania if they wish to? Cash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 16, 2022 #12 Share Posted December 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, LGW59 said: You add 20% to a bill that already includes a 20% tip...I'm not cheap either but there is a limit to my generosity 🙂 It's really just math. Specialty restaurants are free. 20% of that is really reasonable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted December 16, 2022 #13 Share Posted December 16, 2022 46 minutes ago, shepherd really said: It's really just math. Specialty restaurants are free. 20% of that is really reasonable. "FREE"...may I please borrow your calculator, I like your math better than mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjame Posted December 16, 2022 #14 Share Posted December 16, 2022 29 minutes ago, LGW59 said: FREE"...may I please borrow your calculator, I like your math better than mine Are you possibly thinking about La Reserve as opposed to Specialty Restos? Just asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 16, 2022 #15 Share Posted December 16, 2022 53 minutes ago, LGW59 said: "FREE"...may I please borrow your calculator, I like your math better than mine Maybe "included" is a better choice of words 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 16, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, LHT28 said: Maybe "included" is a better choice of words 😉 They are certainly as free as the free airfare and free Olife perks, according to the OED (Oceania Exclusive Dictionary). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 16, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, shepherd really said: They are certainly as free as the free airfare and free Olife perks, according to the OED (Oceania Exclusive Dictionary). Not exactly the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 16, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, LHT28 said: Not exactly the same thing So the free Olife perk and the free Airfare are not free? Knock me over with a feather. Someone should tell O's ad people. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 17, 2022 #19 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Well if you remove the airfare & the OLife perks from your booking the price goes down If you remove the Specialty restaurants from your booking the price stay the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 17, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 hours ago, LHT28 said: Well if you remove the airfare & the OLife perks from your booking the price goes down If you remove the Specialty restaurants from your booking the price stay the same It's part of your total fare, so you are paying for it whether you use them or not. Either way, it comes out of your pocket. Free does not mean "included in your total price". Money is fungible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanLvr Posted December 17, 2022 #21 Share Posted December 17, 2022 18 hours ago, espmass said: On our first Oceania cruise last year we realized as dinner ended that there was no bill. We have cruised many times on other lines where the restaurants were not included so we always received a check and could use our ship card and add a tip. It seemed odd to simply stand up and leave but that's what we did. At the time we wondered how to leave a tip if we wanted. So our next Oceania cruise is coming up. How do people tip on Oceania if they wish to? Cash? Yes cash. As a contractor once said to me: "cash is always in good taste"! Before cruises, especially to a ports where USD is accepted (ie Caribbean etc.), I go to the bank and break up $350 like this: 20 x $10 bills 20 x $5 bills 50 x $1 bills It's a manageable "wad" of small cash to put in your room safe and gradually use for on-board tipping (like in a specialty restaurant for great service), port taxis, souvenirs and other small costs. In ports I keep a small assortment of these smaller bills in a separate pouch and usually never take out my real wallet ashore. It's nice to have "small bills" available both on and off the ship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjame Posted December 17, 2022 #22 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I will never get my head around the tipping practices of my American friends. I always feel that I am always too little or too much - never just right. 15% was always my go-to in restaurants but lately some of the Visa machines in Toronto have the suggested tip as 20, 23, or 25% If tipping were really merit based, we would tip the pilot and the ambulance driver. (Relax - meant to be a joke) 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGW59 Posted December 17, 2022 #23 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Robjame said: I will never get my head around the tipping practices of my American friends. I always feel that I am always too little or too much - never just right. 15% was always my go-to in restaurants but lately some of the Visa machines in Toronto have the suggested tip as 20, 23, or 25% If tipping were really merit based, we would tip the pilot and the ambulance driver. (Relax - meant to be a joke) My husband is Chinese and he too cannot wrap his head around the tipping philosophy in the US, it just drives him crazy. We have reached an agreement when we go out to eat at a restaurant at least...if we eat in Chinatown, which we do frequently, we do not leave a tip and he says noone does (it still bothers me not to) but when we go during the Chinese New Year we do bring the infamous red envelopes and give them to our servers, which apparently is customary. When we go to a typical Boston restaurant, we do 20% (wink wink) or at least he thinks it's just 20%. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted December 17, 2022 #24 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Robjame said: I will never get my head around the tipping practices of my American friends. I always feel that I am always too little or too much - never just right. 15% was always my go-to in restaurants but lately some of the Visa machines in Toronto have the suggested tip as 20, 23, or 25% If tipping were really merit based, we would tip the pilot and the ambulance driver. (Relax - meant to be a joke) Tipping in the US is serious business. I work with restaurants where it’s a big deal. Some restaurants require pooled tips where not only the wait staff shares in the tips but the kitchen staff may also. Some waitstaff refuse to work at those restaurants. They want what their hard work brings in and refuses to subsidize those that don’t push and sale As they do.Others only want to work at tip sharing shops. Makes hiring interesting and complicated. 🥴 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted December 17, 2022 #25 Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, LGW59 said: When we go to a typical Boston restaurant, we do 20% (wink wink) or at least he thinks it's just 20%. Is the tipping rate more in Boston ? I know in some States the minimum wage is much higher than it used to be but 15-20% seems fair to me More seems OTT I am with RobJame we are around 15% I do not tip at Timmies or McD's even if they have the cup at the counter Tipping is like food Subjective JMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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