Tipping

[bjkpop1]

Just attained diamond statue and get the 4 free drinks a day.  How do you handle tipping for these drink?

[Wineaux007]

12 minutes ago, bjkpop1 said:

Just attained diamond statue and get the 4 free drinks a day.  How do you handle tipping for these drink?

Some people tip $1 a drink, but it is entirely up to you.  

[Ret MP]

It's no different than any other purchase of drinks or any other service provided, tip if you want.  No rules, just right!

[taglovestocruise]

Try to always give a buck a drink, even in Specialty. Rarely to never tip the MDR waiter for getting drinks each time, always tip extra the last night. 

[reallyitsmema]

49 minutes ago, bjkpop1 said:

Just attained diamond statue and get the 4 free drinks a day.  How do you handle tipping for these drink?

 

It is up to you if you want to tip or not.  You are supposed to get a zero receipt that you can add a tip to but most waiters don't do that.  You can tip in cash, some do just $1.  It is up to you what you are comfortable tipping for a drink that costs $10-$14 typically.

[Billy Baltic]

I’m starting to wonder if people get paid to start tipping threads. There can’t be that many variations on the topic. 

[Merion_Mom]

3 hours ago, Billy Baltic said:

I’m starting to wonder if people get paid to start tipping threads. There can’t be that many variations on the topic. 

People either don't know that there IS a search feature, can't find it, or don't know how to use it.

[BirdTravels]

5 hours ago, bjkpop1 said:

Just attained diamond statue and get the 4 free drinks a day.  How do you handle tipping for these drink?

Tip a buck or two. If I am at a bar and the bartender is being very attentive, I tip as much as $5 per drink from time to time. 

[swoopy2110]

Tip if you want. Don't tip if you want.

[jean87510]

6 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

People either don't know that there IS a search feature, can't find it, or don't know how to use it.

or don't want to search

[jean87510]

10 hours ago, Billy Baltic said:

I’m starting to wonder if people get paid to start tipping threads. There can’t be that many variations on the topic. 

This and the dress code.  It's every day.  At least the chair hog BS has died down.

[Billy Baltic]

24 minutes ago, jean87510 said:

This and the dress code.  It's every day.  At least the chair hog BS has died down.

I’d almost miss the Covid posts of 2020 and 2021. None of these questions 😂

[jean87510]

1 hour ago, Billy Baltic said:

I’d almost miss the Covid posts of 2020 and 2021. None of these questions 😂

almost...🙂

[Ret MP]

12 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

Try to always give a buck a drink, even in Specialty. Rarely to never tip the MDR waiter for getting drinks each time, always tip extra the last night. 

It's been my experience that adult beverages are delivered to the table by a completely different person, not the waiter or his/her assistant, if any.  I'm assuming that they are part of the bar staff.  So, I do tip them for each delivery, usually once as we are always in a hurry to get somewhere else.  

[taglovestocruise]

2 hours ago, Ret MP said:

It's been my experience that adult beverages are delivered to the table by a completely different person, not the waiter or his/her assistant, if any.  I'm assuming that they are part of the bar staff.  So, I do tip them for each delivery, usually once as we are always in a hurry to get somewhere else.  

Last two cruises on Quantum and Ovation the assistant waiter brought our drinks every night. Only asked for seapass card on first night. That was Sep/Oct 2022

[watcher_62]

15 hours ago, Billy Baltic said:

I’m starting to wonder if people get paid to start tipping threads. There can’t be that many variations on the topic. 

They don't get paid enough, so we usually tip them...but it's up to you 😆

[Tree_skier]

When I've on the drink package I usually tip $1 per drink but with Diamond I upped it to $2.  My theory is with DBP I was charge an 18% service charge already but with the D drinks I haven't paid anything so I figure the extra buck evens it out.

[RedIguana]

18 hours ago, Billy Baltic said:

I’m starting to wonder if people get paid to start tipping threads. There can’t be that many variations on the topic. 

It's the pop-corn companies that pay people to start these tipping threads. Just like Pavlov's dog, I am conditioned to toss in a bag of popcorn whenever I see one of these threads....

[Morecruisesplz]

On 9/21/2023 at 10:24 AM, Tree_skier said:

When I've on the drink package I usually tip $1 per drink but with Diamond I upped it to $2.  My theory is with DBP I was charge an 18% service charge already but with the D drinks I haven't paid anything so I figure the extra buck evens it out.

Ditto

[trippen texan]

5 dollars a drink to right person every night there  are strong  and keep coming 5 dollars strong island

[time4u2go]

51 minutes ago, trippen texan said:

5 dollars a drink to right person every night there  are strong  and keep coming 5 dollars strong island

What? 

[Morecruisesplz]

1 hour ago, trippen texan said:

5 dollars a drink to right person every night there  are strong  and keep coming 5 dollars strong island

Don't share all the tricks. 😉

[JaynBNA]

How does one attain diamond status and not know about tipping onboard?

[Billy Baltic]

43 minutes ago, JaynBNA said:

How does one attain diamond status and not know about tipping onboard?

How does someone reach adulthood and need to ask an anonymous person about what to do with their own money? 

[BND]

I love people who open threads that have tipping in the title and then  complain about a new tipping thread.

 

We tip $1 per drink and that's what I see most often see others doing.

Edited September 23, 2023 by BND