royal up - how to do gratuities

[question221]

We were able to land a grand 1 bedroom suite on our current cruise.  We love the room and are very happy with the cruise so far.  My question is - RC increased our prepaid gratuities when we did the Royal Up.  The concierge has been helpful as we are not very experienced cruisers - so we are expecting we should tip him at the end of the cruise over and above the prepaid gratuity.  That said, he has answered questions but we have only asked him to do one or two things - so not sure how much we should tip.  Also, our room steward has been great, but we are relatively need people and have not asked him to do anything extra.  We would love some guidance as to how much we should tip the room steward and the concierge.  The concierge has agreed to help us off the ship as we have arranged for private transport from the ship and also have luggage that we would like to have assistance with.  Any guidance would be great.  It is a 13 night cruise.

[BND]

4 minutes ago, question221 said:

We were able to land a grand 1 bedroom suite on our current cruise.  We love the room and are very happy with the cruise so far.  My question is - RC increased our prepaid gratuities when we did the Royal Up.  The concierge has been helpful as we are not very experienced cruisers - so we are expecting we should tip him at the end of the cruise over and above the prepaid gratuity.  That said, he has answered questions but we have only asked him to do one or two things - so not sure how much we should tip.  Also, our room steward has been great, but we are relatively need people and have not asked him to do anything extra.  We would love some guidance as to how much we should tip the room steward and the concierge.  The concierge has agreed to help us off the ship as we have arranged for private transport from the ship and also have luggage that we would like to have assistance with.  Any guidance would be great.  It is a 13 night cruise.

Do whatever you feel comfortable with.  You will get a wide range of answers on here.  

[The Scurvy Pirate]

As you noticed, Grand Suites and above have a higher gratuity than Junior Suites and below.  As to any additional tip, tip what you feel comfortable with, if any.

 

Let the chaos begin....

[smokeybandit]

There is no right answer. Some don't tip anything extra. Others tip insane amounts (or at least claim to).

 

Do what you think is right. You are under no obligation to tip anything extra to either.