Rare tjunmin Posted April 4 #1 Share Posted April 4 I did a search in the forum but have not found an answer. 1. If I decide to tip directly to the staff in cash, what should be the breakdown of the $14.50 daily tip between room attendant, waiter and assistant waiter? 2. Should I tip separately when dining at The Verandah and the pop-up restaurants, or is the tip already included in the fee? Thanks in advance for your clarification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted April 4 #2 Share Posted April 4 Point No 1: If tipping individually, don't forget the Maitre d', the Head Waiter, the Chef(s), the KP's, the Hotel Room Supervisor, the Deck Manager. We find it easier just to pay the daily charge. We might even add a bit here and there for excellent service. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted April 4 #3 Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, tjunmin said: I did a search in the forum but have not found an answer. 1. If I decide to tip directly to the staff in cash, what should be the breakdown of the $14.50 daily tip between room attendant, waiter and assistant waiter? 2. Should I tip separately when dining at The Verandah and the pop-up restaurants, or is the tip already included in the fee? Thanks in advance for your clarification! There isn't really an answer. Tipping cultures vary between USA, Canada, UK & Europe. Most leave auto gratuities (hotel & dining service charge) on, which means several folk in the background supporting the room attendant and waiters get a share. As Brits living in France we leave them on, and may give token amounts to room attendant, waiters, sommelier, drinks waiters etc depending on how much they have contributed to our enjoyment of the trip. Last time we shared around 50% extra of the daily gratuity level along with notes of thanks to those listed. Our table and cabin neighbours for one of the weeks planned to give the room attendant $100 as due to make up not being removed each night, pillow covers had to be changed daily. Some Brits and other Europeans believe there should be no need to tip, and some Americans like to give much more. Some even like to do so in advance to ensure good (preferential?) service, which many of us would consider to be a bribe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted April 4 #4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) The "hotel service charge" is spread among all the hospitality staff who look after you, from the lower management level down to your steward. If you decide instead to remove that and pay it according to your own formula, then that's over to you and whatever mechanism suits you. For Verandah and other pop-ups, there is no additional service fee on that (apart from any drinks you order) but they would normally be part of the "hotel service charge" and therefore again if you prefer to tip personally it's over to you to come up with a fair way of doing that (or indeed an unfair way if you prefer!). Edited April 4 by Pushpit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BklynBoy8 Posted April 4 #5 Share Posted April 4 We keep with the daily charge and tip exceptional staff at the end of the voyages. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell Boy Posted April 4 #6 Share Posted April 4 4 hours ago, tjunmin said: I did a search in the forum but have not found an answer. 1. If I decide to tip directly to the staff in cash, what should be the breakdown of the $14.50 daily tip between room attendant, waiter and assistant waiter? 2. Should I tip separately when dining at The Verandah and the pop-up restaurants, or is the tip already included in the fee? Thanks in advance for your clarification! 2) - No need to be Tipping at the Veranda or Pop ups, whilst it is not already included in the initial price, the idea is it is included in the 'Auto Gratuities' . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted April 4 #7 Share Posted April 4 Life's too short to be worrying about how much to tip anybody/everybody - just leave auto tips in place and let somebody else do the worrying is my mantra. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikobad Posted May 18 #8 Share Posted May 18 (edited) Sorry we are first timers on Cunard. We usually cruise Holland America Line where 18,50$ is added to the bill esch day per person for the tips. On top of that we tip staff that we connected with. We live and book in Germany and our agencies list the tips on Cunard as included and mention that one can fill out a paper at the end of the cruise and give a tip to the crew or tip individually if you want to. We thought that these are the tips on top of the already paid one. But having very inexpensive cruise fares I feel like they translated optional and included wrongly. Of course we want to tip if it is not prepaid with the cruise fare. How is the system on Cunard?! Many thanks 🙏 Edited May 18 by keikobad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted May 18 #9 Share Posted May 18 Cunard has the same system as Holland America, a daily amount will be added to your onboard account. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex-koelner Posted May 18 #10 Share Posted May 18 (edited) If you have booked through Cunard Germany or a German travel agent, tips for hotel staff, e.g. housekeeping and all those behind the scene in laundry or so, is not included in the fare and will not be auto-added to your account, but is optional. Towards the end of the voyage the form you've mentioned arrives in your cabin and you have the choice of either follow the recommendation which is US$16.50 per day (I think - it is the amount that is auto-added if you have booked in the US or UK) or to tip an amount at your very own discretion. This will be charged to your account. You also have the choice of not tipping through your account but to give the tip to your attendant directly. Or a mix of both ways. Or not at all - it's indeed up to you. Edited May 18 by ex-koelner 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keikobad Posted May 18 #11 Share Posted May 18 Great, thank you for your time and effort. Now we know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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