Mike Linder
Region: US
Saturday 08 August 2026 16:30:47 GMT
74820
2149
461
670
Music
Download
Comments
Doug Wright :
We will be on our 10th/11th back to back. We started “pre-paying” gratuities on our last 6. I agree that we don’t see where it’s going, but in good faith, you assume it does. It’s a vacation, and pay cash to the people you believe get extra. They’re on contract, and as consumers we don’t get to see everything, but that extra $200 for grat, guarantees us a good vacation, and those we see directly deserve the cash. Don’t remove it. Plan for it.
2026-08-10 06:55:34
0
sarabenavidez1975 :
Employees get paid a set salary. No more, no less. The cruise line uses those prepaid gratuities to pay the employee salaries so they don’t have to. Now, if there is not enough in that prepaid gratuity ‘pot’ then the cruise line will make up the difference of course, but the gratuities do not get distributed on top of their salaries. If you want your server or anyone else to get a tip, you pay in cash specifically to that employee.
2026-08-10 07:23:51
0
MAL :
So how much cash should one bring for tipping? tia
2026-08-10 06:52:50
0
R7SOUL :
She was like...You couldn't just let me be right!!!
2026-08-10 06:43:26
1
Jane🎀✨ :
Which deck # is guest services? Thanks
2026-08-10 05:40:39
0
JoAnne/travel advisor :
I will always pre pay my gratuity and I also tip cash to my servers and cabin attendant
2026-08-09 13:41:13
55
I C Davis :
I never understood pre pay gratuity. How do you know in advance how service will be?
2026-08-09 19:54:09
54
bmhenderson060 :
If everyone takes off the gratuities the cruise companies are just going to up the prices of the cruises.
2026-08-09 01:05:56
37
Healthy Happy Plus Size Girl :
I don't remove them because they are so little anyway. I also give cash tips throughout the cruise
2026-08-09 04:33:07
25
GreyB :
Welp, Royal Caribbean is just gonna start adding that gratuity money directly to the cost of the trip and we’ll never know… either way RC gonna get paid!
2026-08-09 13:49:40
9
TravelNow :
Doesn’t go to the staff anyway
2026-08-09 00:44:27
36
BMutina :
We always pay in cash.
2026-08-09 01:46:55
14
Dena :
So what about the people in the background doing the work and not seeing the cash tip you gave to the people you actually see face-to-face? Like the guys doing your laundry or the guys washing your dishes or the guys cleaning areas that you never see?
2026-08-09 10:26:33
8
TWISTED COUNTRY :
Exactly! We're the guests, not the employer!
2026-08-09 19:26:49
8
Wiredogs31k :
I consider prepaid gratuities just as part of the cost of the cruise. I still tip cash for good service. I'm not wasting time standing in line at guest services.
2026-08-09 12:50:13
5
Rebekah 📚 ☕️ :
My friend and I are going on carnival Mardi Gras in February. We removed our gratuities but we discovered that there is automatic 18-20% gratuities everytime we get a drink while on the cheers package if we don’t have automatic gratuities. So we will be adding the gratuities back on, and then tipping extra to our servers/room cleaner…. No way I’m getting stuck having to tip for every drink I get
2026-08-09 18:31:54
0
doglover_pattystepaniak :
I do both.
2026-08-09 14:06:38
1
Boltsandchill :
It’s also not just Royal Caribbean.
2026-08-09 01:32:07
8
Martian :
They are mandatory. They make you pay a set amount no matter what. If you pay it directly in cash the company will make you pay again.
2026-08-10 01:29:42
0
tubby :
We have always just left them on and also tip cash to our cabin steward, dinning room team (that we eat at for dinner) and bartenders even though we get drink package and it’s already added in. But you mean if I remove the gratuities my cabin steward and dinning room team will still make the same amount of money? You are saying they don’t get the gratuity’s that we are paying? I don’t know if I believe that…. I would need to see prove and that’s probably impossible to prove!
2026-08-09 04:35:48
1
bernadette3463 :
Honestly, this is old news. We’ve not been prepaying for years, and we have always gotten them removed on the ship. Every cruise line we’ve been on. How people didn’t question this before is beyond me. Also, if you go to the Spa, they will add gratuities on after your service. You can also have those removed.
2026-08-10 00:09:44
2
Fred :
My cabin person was ecstatic at the amount I left every day !
2026-08-09 19:35:45
2
Fran :
We cruise all the time. Just got off the Mariner few weeks ago. So how exactly do we do this. I thought it’s a bill that has to be paid before ( we do ) or end of cruise. We tip the people who bring us a drink cash and tip the house keeper extra at end of cruise
2026-08-09 21:02:57
0
Jim Bahel :
There are so many options out there now. Why choose to patronize a cruise line that makes it so complicated?
2026-08-09 10:22:57
0
To see more videos from user @mikelinder32, please go to the Tikwm
homepage.
