Couple more questions... HAL's new tipping policy.

Mason... $1 per drink.... But how many drinks? I'm not even up to the
category of "social drinker", but I would guess my bar bill (including
all the coke I drink) would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 200
bucks --minimum, for a 10 day cruise. ...So what's that? 30 bucks in
tips? How about if I spent all day kicking back the cocktails as I see
many people do? ...Jon

Mason... $1 per drink.... But how many drinks? I'm not even up to the
category of "social drinker", but I would guess my bar bill (including
all the coke I drink) would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 200
bucks --minimum, for a 10 day cruise. ...So what's that? 30 bucks in
tips? How about if I spent all day kicking back the cocktails as I see
many people do? ...Jon

wrote in message
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Jean... I was just looking at one of my HAL bar receipts from last
March. ...There is no tip added to the bill -- hidden or otherwise.
..Jon

Jon, I just went to check my receipts from Hal and it is listed as a
service charge, not a tip...I have one in front of me that has 2 cans of
Sprite charged as 2 @ $1.75 = $3.50
Service charge _.53____
$4.03
Total
So they are using the term "service charge" instead of tip, 15% of $3.50 is
53 cents.

--Jean

wrote in message
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Jean... I was just looking at one of my HAL bar receipts from last
March. ...There is no tip added to the bill -- hidden or otherwise.
..Jon

Jon, I just went to check my receipts from Hal and it is listed as a
service charge, not a tip...I have one in front of me that has 2 cans of
Sprite charged as 2 @ $1.75 = $3.50
Service charge _.53____
$4.03
Total
So they are using the term "service charge" instead of tip, 15% of $3.50 is
53 cents.

--Jean

wrote:

Al, I'm not trying to single you out. ...The whole process has been
designed by the cruise lines to maximize their intake from "everybody".
...Sure you're not required to pay the 10 bucks pp service charge, but
rest assured they'll make it so inconvenient for one to have it removed
that no one will even bother. Doesn't it strike you as odd in that you
can't have it taken off at the same time as when you register your
charge card at the beginning?
..And incidentally, may I be so bold as to ask you what sort of a tip
you gave to some of the crew at the end of the cruise? ...I'm just
thinking, if one passes an extra 5 or 10 to the room Steward, it's
almost worse than not giving anything at all. ...Jon

I've been following this pretty well up to this point. WHY is giving
an additional $5 or $10 on top of the mandatory tip worse than just
giving the mandatory tip? The room steward gets to keep the whole
amount in addition to whatever they get from the tip pool.

grandma Rosalie

wrote:

Al, I'm not trying to single you out. ...The whole process has been
designed by the cruise lines to maximize their intake from "everybody".
...Sure you're not required to pay the 10 bucks pp service charge, but
rest assured they'll make it so inconvenient for one to have it removed
that no one will even bother. Doesn't it strike you as odd in that you
can't have it taken off at the same time as when you register your
charge card at the beginning?
..And incidentally, may I be so bold as to ask you what sort of a tip
you gave to some of the crew at the end of the cruise? ...I'm just
thinking, if one passes an extra 5 or 10 to the room Steward, it's
almost worse than not giving anything at all. ...Jon

I've been following this pretty well up to this point. WHY is giving
an additional $5 or $10 on top of the mandatory tip worse than just
giving the mandatory tip? The room steward gets to keep the whole
amount in addition to whatever they get from the tip pool.

grandma Rosalie

Ok, Jean, but that is the "new policy" I mentioned in my post. ...All
my cokes from last March were a straight $1.75 -- total price charged..
...Jon

Ok, Jean, but that is the "new policy" I mentioned in my post. ...All
my cokes from last March were a straight $1.75 -- total price charged..
...Jon

Ok, Jean, but that is the "new policy" I mentioned in my post. ...All
my cokes from last March were a straight $1.75 -- total price charged..
...Jon

Hi Grandma... The 10 bucks pp per day pool will probably be split up
and appear on each of the crew's cheques as a "bonus" ....By personally
giving someone a 5 or 10 after a 10 days cruise, is like going to a
fancy restaurant then leaving a paltry couple of bucks for a tip.
...Jon