The Argument That Ends the Debate: Cancel or Keep the Automatic Gratuitys on Cruise Ship?
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I'm a numbers guy, so no one can convince me that the tips are actually distributed, at least not in the way the cruise companies claim that the tips you pay on the ships are actually distributed.
If a company publishes a chart showing how the tips are divided among the different service providers, and I can prove to you that the math doesn't add up, and the money isn't distributed the way they say it is, if at all, would you still believe the companies when they say the tips go entirely to the crew members or not?
On my last two cruises, for the first time, I also cancelled the automatic tip charges and increased my direct payment to my personal service provider, the one who actually provided me with service.
I can't support a system that can be empirically proven to deceive the customer.
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In recent months, the old debate has resurfaced regarding the payment of automatic gratuities on cruise ships, or more accurately: whether it is okay to cancel them? Now, I'm not going to get into the debate about whether this is okay or not, everyone will do as they see fit, but I'm a numbers guy, and in this video I look at the mathematics of collecting tips (gratuities) on cruise ships, and present the argument that ends the debate: Do tips go to the crew as the cruise companies say?