The Hidden Truth Behind Cruise Ship Gratuities
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I'm Gary with Optimal Cruising. And after decades of cruising, what I learned about the automatic gratuitity system has completely changed the way I handle cruise ship tipping.
There is one thing crystal clear about automatic gratuitities and that is that your gratuitities are not going directly to your cabin steward or your weight staff or your bartender.
I always remove all of my automatic gratuitities from my bill and I hand out cash to everybody who served me during my vacation.
Tipping in cash instead of paying the gratuitities to the cruise line is the only way I can make sure that I'm financially rewarding those personnel who directly impacted my vacation.
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