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Why cruise gratuities feel so confusing right now. #cruiseship #cruise #cruisetips #solocruise

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Creator's Key Takeaways

Cruise lines moved tipping from optional and personal to automatic and abstract.

Instead of cash envelopes at the end of the cruise, most major cruise lines now charge a daily pererson gratuitity that's automatically added to your onboard account.

Some call it a gratuitity, others call it a service charge, some call it a hotel service fee.

Even though tipping is supposedly handled, you're constantly seeing tip related charges show up in different places under different names at different times.

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QWhy are cruise gratuities confusing right now?

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