Carnival's Real Fee Increase Isn't the Gratuities Everyone's Complaining About Carnival gratuity
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Carnival just raised mandatory gratuitities to $17 per person per day. That's an extra dollar.
The 20% service charge they added to everything last year.
That service charge doesn't go to crew members. Carnival won't explain where it goes.
Passengers are fighting over the wrong number. The real money grab already happened and nobody noticed.
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