How much do you tip on Royal Caribbean room service?

Royal Caribbean Automatic gratuity charge: $16 to $18.50 per person, per day. Details: Passengers staying in most cabins, including junior suites, pay $16. Passengers in higher-level suites pay $18. Additionally, an 18% gratuity is added to bills at bars, minibars, salons and spas.



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Automatic gratuity charge: $16 to $18.50 per person, per day. Details: Passengers staying in most cabins, including junior suites, pay $16. Passengers in higher-level suites pay $18. Additionally, an 18% gratuity is added to bills at bars, minibars, salons and spas.

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With cruise lines recently making changes in regards to room service fees you might think tipping is optional with room service. And while some of the major cruise lines are adding gratuities automatically to a room service bill, you can still leave few dollars in cash to your delivery person.

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According to the results of my three polls: 61% tip their stateroom attendant an additional $20–$40 per couple per week, 26% tip $40–$70, and 13% tip an additional $70–$140.

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Some guests leave a lump-sum tip on the last day of their stay, but a better practice is doling out incremental tips daily, as hotel housekeepers might have different day-to-day room assignments. A daily tip more closely ensures your gratitude goes to the specific worker who services the room each day.

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While meals delivered to your stateroom are free on premium cruise lines, it can get costly on popular cruise lines. Certain food items and when you order them can have a surcharge. My room service breakfast aboard Nieuw Statendam: Smoked Salmon Benedict. No charge for breakfast room service on Holland America.

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In general, plan on giving $16–$23 in gratuities per day for each passenger. Note that the amount should be tabulated for each individual in your party—don't try to tip once per couple or group. So if you're planning to go on a 7-day cruise, expect to give a total of between $112 and $161 per person in gratuities.

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While the automatic service charges will cover their basic gratuities, it's generally considered good form to tip them a bit extra for a job well done, especially if you have made any special requests. Should you choose to, for a seven-night cruise, consider tipping about $2 to $3 per person, per day.

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Ship steward salaries typically range between $16,000 and $62,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for ship stewards is $15.23 per hour. Ship steward salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Ship stewards earn the highest average salary in Alaska, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

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For example, food and drink service has a recommendation of fifteen to twenty percent of the total bill as an ideal tip, whereas housekeeping and porters are recommended to receive between one and five dollars per night or per bag carried.

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But at an all-inclusive resort, since everything is already covered, there likely will not be any service fee found on the receipt. This is one main reason why you would want to tip. In general, it's nice to leave a couple of bucks for room service for a standard sized order.

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Typically, a 15% service fee and an “in-room dining” charge ranging from $5-12 will be added automatically to the bill. Add in tax, you're suddenly looking at a $25+ sandwich.

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Food and drinking are usually complimentary on the cruises. You are also allowed to bring your own snack on the cruise so that you can have what you love. A certain time is fixed for every meal - breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can either have it with everybody in the dining room or bring it to your room.

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Continental breakfast is complimentary. American breakfast has a service fee of $7.95¹ per room delivery. ROOM SERVICE MENU Craving convenience? Tempt your taste buds with these favorites.

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Average extra tips vary, with most cruisers averaging $1-2 for drinks or room service, and $10-20 per day for cabin stewards. It's up to you if you decide to tip extra, but your automatic gratuity charge covers all the essentials.

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Typical extra tips may be $15-20 per passenger for a seven-day cruise paid to the cabin steward for exceptional work, or an extra $10-20 per passenger to a waiter who offered spectacular dining service. Similarly, it is often acceptable to tip $1-3 when room service is delivered depending on the size of the order.

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The amount you pay will vary by cruise line, but they are all in the same ballpark. You can expect to pay about $15-$20 per person, per day. So a couple traveling together will see about $30-$40 per day in gratuities, or about $200+ over the course of a week-long cruise.

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You don't have to tip your hotel housekeeper, but these hardworking staff members are often forgotten when it comes to tipping, so the money can go a long way for them.

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In the event that you check out of your room and forget to tip the housekeeper, you can still make sure they are tipped sufficiently! To do this, just be sure to go to the front desk and give them the money.

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Is it rude to not leave a tip at the hotel? In many ways, there is no wrong way to tip. However, in countries like the U.S. where workers depend on tips to supplement salaries, it can be considered rude not to do so.

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