Etiquette
Monday Mailbag: April 18, 2011
Hello everybody, thanks for stopping by for this weeks addition of the Monday Mailbag. Here I am going to address two questions I recently received that I feel may be helpful not only to the person who asked it but to many others. The first question deals with taking a cruise with someone with a [...]
Royal Caribbean Doesn’t Think Passengers Tip Enough
Okay Royal Caribbean didn’t necessarily say it like that, but what they meant was somewhere along those lines. What they actually are going to do is raise the recommended tipping guidelines, which are also the rates used for prepaid gratuities. While I am sure that even though these are guidelines the mere suggestion of passengers [...]
Think Practical When Giving a Waiter or Steward a Gift?
When on a cruise there are typically two members of the crew that will forever occupy a place in your memory; your dining room waiter and your cabin steward. These are the guys who will address you by name (usually preceded by a Mr. or Miss), you will interact with them more than any other [...]
