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22 Jun 13, 08:29 AM |
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i'n unsure how to do this Joa and would i be allowed?
i totally agree with this Geoff but i do think that because tipping isn't something we do in the uk on a everyday basis that when there's no guidelines we end up being placed in a situation were we are afraid of getting it wrong and offending with a small tip we had a great time in concierge, our only request was for a extra hairdryer and a window table in the dining room and they supplied these with no suggested guidelines on what to tip it is difficult, we felt that the lounge food person and barman did so much more for us than the actual concierge lady when it came to making the holiday extra special and so we tipped these people seperately |
22 Jun 13, 08:35 AM |
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Oh! I hear where you are coming from. I take the view with a round at a bar that if its a couple of drin ks I leave a couple of bucks. Over a week that mounts up. Our concierge couple were brilliant and they did pull one or two strings for us like getting some non concierge friends into Palo at very short notice.or a visit to the bridge outside the normal planned ones. We bunged them $20 / 30 for that. I use the scale that a porter gets a $1 a bag, a house keeper gets $1 a day person and I kind of scale up from that.
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22 Jun 13, 08:43 AM |
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The poll - site not identified:
Amended - larger image - click on it to enlarge to original Edited at 08:49 AM. |
22 Jun 13, 08:45 AM |
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If you PM me the link I'll dig out the right info once I'm on my laptop and not IPad.
I'm hoping to do concierge in 2015 and any advice on tipping is very helpful to me as concierge has its own rules!
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22 Jun 13, 08:45 AM |
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1 Sep 13, 03:18 PM |
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Wow that looked amazing
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1 Sep 13, 03:34 PM |
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We sailed concierge again in Alaska and I did tip my host, on the Magic and wonder they have only two hosts and they come to you, knock in the door, at the disembarkation doors in ports of call and in MDRS, we had all private tours and booked online in advance and used shoreside concierge to book us an extra palo brunch, concierge sorted out a problem in our room on arrival, Oslo dinner in our room, and special viewing for Tracy arm day. We didn't do any spa, or classes. So actually we were very simple in our needs. I still gave a good tip, it appears to be above average to other responses on that poll, which I am not sure is reliable. Tipping is a personal thing, but in the USA I tipped all my private tour operators, drivers etc, but only once in 14 days did I see anyone else tip at all! I tipped well in Palo. Also over double for our stateroom host who had a lot of area to clean, and was very accommodating.
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1 Sep 13, 10:34 PM |
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We tipped the concierge as well, a global sum that I hope was shared between the 3 hosts, the food runner and the lady making drinks. It felt right for us to reward how fantastic the service had been, from getting us a tray of chocolate covered strawberries, booking our mixology class and my daughters teen package in the spa, to the general daily chit chat we had with them that made our few days so special on board the dream.
I noticed the Americans dropping $ 20 to the food server from st Lucia and similarly to the lady making drinks, but not giving anything to the concierge themselves. I'd rather they all got something as they are a team who together made the experience of concierge a delight. |
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2 Sep 13, 06:37 PM |
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27 Feb 14, 01:44 PM |
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Hi this is a wonderful report and just what I was looking for. We were booked for Deck 12 cat V on the dream and yesterday I changed us to a Deck 12 Cat T. I am so glad I found your TR I now know I have done the right thing. I have 2 questions
1. What is a "bump out balcony" 2. What is the tip situation with concierge. I have used a tip calculator which I guess is for standard stateroom as it has for a 4 night cruise for 3 Stateroom host $4 total $48 Server $4 = £48 Assistant Server $3 = $36 Head server $12 I am assuming that the concierge staff have there amounts too. If I pay for them up front and then add for the exceptional ones. Do you leave cash envelopes for Mouse keeping the same as WDW? I realise that is really 3 questions. I know someone has posted the survey but I am unable to enlarge it to read. TTFN Edited at 01:48 PM. |
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