For those who have no tipping culture, tipping is optional and only given if the service received is above and beyond the call of duty. Cabin steward usually looks after 6 to 8 cabins, if $5 is the normal will ge $40 per day which is probably more than his paid salary.

I always tip my cabin steward $100.00 at the beginning of my cruise and at the end of my cruise $100.00 I tend to give this tip as I know they usually go above and beyond for us when ask them for something 😊

You are absolutely right, this is very personal and will be different for every person. However, what will help people calculate their individual response to this will be understanding how the pay workks and how both automated and xmcash gratuities are handled on a cruise e.g do cash tips have to be reported to an accounting department or do crew get to pocket them immediately? If you can do a video in thisnregard, it will be more helpful.

We always give our cabin steward an extra tip on top of the prepaid gratuities. They work much more for you than any other crew member. It’s not a bad idea to give some extra at the beginning of the cruise. They remember you for that!

OMG the door closing behind right at 00:43 looked like a scary movie! :) Thanks for this video! Cruising at the end of the year on the Carnival Sunrise!!

We usually give Steward 20.00 at beginning of cruise and 20.00 on debarkation. On top of gratuities. We always leave any unopened snacks, wine we didn't open behind for them.

I have had nothing but awesome cabin stewards and waiters onboard Carnival ships. When someone usually ask me I tell them to think about all the hard work they put out to make your vacation awesome. Then I say give from your heart. I usually tip my waiter, waitress and room attendant $20/day on top of the pre paid gratuities. Just my thoughts!

I am Australian, 70, and never received a tip whilst doing any form of work. Not one of my friends or acquaintances has either. Tipping seems particulary American. Here is an idea. Why not pay the crew a real wage. Add the additional company costs to the fare and avoid all these confusing, embarrassing complications?

I went on a 14-day cruise with Carnival.. I tipped my cabin stewart $150. There really is no right or wrong answer.. on a 7day cruise, $50

Go to your bank and order yourself a bunch of crisp $2 bills! The crew loves them! Some of them even offer to buy them from you if you have some left on your last day of the cruise!

NCL adds on $20 a day, so I let that go through, plus I gave $5 a day to my cabin steward, on a 7-day cruise.

It was very helpful. As you said, we don’t tip here in Australia and I know that our gratuities are included in our fare. I’ll certainly be keeping the $5-$10 in mind. Thank you for reassuring me. My next cruise isn’t until ‘23 but I can’t wait. 💕

Going on my first cruise in a week. (Aug 2022) I've worked in customer service most of my life, and appreciate the effort made by wait staff, cab drivers, bellmen, etc. I'm going to give my cabin steward $50.00 right off the bat. (4 night cruise) I believe in "giving" to "get"!

I always pull the gratuities and give envelopes. I sincerely believe my attendant keeps more money if I give an envelope in cash vs. what the cruise line chooses to pass along.

*it's best to tip everyone every day no matter what....*

I typically prepay gratuities thankfully

We are on a Viking river cruise right now and are paying $45.00 per person per day. I feel that is on the steep side but my husband was wondering if we're expected to leave extra for our room steward. I think $90/day is quite enough.

How many rooms do steward’s generally have?

I’m curious to know how much the cruise employees actually make and how much extra they get after gratuity is split up

I leave auto gratuity on, but Princess states they pool the tips fleet wide and use it for compensation and bonuses. So my waiter and cabin steward may not see it. I tip the cabin steward an extra $10/day ($70/week) and my senior waiter gets $50/week and the junior waiter gets $40/week.

We have done 5 cruises. We leave $20 per day for the room stewards and $20 per day for the restaurants. Then $3-$5 tips for each drink we get, on top of the required gratuities.

You are already paying gratuities. There is no reason to pay extra. A cruise worker from the Philippines is making double what the average doctor from their country makes. On top of that free rent and food. There is this thought that these workers make nothing, but relatively, they are absolutely banking.

Jesus Christ! Just tell people how much per day extra is reasonable!! We KNOW ITS OPTIONAL! We don’t need your life story.

$5-$10. Are u kidding me. There was usually a three person team doing the cabin steward work and now there’s been two persons. So if you gave $10 divided by three equals $3.33 divided by seven equals less than $.50 a day. The Cabin Stewart does not keep this all for himself. He shares with his team. So what I try to do is give you $20 per person for a seven day cruise. That may still be a little cheap but thats $60 if there’s three of them and that has been the case a lot . And that’s almost $3 per day each. Not much when you look at it from that perspective. So I’m still in a quandary that I’m too cheap.

I did the prepaid gratuity and plan on tipping on top but I am surprised how many people have to share the prepaid percentage

Why cannot you just give an answer?

No one explains why we should tip. In my 50+ years on this planet I have never received any tips for any of my jobs. If I didn't like the hourly pay I was getting I looked for another job. If the employer needed workers they offered better base pay. For American cruises why add gratuities for a subset of employees as a prepaid additional expense identified as optional if it is compensation the employee depends on? Sounds like a bad industry practice that has to change but won't as long as people continue to support it. Just add it to the fare if it really is a required expense and then let the employee be grateful when they do go above and beyond and receive a real tip for their efforts. I would be insulted if someone gave me extra money out of fear that I wouldn't do my job properly otherwise.

OP it is beyond comprehension that you are so preoccupied with the material things Extra tip for this crew member that crew member this cruise line that cruise line mathematically working out to the finest detail these seafarers are being paid fairly and equitably if their service is exceptional then they will be tipped extra accordingly there are also alternative ways to express the appreciation for their outstanding services such as preparing a Hand Written letter of Appreciation address to the Management of the onboard Cruise ship the letter can be handed in to the Captain of the ship through the Front Desk of Customer Service and ask for a copy of the letter which can be passed on to the Employee involved one can request that the letter of Appreciation to be retained in the employee personal file for future advancement review Viewer have had done this before and the crew member was just as appreciative a written comment can be one of the major reasons for Promotion / Demotion which can be a life line for seafarer