Once your clients have booked their cruise, their next question may be How much should I tip the staff on my cruise?  With more cruise lines offering alternate dining options, whom and how much to tip has become more confusing.   Some cruise lines have a tipping guideline in place and present their guests with envelopes at the end of their cruise for the purpose of tipping the staff.  Other cruise lines have begun automatically charging their guests shipboard account the suggested tipping amount.  Guests can still choose to change the amount or even have the amount removed from their account.  Note: Most cruise lines automatically add 15% gratuity to bar service.

Below are links to the cruise lines websites for more information on tipping guidelines.

Cruise Lines that automatically add gratuity to guests shipboard account:

Carnival Cruise Line
http://www.carnival.com/CMS/FAQs/Gratuities_Tips.aspx

Holland America Cruise Line
http://www.hollandamerica.com/guests/category.do?category=money&topic=gratuity

Norwegian Cruise Line
http://www.ncl.com/more/fp_mi_w2n.asp

Oceania Cruises
http://www.oceaniacruises.com/T_MainContentPage.aspx?PageUID=493f1e3e-c46e-45f7-b950-d3f68e7a0430#4

Princess Cruises
http://www.princess.com/faq/#q3

Cruise Lines that follow discretionary tipping guidelines:

Celebrity Cruise Line
http://www.celebrity.com/beforeyourcruise/heroSingleTxtSub.do?pagename=payment_and_gratuities&cS=SIDENAV

Crystal Cruises
http://www.crystalcruises.com/onboard.aspx?ID=6

Disney Cruise Line
Link Not Available

MSC Cruises
http://www.msccruises.com/information.asp?faq=faq2purchaseson  

Orient Lines
http://www.orientlines.com/more/important_info.htm#tipping  

P & O Cruises
http://www.pocruises.com/focus_on/your_questions/Onboard.htm  

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/allaboutcruising/newtocruising/alreadyBookedCruise.do

Windjammer Cruises
http://www.windjammer.com/know_before.html#13

Cruise Lines that have tipping included in the cruise fare:  

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
http://www.rssc.com/questions/home.do?category=questions.onboard.list&itemId=Tipping#Tipping

RiverBarge Excursion Lines
http://www.riverbarge.com/

Yachts of Seabourn
http://www.seabourn.com/FAQ/FAQ.asp?Cat=&View=ViewArticle&Mode=News&ContentID=22&Main=OnBoard&Sec=FAQ&Sub=

Silversea
http://www.silversea.com/calendar/cal_geninfo.asp#gratuities

Cruise Tip Calculator
http://members.aol.com/CruiseTip/

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