Shortly after the new year, Royal Caribbean will again increase the automatic gratuities which it charges its passengers. Royal Caribbean will hike the automatic gratuities which it adds onto its guests’ accounts (by more than 7%) to $14.50 per person, per day. Passengers who stay in suites will pay even more, $17.50 per person, per
automatic gratuity
USA TODAY Takes A Look At Cruise Ship Gratuities
By Jim Walker on
Posted in Crew Member Rights
USA TODAY published an article today titled USA TODAY’s Guide to Cruise Ship Gratuity Charges.
This is a topic which we write about quite often, as the cruise lines try to maintain their high profits while building bigger and bigger cruise ships which are getting more expensive to operate.
Any discussion involving cruise ship…
NCL Gouges Guests with New Charges
By Jim Walker on
Posted in Worst Cruise Line in the World
Several readers have contacted me complaining about Norwegian Cruise Line’s new charges on certain cruise ships (Breakaway and Getaway).
One passenger wrote: "Ncl started (secretly) charging $7.95 for room service now?!? . . . enough is enough . . . So to go up from $0 to $8 is huge. I’ve never been…