KathyC Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 The auto gratuity was raised from 18% to 20% as of March 29th. https://www.celebritycruises.com/things-to-do-onboard/onboard-packages/beverage-packages/premium-classic-and-standard Scroll down to additional info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Litte here...litte there...hoping ppl don't notice.. Wont be long till drinks packages are $100day with the charges....its crazy...... I cant wait for a recession...and see these companies have to lower prices back down to a reasonable price... I would say since I started cruising auto grats and drink packages s have almost doubled in price....nothing else in my life has come even close to that kinda increase. princevaliantus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Is this just the beverage package gratuity? When I think auto gratuity I think of the daily service charges for cabin attendants and such. Is that changing too? When I sail Celebrity I look for package deals that include the beverage package. I’m curious how many on Celebrity actually buy the beverage packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, twangster said: I’m curious how many on Celebrity actually buy the beverage packages. Before today, the answer would be "Everyone on a TA / TP / repositioning cruise who thinks it's worth it", as those sailing were not offering perks with cabin booking. But that changed today (see my next post, coming shortly). monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marti314 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 I cringe at the topic of AUTO GRATUITY. If you look at what a TIP has always been for its to reward good service after service has been rendered. If you are getting paid a Gratuity or Tip no matter the service you provide then the 20% just becomes part of the price of the Drink/meal. You provide me great service ill make sure you are rewarded. The expectation of tips is out of control. WAAAYTOOO, monctonguy and mworkman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 28 minutes ago, marti314 said: The expectation of tips is out of control. I think a more accurate way of viewing it is that RCI is keeping staff salaries lower than they should be, and using "automatic gratuity" as a means to bring them more inline at our expense, rather than out of their own profits. Having seen how hard they work, I don't begrudge the staff getting that money from me, and I've basically resigned myself to it being another "tax" on my cruise fare. But I do take some offense that Royal can't just pay them a proper wage and then let the passengers decide on tips individually like they do in any other service industry situation, instead of foisting the gap in their base wage onto you, me, and everyone else on board. mworkman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marti314 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 SOoooooooo true, and it has been reported that RCI takes an ADMINISTRATIVE % from the automatic gratuities for the distribution to the employees. So if you were to pay 10.00 in automatic gratuities and only 9.50 went to actual employees this would frustrate me for sure. When i asked this question to Guest Services i got a vague non specific response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted April 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 8:56 AM, twangster said: Is this just the beverage package gratuity? When I think auto gratuity I think of the daily service charges for cabin attendants and such. Is that changing too? When I sail Celebrity I look for package deals that include the beverage package. I’m curious how many on Celebrity actually buy the beverage packages. So far I can only find it on the beverage package. We need someone on board to confirm what the per drink gratuity is. We're on a repo, so no beverage package. They did offer a special once, that you could get a couple perks, but it would change me to a non-refundable from my current refundable, at a much higher price, and only included the lowest beverage package. The price difference wasn't worth it to us, plus we wanted the refundable option. My aquaclass price is so ridiculously low I couldn't switch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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