RCIfan1912 718 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 We always pay gratuities on the cruise by the day and then settles at the end. For our cruise next August  I want to pay the gratuities ahead of time. In January I am getting 2 work bonuses, I know strange its after Christmas but that is when I get them. We plan on making all our "pre cruise planner" purchases at that time so we might as well pay the gratuities too. I don't see a way to pay them on the Royal Caribbean website so do I pay it through my TA which is MEI? Is that the only way to do that? Thanks for any help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedNoodles 4,670 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: We always pay gratuities on the cruise by the day and then settles at the end. For our cruise next August  I want to pay the gratuities ahead of time. In January I am getting 2 work bonuses, I know strange its after Christmas but that is when I get them. We plan on making all our "pre cruise planner" purchases at that time so we might as well pay the gratuities too. I don't see a way to pay them on the Royal Caribbean website so do I pay it through my TA which is MEI? Is that the only way to do that? Thanks for any help. Yep, you pay through your TA. RCIfan1912, ehw51 and AnnetteJackson 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike.s 147 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Matt posted this a couple of days ago, last paragraph explains how to pre-pay.  https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/08/22/should-you-prepay-gratuities-royal-caribbean-cruise  Matt, RCIfan1912 and ehw51 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCIfan1912 718 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said: Yep, you pay through your TA. Thank you so much for the quick answer! ehw51, AnnetteJackson and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCIfan1912 718 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mike.s said: Matt posted this a couple of days ago, last paragraph explains how to pre-pay.  https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/08/22/should-you-prepay-gratuities-royal-caribbean-cruise  Thank you for the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sharla 285 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Tell your TA, they will add it in to your total. If you want to make a partial payment that just covers gratuities that can be done too. RCIfan1912, SpeedNoodles, Jacki_MEI and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neesa 917 Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Sharla Manglass, CTC-MCC [email protected] Affiliated with MEI-Travel              Best TA Ever!! Our family will not cruise without Sharla Sharla, WAAAYTOOO, Matt and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCIfan1912 718 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/24/2020 at 1:11 PM, Sharla said: Tell your TA, they will add it in to your total. If you want to make a partial payment that just covers gratuities that can be done too. Thank you, John is my TA and he is absolutely excellent. I'll contact him in Jan. when we want to pay off the gratuities. Sharla, Jacki_MEI and SpeedNoodles 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 67 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 @Matt @WAAAYTOOO @twangster and anybody else who is an expert on these matters - I have pre-paid the gratuities on my booking for next February and when I just added the refreshments package it also added a gratuity charge. Just wondered if that was normal as cannot remember that from my previous RCI trip a few years back? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WAAAYTOOO 11,944 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 47 minutes ago, Bazza said: @Matt @WAAAYTOOO @twangster and anybody else who is an expert on these matters - I have pre-paid the gratuities on my booking for next February and when I just added the refreshments package it also added a gratuity charge. Just wondered if that was normal as cannot remember that from my previous RCI trip a few years back? Thanks. Yes.  That is normal. Bazza 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPS 540 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 @BazzaThe pre-paid gratuities are a daily gratuity for your stateroom attendant, head waiter, server, and assistant server. The bartenders are not part of the daily/pre-paid gratuities and are tipped by each individual charge. That is why an additional 18% is added to the drink package price. Bazza and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazza 67 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 @SPS thanks for clarifying. SPS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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