Tipping is not a percentage of the cruise - it is a number of dollars per day per person - typically around $10 if I recall correctly.
Taxes and port fees are itemized when you get a price for the cruise and are therefore known and accounted for.
Regarding cabin choices, we have typically not spent a lot of time in the cabins so it isn't really that important. Be that as it may, we have avoided interior cabins. Regardless, the cost is known.
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Originally Posted by rustyp
I disagree costs escalate very quickly. You have to pay tax and port fees. These are usually several hundred dollars per person. Your expected to tip minimum of 20% of the entire cost of your cruise. They even charge now for soda on the ships. And if you are not going on excursions you must have been there before. If it's your first time in a new place most people want to see it. Most of these are not cheap. Next a good portion of people do the cabin upgrade. I for one won't sit in a 2 x 4 room in the bowels of the ship without the light of day. Start adding it up.
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