[Bonny]

Originally Posted by kstew43

we just got off our 69th cruise. we have been on all the lines from carnival all the way to QE2.

the tips nowadays are $12 to $13 per person per day

We travel and meet people never even get off the ship because they have done the islands so many times.

They go for the food entertainment and the pampering.

The money you spend on a cruise it up to you. I don't encourage paying tips prior to the cruise..as it makes it hard to remove if things aren't quite the way you want them to be.

So if you spend nothing.....drink whats free....and do whats free....

you will get off the ship with only the tip fee.

I guess we have been lucky. In 60 plus cruises, there has never been one person that didn't deserve their tip & sometimes even a little bit more.