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Originally Posted by CC1
I don't remember for sure but I think NCCL had started that new thing where they bill you directly for the tips then distribute it evenly among the crew which is terrible because there is no incentive to give good service if they know their tip is going to be the same no matter what effort they make.
In 2002 with RCCL you could either tip yourself in a little tithing type envelope they provided or you could specify how much you wanted to tip each person and have it charged to your account. The tips were not shared evenly.
I think with Celebrity in 2006 you couldn't pay them yourself but you could direct how much each person got. I know for sure the tip was not split and shared.
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This is how it works at the all-inclusive resorts we've stayed at. The tip money is included in your package price and then distributed based on how your rank the servers on your last day. This does make a definite difference in the average employees desire to please you.
Also the food is generally much better since you have individual chefs putting far more attention into every plate versus a row of white hat workers putting together thousands of the same dish. We stayed in both Jamaica and Dominican Republic. Both were VERY nice resorts although we'll be going back to the DR far sooner than Jamaica on account of the drug violence which seems to have broken out during the past couple of years there.
Oh yes, and ALL drinks (alcoholic and otherwise) are included in the package price and for some reason there was not a problem with obnoxious drunks at all.
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