Service Charge on Costa - per person or per cabin ?

Is it per person or per cabin please ?

Is it per person or per cabin please ?

Per person.

Per person.

Thank you. Such a high charge offsets the low cost of the cruise some what but it is still good value.

BalkanCruiser,

Not sure what you regard as high but Costa is within the range of all other mass market cruise companies which charge up to 12 Dollar/night.

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BalkanCruiser,

 

Not sure what you regard as high but Costa is within the range of all other mass market cruise companies which charge up to 12 Dollar/night.

 

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Comparing to P&O UK which we have used a couple of times before. They 'charge' 3.95 pounds sterling per passenger per day. Very cheap compared to Costa's 'charge' of over 8 Euro per passenger per day. But and it is a big but the cost of a comparable cruise and cabin is very approximately twice that of Costa's.

P&O is more or less exclusivly focused on the British market although they do sell in other countries too (but not that much). Brits are not used to tip. P&O didn´t have a service charge at all prior to 2012. Now they do have a pretty moderate one. But there was an uproar of the loyal customers.

But compare:

Celebrity 12 Dollar

Costa 8 Euro / 11 Dollar (2015 8.50 Euro/11.50 Dollar)

Cunard 11.50 Dollar

Disney 12 Dollar

HAL 11.50 Dollar

MSC 7 Euro (winter 2014: 8.50 Euro)

NCL 12 Dollar

Princess 10.50 Dollar

RCI 12 Dollar

Suites are higher.

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