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I agree that it's not your problem. You can choose whether you wish to participate in the compensation scheme, which is part of the cruise line's business model.

You're losing me here. How could a person under-perform because they did not get a tip for not going above and beyond. Seems like a cycle of poor logical connection to me.

There you go.... the business model.

Personally, I simply don't much believe what a lot of people post on here.

Maybe so but you'd think the cruise line would be interested in making the pricing directly available to prospective clients.

While I understand your argument, I think the business model has more to do with how certain employees end up getting paid rather than passengers can 'opting out' of paying them.

Do you have an upper limit to how happy you can be? Can you move from happy to delighted to ecstatic and eventually reach a state of nirvana simply by handing out tips?

With lobster, I think Humpty Dumpty would be more appropriate.

How does this expose us to a 'Tragedy of the Commons'?

And I bet there wasn't an eraser.

Nothing. As for concierge, I'd decide that near the end of the cruise depending on what has actually gone on.

About the only way you can get that (especially outside of Canada and United States) is to purchase the most inclusive CDW the car rental company offers i.e. the package with zero payable. Note that CDW is not 'insurance', it's a waiver of costs and expenses the rental company offers for a pretty big price. On the other hand, you can pretty much eliminate risk... don't shred the tires going over security gates though, that is not covered.

You can take a cruise from Japan that ends in Alaska without visiting a Canadian port. Although there will be some Japan port stops. I'm sure you won't get any good suggestions to your question.

I went through the mock booking and ended up with the 'error' message. I then signed in to my Princess account and everything popped up as usual. Price(s) for two upcoming cruises I have, have gone up about 6% over last couple of weeks.

Don't understand the situation or question.

Typically, TPL insurance is required by law in most countries. What this means is that the insurance is included as part of the daily rental fee; seldom should you have to pay extra.

OK....

Let's not lose track of what the thread topic is though... removing pre-paid gratuities once onboard. We sort of diverged from this once the idea of including gratuities in the base cost of the cruise was introduced; there are a host of opinions on that but it ignores the topic. I didn't help keeping things on track by introducing taxes and fees... I just wanted to try and make a point about the visibility of all the additional charges a passenger will/may be subject to when booking.

There are not a lot of options for Saguenay to Montreal. Here is a screenshot from Air Canada for the day (I believe) you may be interested in. Flying from Quebec to Montreal is pretty much the same thing; more choices and somewhat shorter flight time.

Why don't they include taxes and fees in the cost of the cruise rather than tack them on at the last?

Well, that's entirely up to you of course.

Here's a diferent story based on recent experience - two cruises from mid-December on out of Fort Lauderdal with both ships chock-a-block full; my wif and I waited a couple of minutes.

Thanks for the unnecessary lecture.

I believe that's common with all credit card rental car coverage schemes.

For sure, car rental insurance is a cash cow for car rental companies. Much like CDNPolar, I use my Visa Infinite card to rent and provide coverage. Visa will provide a Certificate of Insurance for the rental period if you phone and ask so that you'll have a specific document showing proof of insurance. My own car insurance will not cover rentals outside of North America.