Appropriate gift for our Concierge...

[Deatsch]

What's everyone think?

 

Efren, our Concierge on Vision, has indicated he's giving us a dinner at Chops/Giovanni's.

 

We'd like to do something for him.

 

Ideas?

 

TIA,

Edited January 1, 2015 by Deatsch

[killtheump]

Cash💰

[molly361]

Another vote for cash

[Clarea]

Invite him to join you for dinner. Plus cash.

[maggieq]

Cash.

[Grandma Dazzles]

Definitely cash.

[delirious9876]

I appreciate totally that cash is the preferred gift for crew, however in a case such as this if I gave cash I'd feel like I might as well have just paid for my speciality dining.

 

What's the different - cash to the person 'offering it' or cash to the restaurant directly ???

[Coralc]

I appreciate totally that cash is the preferred gift for crew, however in a case such as this if I gave cash I'd feel like I might as well have just paid for my speciality dining.

 

What's the different - cash to the person 'offering it' or cash to the restaurant directly ???

 

None really. But I think inviting him to join you is a nice gesture. :)

[delirious9876]

None really. But I think inviting him to join you is a nice gesture. :)

I agree - kind gesture :)

[SewMuch]

I doubt he's actually paying for your dinner. He has probably been given a number of freebies to hand out to some of his favorite passengers. Maybe to create good will or maybe to fill up the restaurant. Personally I would respond with a hearty thank you and a personal message to the hotel director singing his praises. Maybe some extra tip money at the end of the cruise, it depends on whether or not you think he's still worth it by then.

[Oak Hill Cruisers]

New coffee machines for his/her diamond/concierge lounges. ;-)

 

Seriously, cash is what we usually give.

[Lionesss]

We just give $$$.

They enjoy.

 

 

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[chermilo]

Cash and a WOW Card!

[paylady]

Cash at the end of the cruise in the form of gratuity and a Wow card. The concierge gratuity can be added to your sea pass account at Guest Services or discreetly offered in an envelope, as cash, the last night of the cruise.

 

The concierge will see a list of gratuities charged to sea pass accounts before the last night cocktail hours. We have been thanked many times by different concierges on different ships using the sea pass charge method. They do know who gave via this method and how much.

[Langley Cruisers]

No material gifts for any staff/crew member - always cash.

 

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[cruzsnooze]

A hearty thank you is sufficient.

[yogimax]

Just curious... why is he giving you a complimentary dinner?

[SeaPeaInn]

We have been getting dinner at the specialty restaurant as part of the suite package. Is this the same dinner or in addition to the "free" dinner?

[Agutaya]

In addition to cash a handwritten thank you note telling him the ways he has helped make your cruise even better would be an encouragement to him. Tell him what traits your appreciate in him, like his kindness, calmness, patience with so many people, etc. As I'm writing this I'm thinking this is what I should have written to him when we were onboard in Nov. He's a very nice man.

[SherriZ366]

In addition to cash a handwritten thank you note telling him the ways he has helped make your cruise even better would be an encouragement to him. Tell him what traits your appreciate in him, like his kindness, calmness, patience with so many people, etc. As I'm writing this I'm thinking this is what I should have written to him when we were onboard in Nov. He's a very nice man.

You can always email him to thank him again. Link to GoogleDoc spreadsheet for Current Concierge thread, which we have been trying to keep current:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hKBiGZ9Gqcp2G2owtX3RyQy7yQ0ijgxCL0nPjQKK8j4/edit?pli=1#gid=0

[Ashland]

No material gifts for any staff/crew member - always cash.

 

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As always...agree...completely...they (staff/crew) always appreciate a cash gratuity...not some random gift item.

[cb at sea]

That's his job...a tip is the appropriate gratuity!

[Merion_Mom]

Green paper with pictures of dead presidents. ;)

 

But seriously.................

 

 

For some reason, there seems to be universal craving on cruise ships for peanut M&M's. I don't know what it is.

 

SO..............

 

Cash + Peanut M&M's.

 

:D

[Petroplex]

How much cash do you typically give the concierge? I am assuming we will ask him to make a couple of reservations and perhaps another task or two after showing up for morning coffee and evening cocktails.

 

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[Coralc]

How much cash do you typically give the concierge? I am assuming we will ask him to make a couple of reservations and perhaps another task or two after showing up for morning coffee and evening cocktails.

 

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Tipping is a personal matter. We usually tip the bar servers a few dollars nightly if we are there for evening cocktails.

 

The concierge, we have tipped $0 sometimes, if we never talked to them at all. Sometimes $20 to $50 or more depending on the services requested, and how much we interacted with them. Maybe how helpful they were, it depends on lots of stuff. :)