ScotsCouple500 Posted April 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi we are booked on the Solstice sailing from Sydney to Auckland in November this year. According to the CruiseCritic web site gratuities automatically included in the fare. Can anyone please confirm if this is the case? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslizzy Posted April 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 18, 2018 We booked through celebrity in UK and the gratuities are additional. It is the Australian cruisers that do not pay additional tips. But remember they will be included in the price that the Australian's pay in their base price. We just did our normal and pay the gratuities up front so no bill at the end of the cruise. This was for a cruise in Feb this year. Scotslizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotsCouple500 Posted April 18, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Hi many thanks for the information re gratuities. Hope that you enjoyed your cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbette165 Posted April 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Drink prices etc on board, already include the gratuity, so there is no 18% added to the displayed price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted April 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Agreed, Australian bookings have the gratuities already included. As above, drinks on sailings in Australian waters also have the price adjusted to include the tip in the price. The price is higher to include that, making it similar to the price + tip on US sailings (but just rounded as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lais Posted April 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 18, 2018 But...if you do give s little addition tip with a drink or room service etc it goes a looong way on Australian sailings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffinz Posted April 18, 2018 #7 Share Posted April 18, 2018 We sailed on Solstice recently in Australia and tips / gratuities are included on all Australia / New Zealand Cruises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NantahalaCruiser Posted April 19, 2018 #8 Share Posted April 19, 2018 We sailed on Solstice recently in Australia and tips / gratuities are included on all Australia / New Zealand Cruises It depends on which website you are booking. The US website has fares without gratuities, includes gratuities as one of the four perks that you can choose and if you do not choose gratuities as one of your perks gives you the choice to prepay of not prepay gratuities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFCAcruiser Posted April 19, 2018 #9 Share Posted April 19, 2018 It depends on which website you are booking. The US website has fares without gratuities, includes gratuities as one of the four perks that you can choose and if you do not choose gratuities as one of your perks gives you the choice to prepay of not prepay gratuities. Yes, indeed. We had this exact experience on a very recent Australia/NZ cruise, booked on a US travel agent web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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