{"id":4856,"date":"2018-10-21T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=4856"},"modified":"2018-10-21T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T19:41:49","slug":"carnival-to-increase-suggested-gratuity-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=4856","title":{"rendered":"Carnival to Increase Suggested Gratuity in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?attachment_id=2003\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CarnivalNews.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carnival is following the lead of several other cruises lines and implementing a modest increase in the daily suggested gratuity starting this December.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here is the letter that was just sent out to all guests on applicable sailings:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Carnival Guest,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Effective with all cruises departing on or after December 1, 2018, the recommended onboard gratuities will be updated as follows:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Standard staterooms: $13.99, per person, per day<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Suites: $15.99, per person, per day<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The recommended gratuities are automatically added to your onboard Sail &amp; Sign account as a convenience. However, while on board, you are free to adjust gratuities at your discretion. No adjustments will be made after the cruise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Should you wish to pre-pay your gratuities at the current rates ($12.95 per person, per day for standard staterooms and $13.95 per person, per day for suites) you may do so by contacting your travel professional by November 30, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>100% of the gratuities go towards our shipboard team members. They work hard to provide exceptional and friendly service, so we hope you will agree that this minor increase is well deserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We welcome our guests showing appreciation for the crew&#8217;s efforts and the entire team looks forward to having you aboard for a fun and memorable cruise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sincerely,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Richard Morse<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Senior Vice President, Hotel Operations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Customers who have already added the gratuities to their reservation are not affected. If you have questions regarding these changes, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/contactus.html\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnival is following the lead of several other cruises lines and implementing a modest increase in the daily suggested gratuity starting this December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[107,133,215],"class_list":["post-4856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruises","tag-carnival-cruise-line","tag-cruises","tag-gratuities"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4856\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}