Why Pre-Paid Gratuity, you ask?

A message will be sent to your Email In Box requesting your assistance.

Please contact Alex at Innovative Travel either through phone or by email for approval to charge $30.00 per person for pre-paid gratuity on your credit card. The breakdown for the gratuity is as follows: $10.00 per day per guest equals....$3.50 Stateroom Service, $5.50 Dining Room Staff, $1.00 Alternative Services Kitchen & Hotel staff.

Additionally for your information, Beverage services adds a 15% tip with your Sail & Sign Charge, Room Service Staff may be tipped as services rendered and your Maitre d' is at your discretion as you deem the services you receive.

After much contemplation and thought, we decided to request the, pre-gratuity option for this cruise so as to allow the opportunity for those in our group to be able to change their seats at dinner. Unfortunately this pre-paid gratuity will be an all or nothing group participation, a cruise policy.

So lucky you, we made the decision - pay tipping ahead, sit with others if you like and here you go one less expense impact later when you get back home.

Additionally, for those who might partake in making reservation at the Specialty Restaurant or perhaps not want to dress-up and head to the buffet instead. Or good gosh worse yet, too hung over from the partying the night before to show up for dinner and settled for room service? Well, having you gone won’t impact the one or two lonely individuals at your table who managed to dress-up, showed-up and stayed sober! They can now join another table for company --- get the idea now?

So, need your help. We will assign a first night seating assignment and then feel free to trade around or simply let others know you and your group are just dandy and the seats are taken. Please, give Alex a call or email her to charge your credit card and we will be on our way! Truly, we need your help.

Thanks for your immediate response,
Diana & Roger

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