TIPPING

Suggested Tipping

• Tour escort (Coordinator; may or may not act as a guide): $6 or $7 per person per day
• Driver (Provides chauffeur services and limited assistance with luggage) : $3 per person per day
• Local Guide (Offers in-depth information at specific locations. There may be one or many guides along a tour program): $2 per person per half day of sightseeing.
• Private car tours: $12 to $16 per person per day for each day of sightseeing.

Suggested Tipping: Hotels

• Porter: $1.00 per bag per person.
• Wait staff: $1.50 per person (lunch or dinner).
• Chamber maid: $1.00 per person per day.

Suggested Tipping: Sea Cruises

• Louis Hellenic approx $9 per person per day added automatically to the shipboard account.
• Costa Cruises: Costa adds $10.00 per person per day for Caribbean Cruises and $8.50 per person per day or 6 Euros on cruises of 8 days or less and $6.25 if 9 days or more to your shipboard account. If services fails to meet or exceed expectations, you are free to adjust daily amounts. A 15% gratuity will be added for all bar purchases or wine purchased at dinner.
• Galapagos Islands: $8-9 per person per day.
• MSC Cruises adds $8.50 per day per person to shipboard account or 6 Euros. If service fails to meet or exceeds expectations, you are free to adjust daily amounts. A gratuity is automatically added for all bar purchases or wine purchased at dinner.

Suggested Tipping: River Cruises

• Europe: Crew $8 per person per day; Cruise Director: $6 or $7 per person per day
• Egypt: $5 to $7 per person per day.
• China: $8 to $10 per person per day.
• Peru: $15 per person per day for the whole crew