How cruise gratuities work, what you’ll be charged each day and who you might want to tip a little extra.
Another cruise line has raised its daily gratuities, and this time it’s Celebrity Cruises. Effective July 29, 2026, Celebrity increased its automatic gratuity charge by $1.50…
When we step into a freshly cleaned cruise ship stateroom, most of us probably don’t give much thought to everything that happened before we opened the…
Well, it’s time to say goodbye to the Carnival Horizon, as this is the final day of our eight-day cruise. For this latest adventure, we trekked…
You’ve seen the ads. A flash sale price of $199 per person for a Bahamas cruise. When hotels are charging that for a single night, a…
If you’ve got an MSC cruise booked for the Caribbean or Alaska, there’s a small budgeting update worth knowing about before you sail. MSC Cruises has…
Day 3 on Rotterdam and we’ve officially made it to the first port of call on this second segment… Willemstad, Curaçao, kicking off the “CBA” version…
Princess Cruises has quietly bumped up the service charge on onboard extras from 18% to 20%, which means passengers will now pay a little more for…
Just days after we reported on Margaritaville at Sea hiking their gratuities to the highest in the industry, another major cruise line is following suit with…
If you’ve been thinking about a getaway on a Margaritaville at Sea cruise, there’s an important update to add to your budget conversation: as of February…
If you’ve looked at booking a cruise recently, you might have noticed something strange. The advertised fare, which is the price that pops up in your…
