Very sad news that Olivia Newton John has died. I was interested to see that her father had worked at Bletchley Park during WW2 and that her maternal grandfather won the Nobel Prize for his work in Quantum Mechanics. I love the back stories.
Marilyn and I were discussing our forthcoming cruise and thinking about how we might deal with the possibility of a Covid outbreak on the ship. We have booked a balcony cabin so we won't be having to spend all our time in public areas and I had read somewhere that it is possible to have meals delivered to the cabin. We don't have a current brochure so I checked the Royal Caribbean website to see what the details are of room service.
There was no information about lunch or dinner, but it was mentioned that an American Breakfast could be delivered to the cabin every morning for a cost of $7.95. However, for the benefit of thick Australians who don't know how the real world operates, it was clearly set out that an 18% gratuity is added to that fee, bringing it to $9.40.
It then says, "In addition, while tipping is not required, it's customary to give a small cash tip ($1 -5) to the crew member for delivering room service to your room."
Nobody will be so cheap as to give $1 tip so the steward will expect $5. The total charge is then: $14.40 x 15 days x 3 meals per day equals $648. Unbelievable!
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