Carnival Cruise Line just increased its automatic gratuities on drinks (both alcohol and non-alcohol) from 15% to 18%, according to information on its its website. Automatic gratuities result in money being deducted directly from the guest’s accounts. A Carnival employee sent a copy of a letter from Richard Morse, Carnival’s Senior Vice President of Hotel Operation, explaining that from the the 3% increase, 1.5% will go to the Carnival server and the remaining 1.5% will go into a pool to fund Carnival expenses including the costs of uniforms and return airline tickets for crew members. This development was first reported by in an article by the popular Crew-Center website. When I posted this information on our Cruise Law News’ Facebook page, this is how cruise passengers reacted: Greedy bastards! So WE are paying their increased salary, not the rich cruise lines! They should be paying for benefits and employees uniforms,…
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