Automatic Daily Gratuities on Cruises Might Not Be What You Think!

Our last video on tipping on cruises blew up, so we decided to explain it again more clearly and address some of the questions we got about automatic daily gratuities on cruise ships. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

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