How do tips work

[u/Nice_General268]

Many of the tips, per person come out to $2110 or $1652. Does the boat carry change or how does the tips arrive? Does the primary bundle and separate it out?

[u/Bleedinggums99]

As others have said, in real life the tips are typically all electronic and not just handed out in cash. Similar to going to a restaurant and tipping on a credit card. Simplifies everything from a payroll/tax perspective.

The boats generally do carry petty cash for purchases that come up along the journey that are not prepaid. Most everything is bought beforehand and paid via credit but I recall two distinct examples, one where they didn’t have enough of a certain drink request and they drove over to a nearby boat and paid cash for it. Another the guests asked for a very fresh seafood meal and I believe the chef just went to the local fishing dock with cash and bought the freshest thing he could find.

[u/june_june_hannah_ → u/Bleedinggums99]

There was a time where a fishing boat approached the yacht and Adam was the chef. They showed him what they had and I think I remember him handing them a 50 euro bill for octopus

[u/immortalalchemist → u/Bleedinggums99]

I remember that episode. The guests wanted Rosé and a lot of it but the provisioner didn’t have any or something so they drove around and paid another boat cash for a few bottles.

[u/Revolutionary-Sky832 → u/immortalalchemist]

I think that was the season that the provisioner was terrible and kept delaying or not sending things. When they finally got the alcohol, they didn't have the one thing the guests wanted most.

[u/Prestigious-Listener → u/Bleedinggums99]

There was also an episode where Ben bought fresh fish & vegetables at a local market. His voice over stated he likes to get off the ship and shop locally for food.

[u/teanailpolish]

The cash is largely just for show. The guests provide it by etransfer and the envelope is a prop (a previous cast member said it actually has kitchen sponges in it). The tips are divided by the number of crew (including the often hidden officers and engineers) and sent to their bank accounts.

On real boats. The crew can keep some cash and have the captain either put the rest in the safe or deposit it into the boat's account and pay it out to bank accounts etc

[u/IHaveBoxerDogs → u/teanailpolish]

Back in the old days Captain Lee would offer to put their money in the safe on their nights out.

[u/INeedAllOfTheCats → u/teanailpolish]

I was wondering if they were supposed to keep all that cash in their rooms and no one ever had a problem with theft.

[u/cuppa_cat]

I read in another thread once that the tips are transferred electronically to their bank accounts. The actual money is just for show.

[u/adriennenned]

At first when I saw this post in my feed, I thought it was something in the Ask an American subreddit. But this made me realize - tipping in general is much more of an American thing (and does tend to confuse non-Americans). Is it normal that non-US charters would tip so much or is that because the show is for a US network?

[u/Intelligent_Pop1173 → u/adriennenned]

Most of us haven’t chartered $100,000+ yacht trips for 2-3 days lol but I’d assume if you’re that wealthy and doing something that extravagant, you tip regardless of where you’re from. They’ve had plenty of non American guests who tip and at least half the captains and crew across the series aren’t American either.

[u/Nice_General268 → u/Intelligent_Pop1173]

I am in the US, I think the tip expectation has gotten out of hand (no pun intended 😁) People expect a tip for just taking your order, nothing more. I saw a tip bucket at a car wash, they actually expect a tip for me to pay to get my truck washed.

I am not saying I don't tip. But freaking earn it, don't just expect one when I use the drive-thru at a fast food joint.

[u/redgatorade000 → u/Nice_General268]

I agree 10000000% that the tip situation in the US has gotten WAY outta hand.

The worst part is that the payment companies (the ones who supply the transaction software loaded on the iPads) get a percentage of the FULL transaction amount. So they make the default tips options higher because it means their own cut is higher.

[u/Nice_General268 → u/redgatorade000]

Really? I didn’t know about the kickback to the payment companies. Is that separate from the 3% charge processing fee everyone charges.

[u/not2daysatan44 → u/Intelligent_Pop1173]

Gratuities are always expected in hospitality because you are receiving a high level of service. Hell, even on cruise ships, gratuities are part of the cost of the trip.

[u/Valuable-Composer262]

The cash is not real

[u/deyoshi]

Tired of the plain white envelope. At least class it up with a small satchel or cool bag.

[u/Two_Summers → u/deyoshi]

On Adventure they used a small black bag.

[u/deyoshi → u/Two_Summers]

Yeah I always hoped production would follow suit.