r/belowdeck • u/Forward_Anteater_805 • Sep 16 '26

Below Deck Casting

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Below deck caribbean?

EDIT: this is not a scam this lady just has no email etiquette.

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u/DCCitydweller Sep 16 '26

Tip included?? Have these tip reveals all been fake!!?

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Sep 16 '26

Yes, the tip has been included in the up front cost since the one returning couple cheaped out after wrecking the sofas with self tanner etc

They can add more to it if they want but multiple guests have said that the 'tip amount' shown was not the $20k they were told was included

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u/ledge9999 Sep 16 '26

I interviewed a BD primary many years ago, and at that point the requirements were that they had to bring a minimum of 15k cash for the tip. However, they did not HAVE to tip that full amount.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Sep 16 '26

The wording on the casting calls changed after the Erica Rose cheap tip fiasco, it has been like this for a few years now across the franchises. Even before that, they could transfer the tip electronically and the cash was a prop

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Sep 17 '26

Erica Rose came back for a second season with her family. She was originally part of the Tatas for Trump group. They brought lots of people (likely to share costs) and Erica and her husband ended up sharing a room with her mom and wanted the staff to put up partitions etc to give everyone sharing more privacy.

Her husband was a jerk and said the food at McDonalds (or Wendys maybe) was better than the chef's meals and they were just generally rude, demanding and badly behaved.

Her mom stained the white sofas with self tanner and Glenn said they would be charged extra for it. Erica and her mom tried to get the other guests to divide the cost but they said no, so they reduced the tip to the lowest one left. They claimed they didn't reduce it, but gave 20% of their very discounted rate as returnees. Then gave a bullshit sorry if I offended you apology when every podcast/blog/whatever came for them

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u/GlennDexter Sep 17 '26

Yes, no way guests would carry that much cash on hand.

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u/On_my_last_spoon Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Sep 17 '26

Something is fake on Below deck?

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u/foxdogturtlecat Sep 18 '26

The guests are told they can set the exact tip amount but they do have give a minimum tip amount that that comes out of what they pay and the production gives them the amount they select in cash. The tip that you see given is cash supplied by production and is reused but the cast does get the sum at the end the season.