Regarding NCL's tipping policy, the recommended tip is usually about $10 per day per passenger and is not included in the cruise price. It is, however, automatically added to your shipboard account so that you can pay it along with your bar and excursion charges, by credit card, at the end of the cruise. I like this new policy, it eliminates the need fo sorting smaller bills into multiple envelopes. However, it certainly is an "assumptive close." NCL states emphatically that this is a service provided as a convenience to passengers, and that the purser's office will gladly adjust the amount up or down at the passenge's request.