Tipping hotel parking valet

[Anonymous]

Yep, every time they bring you the car. If you are going in and out a lot, then you could probably get away with $3, but I'd do $5 if only 1-2x a day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$5 every time seems high

It is.

Also, who the hell carries $5 bills anymore. So you’re telling me I gotta now go outta my way to an ATM to get cash, which will probably charge me an outrageous surcharge fee for a withdrawal, then make another stop to buy something or ask a cashier to break the $20 bills the machine only spits out? All so I can tip a valet guy? What a PITA.

The hotel should just pay them appropriately in the first place. Cash is dying. Many people these days never carry any, so it’s much more of a PITA to tip now.

When you travel, you need to prepare and plan. Part of that is going to a bank and withdrawing a bunch of 5s for tips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a racket but you do just have to grin and bear it. $5 each time.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5 every time seems high

It is.

Also, who the hell carries $5 bills anymore. So you’re telling me I gotta now go outta my way to an ATM to get cash, which will probably charge me an outrageous surcharge fee for a withdrawal, then make another stop to buy something or ask a cashier to break the $20 bills the machine only spits out? All so I can tip a valet guy? What a PITA.

The hotel should just pay them appropriately in the first place. Cash is dying. Many people these days never carry any, so it’s much more of a PITA to tip now.

When you travel, you need to prepare and plan. Part of that is going to a bank and withdrawing a bunch of 5s for tips.

Plan for what? Asinine American tipping culture? Why should I pay for it out of pocket if I'm traveling for business?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m traveling for work this week, staying at a hotel where valet parking is the only option. I generally go out of my way to avoid valet situations, so help me out here. Do I tip the valet every single time my car is retrieved? And I give it to them when they bring me my car?

Tipping valet is for places where they don't charge parking fee. If they charge then its their responsibility to pay their valet, not guest's who is already paying etc. However, we usually end up paying $20 as we don't carry cash just keep a $20 for emergency.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this as I have a meeting at a hotel in downtown DC today and have not used a hotel valet in forever and a day. At suburban MD’s office I give attendant $2 or $3. Is $5 really the typical amount???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not unless the company is paying. This is why tipping culture in the US sucks so, sooooooo much. What, a, I supposed to tip the bellhop, the cleaning staff and the valet at the hotel while I’m on a trip for business?

Hell no I’m not forking over all that cash out of my own pocket while traveling somewhere due to my work requiring it. Also, it’s annoying because 99% of the time I don’t even carry cash anymore, so how am I supposed to tip these people even if I wanted to?

Just kill tipping culture please.

If you're traveling for work why would you bring your own car?
OP I'd leave car there and just get Ubers and charge to company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this as I have a meeting at a hotel in downtown DC today and have not used a hotel valet in forever and a day. At suburban MD’s office I give attendant $2 or $3. Is $5 really the typical amount???

Take metro

[Anonymous]

Coming home after dark so Metro won’t work for me. But thanks for replying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coming home after dark so Metro won’t work for me. But thanks for replying.

Won’t they only be retrieving your car once, so it doesn’t really matter what they think of your tip? Tip whatever you want. Anything is better than nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this as I have a meeting at a hotel in downtown DC today and have not used a hotel valet in forever and a day. At suburban MD’s office I give attendant $2 or $3. Is $5 really the typical amount???

Yes but if all you have is $3 that’s fine too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$5 every time seems high

It is.

Also, who the hell carries $5 bills anymore. So you’re telling me I gotta now go outta my way to an ATM to get cash, which will probably charge me an outrageous surcharge fee for a withdrawal, then make another stop to buy something or ask a cashier to break the $20 bills the machine only spits out? All so I can tip a valet guy? What a PITA.

The hotel should just pay them appropriately in the first place. Cash is dying. Many people these days never carry any, so it’s much more of a PITA to tip now.

When you travel, you need to prepare and plan. Part of that is going to a bank and withdrawing a bunch of 5s for tips.

I wouldn't mind this so much if "withdrawing a bunch of 5s" was actually something that one could do. But ATMs give out 20s or 50s and then I have to think through breaking those bills at CVS or wherever so that I have 5s or 1s. Maybe they could just put a Venmo QR code at the valet station like my nail salon does? Or even offer a way to add this onto my hotel bill (like at a restaurant).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t tip. That’s their job

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

No OP, but bartenders should not be a tipped profession.

That…wasn’t the question.

it's different because the bartender is paid below minimum wage and I assume the valet driver is paid minimum wage or higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not unless the company is paying. This is why tipping culture in the US sucks so, sooooooo much. What, a, I supposed to tip the bellhop, the cleaning staff and the valet at the hotel while I’m on a trip for business?

Hell no I’m not forking over all that cash out of my own pocket while traveling somewhere due to my work requiring it. Also, it’s annoying because 99% of the time I don’t even carry cash anymore, so how am I supposed to tip these people even if I wanted to?

Just kill tipping culture please.

Can't you expense all your tips? When I travel, I have a section for tips to put on my expense report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not unless the company is paying. This is why tipping culture in the US sucks so, sooooooo much. What, a, I supposed to tip the bellhop, the cleaning staff and the valet at the hotel while I’m on a trip for business?

Hell no I’m not forking over all that cash out of my own pocket while traveling somewhere due to my work requiring it. Also, it’s annoying because 99% of the time I don’t even carry cash anymore, so how am I supposed to tip these people even if I wanted to?

Just kill tipping culture please.

Or you could find a job that doesn't require travel