Tipping hotel parking valet

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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?

Yes. Quite the racket isn't it?

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Hotel valet at some places can clear $200,000 a year if they know what they are doing. Even much much if doing illegal stuff like drugs and pimping.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like no one on this thread has stayed in a hotel with valet parking in the last 3-ish years.

Almost every hotel now has a text system for their valet parking. You can tip through the app at the end of the visit. I usually do $5 a day, less if they suck. And they often do. The last one - nice hotel in Charlottesville - took 25 minutes to get my car on the day of departure and then they also left another person's keys in my car. I realized it when I was almost an hour away.

So, OP, I'd only tip at the very end based on the service!

How'd they retrieve the keys? Did they come to you?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like no one on this thread has stayed in a hotel with valet parking in the last 3-ish years.

Almost every hotel now has a text system for their valet parking. You can tip through the app at the end of the visit. I usually do $5 a day, less if they suck. And they often do. The last one - nice hotel in Charlottesville - took 25 minutes to get my car on the day of departure and then they also left another person's keys in my car. I realized it when I was almost an hour away.

So, OP, I'd only tip at the very end based on the service!

How'd they retrieve the keys? Did they come to you?

I called them and left them at a nearby gas station - like a Sheetz.

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Anonymous wrote:Hotel valet at some places can clear $200,000 a year if they know what they are doing. Even much much if doing illegal stuff like drugs and pimping.

They will always know where to get, ahem, party favors.

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We get cash before trips - $2's, $5's and $10's. Not that hard and yes, we feel it's expected and doesn't add that much to the overall cost considering other expenses. $2's actually come in handy when you feel the person did very little, as OP seems to feel about the valet.

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

Do you tip servers and bartenders?

Do you tip the Amazon delivery guy? Do you tip the guys who did your oil change? If not, please explain why servers and bartenders get tips while the Amazon guy doesn’t. They all provide services.

Just admit US tipping culture sucks and makes zero damn sense.

Listen poors, we tip valets. It’s always been a thing for decades.

Well, times changed. We brought our culture and out traditions, no tipping for waitresses or valet.

No sorry that isn’t how it works. You live in this culture with our long held traditions. Stop being cheap and buy some manners.

I live in this country; you can enjoy your traditions, I enjoy mine. I don't tip. I always have a great service. And I have great manners, but I still don't tip.

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

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

Does she make below min wage or barely a living wage? Salaried people don't get tips but some hourly people do, often those who go a bit above and beyond. In some places tips are just flat out not allowed. You're just expected to know, there isn't a handbook.

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Anonymous wrote:Tip $10 for valet

Why? I already have my car and am free to go. The transaction is over.

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

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

Does she make below min wage or barely a living wage? Salaried people don't get tips but some hourly people do, often those who go a bit above and beyond. In some places tips are just flat out not allowed. You're just expected to know, there isn't a handbook.

Oh please. When they stop charging me $50 to park my car, I'll consider subsidizing the company so they can pay their employees a living wage. It's a rip-off and a scam and you're enabling it.

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Anonymous wrote:$5 is correct and why do you care? I would put it on my expense report without a second thought.

This.

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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 know you're going to be in this situation, carry a bit of cash.

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

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

Does she make below min wage or barely a living wage? Salaried people don't get tips but some hourly people do, often those who go a bit above and beyond. In some places tips are just flat out not allowed. You're just expected to know, there isn't a handbook.

Oh please. When they stop charging me $50 to park my car, I'll consider subsidizing the company so they can pay their employees a living wage. It's a rip-off and a scam and you're enabling it.

I don't always tip the valet or hotel maids. I don't tip doctors either. Just pointing out that there isn't a lot of rhyme or reason. But I wouldn't skip tipping my hair stylist if I wanted to go back. If you see anyone giving you personal service like hair, nails or massage I get you tip them too.

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

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

Does she make below min wage or barely a living wage? Salaried people don't get tips but some hourly people do, often those who go a bit above and beyond. In some places tips are just flat out not allowed. You're just expected to know, there isn't a handbook.

Oh please. When they stop charging me $50 to park my car, I'll consider subsidizing the company so they can pay their employees a living wage. It's a rip-off and a scam and you're enabling it.

I don't always tip the valet or hotel maids. I don't tip doctors either. Just pointing out that there isn't a lot of rhyme or reason. But I wouldn't skip tipping my hair stylist if I wanted to go back. If you see anyone giving you personal service like hair, nails or massage I get you tip them too.

Sometimes. If it's the owner and she pays herself out of the very expensive cuts she gives me, I do not feel that I need to tip her 20%.

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

It’s their job and tips are expected. The second or third time you get your car, you may be waiting awhile.

Except how many of these same people do not tip housekeeping because it is less awkward not do so since no one is sticking their hand out. They work so much harder and I bet they get shafted on tips. Meanwhile, bellhops and valets get tipped well considering the work.

PP. it also it is not lost on me that the roles receiving the better tips are male and the worse ones are women.

Who else are we expected to tip that we have never seen? You tip people giving you a personal service. You don’t tend to tip people doing the unseen work. Like the waiter but not the chef. Or the hairstylist but not the person who sweeps the floors and cleans the hair washing bowls. I tip the nail tech but not the person answering the phone making appointments.

Should I tip my doctor?

Does she make below min wage or barely a living wage? Salaried people don't get tips but some hourly people do, often those who go a bit above and beyond. In some places tips are just flat out not allowed. You're just expected to know, there isn't a handbook.

Oh please. When they stop charging me $50 to park my car, I'll consider subsidizing the company so they can pay their employees a living wage. It's a rip-off and a scam and you're enabling it.

I don't always tip the valet or hotel maids. I don't tip doctors either. Just pointing out that there isn't a lot of rhyme or reason. But I wouldn't skip tipping my hair stylist if I wanted to go back. If you see anyone giving you personal service like hair, nails or massage I get you tip them too.

Sometimes. If it's the owner and she pays herself out of the very expensive cuts she gives me, I do not feel that I need to tip her 20%.

Not tipping the owner has always been a rule. But if you give zero I would imagine it becomes hard to book an appointment.