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What’s the expectation with tipping valets on a weekly hotel stay?

Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:15 pm
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
13746 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:15 pm
Am I supposed to drop $5 every time I get my car?

What’s the rules to this nonsense.

I wish I could just put a tip for the week.

I don’t carry cash.
This post was edited on 10/27/26 at 4:17 pm
Posted by RummelTiger
Official TD Sauces Club Member
Member since Aug 2004
94627 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:16 pm to
There are no rules.

Do what you want.

Be a man.

Make your own decisions.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
13746 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:17 pm to
Well I want is to just tip once but then it won’t distributed in a pot to all the runners.

Then I end up stiffing 9/10 people.
Posted by RummelTiger
Official TD Sauces Club Member
Member since Aug 2004
94627 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

Well I want is to just tip once but then it won’t distributed in a pot to all the runners.



Is that a YOU problem?

quote:

Then I end up stiffing 9/10 people.


Is that a YOU problem?
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
39437 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:20 pm to
quote:

There are no rules.

Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
61298 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:21 pm to
Ol lady kicked you out baw?


Keep calling she’ll take you back
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30892 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:22 pm to
If they have a parking lot for their hotel, then let me park the damn thing myself. If you want to force me to use your valet as the only parking option, i'm not tipping anyone. They should be giving me money for the inconvenience they are causing me.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
13746 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:22 pm to
Man, I just wanted some opinions, not to be dressed down about not being a jerk to a bunch of low paid people. Just move on.
Posted by RummelTiger
Official TD Sauces Club Member
Member since Aug 2004
94627 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:23 pm to
Just tough love.

My point is that you did not create the system, so feel free to do whatever you wish that fits your needs better. Do not conform to something that you do not wish to support.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
175913 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:23 pm to
I was down in the quarter last weekend and the 2 valets were both pretty content with a fiver.
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
43487 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:25 pm to
Just slap them on the arse and say “thanks, champ”
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
7732 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:25 pm to
I dislike valet. Moneygrab
Posted by Seth Bullock
Member since Nov 2024
512 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:27 pm to
I don’t carry cash.

How hard is it to hit an ATM for a stack of fives?
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
2857 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:33 pm to
I tip every time I use their service.


quote:


I don’t carry cash.


grow the frick up and put some cash in your pocket. The amount is up to you, but there is no excuse for a grown man to not have cash on him. Especially if you know you are going to have to tip and "muh card" or "muh applepay" isnt practical.
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
3132 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:41 pm to
If it's an overnight stay and I won't pull the car after checking in: they get $5 coming in and $5 when I leave in the am.

If I'm going in and out (wink wink...nudge nudge), then I'll go with $10-20 on the front end and let them know that I'll be using the car. Then whatever single or two I'm holding at the time when I get/return the car.

In no instance should you stiff the guy with your car (even if it's a rental).



Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
6469 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

Am I supposed to drop $5 every time I get my car?


This is what I do, but we usually Uber in the city...
Posted by LSU4LIFEo85
Member since Jun 2020
304 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 5:20 pm to
I tip them when I arrive and when I leave. I also don’t let it bother me if I don’t have cash. Pretty sure they usually split the pot depending on hotel.
Posted by LSU4LIFEo85
Member since Jun 2020
304 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 5:21 pm to
They have $5s at ATMs?
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
152174 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 5:26 pm to
Stop at the bank and get forty bucks in $2 bills
Posted by Buzz Lightbeer
Member since Feb 2018
2937 posts
Posted on 10/27/26 at 5:29 pm to
Just tip them before they get your car, not after. Unless you’re a shitty tipper.
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