tipping the valet in your Porsche
 

How much do you tip?
Lately I park in the same garage and see the same valets.
$5 in and $5 out. Parking is $15 - $45.

It wouldn't matter the car- $3 each way.

You should add, "Whats a valet?" to your poll.

In NYC its the guy who makes sure your car doesn't get nicked. Come to think of it, an Abe Lincoln is sounding a little chiseler like.

Honestly - the Tip (not the transmission - aren't they the same everywhere?) would be different in NYC verses NC. Since I don't go anywhere - or have anywhere I want to - that has Valet service I have nothing to add.

Nothing...never would hand the keys to my P-cars to any valet. That's what the DD is for.

I cringe at valets. Too many stories of idiots who don't know how to drive a stick and frying the clutch.

I avoid like the plague any American kid valets. American kids now a days don't drive and if they do, they've never seen a stick. In fact, one of e best anti theft devices is a stick. The idiots get about a block before hey abandon the car because they don't know how to drive it.

So if I have to valet, I make sure the guy is Hispanic and speaks no English. That means he grew up in Latin America, where most cars are sticks, and he knows what he is doing. And then I tip generously.

I've never seen or heard of "valet" parking and we never tip in Australia, unless its for exceptional service from (say) a waiter.....
Why would you tip someone when they are being paid to do their job??:confused:

Maybe twice a year we go to a resturant that has valet. He gets a 5er when I get the car back. They pool it and split it up.

As some have already said, I try very hard to avoid dents and dings and that also means avoiding valets.

No valet for me. You should YouTube valet videos.

I don't valet if I don't have cash on me, so I rarely ever valet. :p Only places I have were at J. Alexander's ("free") and the Hilton in Daytona Beach (mandatory for their garage). Generally I do $5 in/$5 out.

I always wondered whether you should tip on the way in or the way out. I don't think I've ever valet parked my car being out in the suburbs, but a five-ski in and out seems fair to me. Now I want to find somewhere and do it just for the experience.

I never valet. I park as far away from people as possible, even in my xterra. I try and avoid any extra human involvement, most things are easier that way.

That's why I use the self checkout lanes. Avoid human contact.

I don't even valet Avis' cars. Skip. I park and walk. After I drop off Mrs. Flavor at the front door.

I like the new Dodge Challenger that comes with a special Valet key, that limits revs to 4000 and turns off some other stuff I believe.

If I know I will be valeting a car, I drive my SUV, wife's SUV or one of kids' cars. I know a couple of guys / kids that work high end restaurants as valets, some of the stories I've heard them relay that they see as amusing would make my blood boil if it were my car. If a potential headache can be avoided do so.

I don't believe we have any valet parking within 200 miles. Far from any celebs or big shots. Even all the capitol parking is on your own.

Lamborghini Crashes Into Car | Worst Valet Ever - YouTube

Valet destroys clutch on Lamborghini

Valet service doesn't know how to drive my car - YouTube

what's a valet?!
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tipping is generally a USA thing.
Like someone just said, why tip someone for doing their job?
I expect people to do their job well.
But I think it's more a tax issue in the USA - the workers get tax on what the government THINK they will be tipped?

anyway, more to the point I wouldn't let a valet park my car even if I ever encountered one

"Tips" jobs in the U.S., like that of a watiress, pay well below the minimum hourly wage with the expectation that the customer will be paying the waiter/waitress an optional 15% gratuity on the check. This wage has not seen an increase in 23 years, and if you account for inflation since then, it's $1.25 an hour.

I used to be a waiter where there were many European tourists. They didn't educate themselves on tipping before visiting and would nearly always leave zero or even cross out the line where it would say gratuity. But then I worked my way up to a much fancier establishment and those tourists seem to know the deal. The significantly lower prices from what they were accustomed to seeing must have "tipped" them off thant there was a different pricing convention in the works.

Nearly all hospitality or convenience services positions in the U.S. pay at or below the minimum hourly wage.

Valet parking is mandatory in many parking garages here in the U.S.
And you really don't want to park where the average motorist is allowed to park their car next to yours.
That's far worse than giving a valet your own car. At least his boss is accountable should there be an issue.
The guy that parks next to you (in a completely empty parking lot) and dings your car is not accountable if he/she leaves before you come back.

I will rarely use valet, how ever if i do i tip in and out. Most people who take your car are not always there to return it so they wont see that portion of the tip. So in order to be fair you should tip in and out. I also will only use valet if i can visible see the parking area, i hate it when the car goes into a dark dungeon like garage where you have to move 5 cars just to get one out. No thanks ill park and walk.

I don't let anyone else drive my Porsche...period!

So no tip at all.

Honestly I avoid valets at all costs.

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