Hotel van tipping etiquette

If the driver loads AND unloads my bag, I'll tip.
That having been stated, in the OP's case, the would not have received a tip even if he packed my bag for me! Also, hotel manager would have received a copy of that picture.
 
I had a van driver tell one of my flight attendants to shut her mouth because she dropped an F-bomb and then, and I quote, "that bitch didn't tip me".

I addressed both issues, but man, there's something in the water in Charlotte.
 
vdsteelman said:
I have given some serious consideration to driving for a hotel part time after seeing how much they make in tips. Most vans can hold 8-12 peeps and if each tips $1, that adds up nicely quickly. Seeing some of wads of cash they have tucked in the cup holder makes it very tempting.
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Plus, you get hotel benefits which can be great with flight benefits!
 
vdsteelman said:
I have given some serious consideration to driving for a hotel part time after seeing how much they make in tips. Most vans can hold 8-12 peeps and if each tips $1, that adds up nicely quickly. Seeing some of wads of cash they have tucked in the cup holder makes it very tempting.
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Oh man, sounds tempting until you have your first snotty crewmember!

"This hotel sucks, why are you late? Why do we have to wait for that other crew? Can you give me a ride to the…"

YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!
 
Derg said:
Oh man, sounds tempting until you have your first snotty crewmember!

"This hotel sucks, why are you late? Why do we have to wait for that other crew? Can you give me a ride to the…"

YOU'LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT!
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Followed by "that bitch didn't tip me"
 
I'll bet hotel van drivers talk about flight crews the way flight crews talk about how some passengers interact with gate agents.
 
Don't forget to tip your air traffic controllers! Easiest way to get direct!

(For real though. There's a charter company based out of one of our satellites that gets us pizza a couple times a year. They get hooked up)
 
Beep said:
I'll bet hotel van drivers talk about flight crews the way flight crews talk about how some passengers interact with gate agents.
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Oh they do. I rode in the front seat in BUF, we weren't going very fast because of the roads weren't plowed yet and asked the driver, "Do you have any real good stories about ridiculous things you've seen the flight crews do?"

It was a very, very interesting conversation.

Some of y'all gotta quit it and be more self-aware.
 
NovemberEcho said:
There was a discussion about that company in the $15 min wage thread. Since the increase, although yes 2 of the top people left because they didn't like seeing their fellow man better off at no cost to them, the company has added 20 new employees and signed on several new clients. They are doing very well.


And in regards to tipping service staff, although I don't know if it applies to baristas, restaurants have a different min wage which is like $2.50/hr because the waiters and waitresses make most of their money in tips. Basically the customer subsidizes their salary in the hope they won't spit in our food.
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I know I get that...and still don't care. By continuing to tip we are enabling a system that is flawed and carrying a burden of the expense the employer should to taking on. Sure, if we ALL stop tipping then they make hardly nothing. And my guilt for THEIR decision to work under a crappy pay scheme. Now I just don't. I'm a 10% tip kind of guy, and I really don't care if that pisses people off.

The paradigm needs to shift, and it is! Just the wrong way. It seems like more and more type of workers are expecting larger tip percentages. I'm over it. I was talking to someone the other day who was trying to tell me that a decent tip was 20%. Twenty Percent!? Get out of here with that crap.
 
I tip because I drove a van for a car service for 6 months for extra money. Tipping wasn't mandatory but nearly everyone did. It was always appreciated, but never expected.
 
azmedic said:
My ex wife would always leave a couple bucks in the hotel room when we checked out. I never quite understood that.
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They make minimum wage, if that. A lot of hotels pay by the room, not by the hour (serious labor violations, but just the tip of the iceberg in how hotels take advantage of contractors and illegal labor in some markets) so if the room is clean, and the housekeeper is nice (if you interact with them), why not tip? Just know that it is better to give the tip directly in an envelope to the front desk to give to the actual housekeeper, or give it to them directly. It isn't unheard of for other hotel staff to take the tip as their own...As far as van drivers, I definitely tip, but only if they are good and pleasant. Why reward horrible attitudes? The only people I tip regardless are those in tipped positions like restaurants, but alter it based on service.
 
Learn something new every day...I never knew some hotels pay by the room. I'm sure it's not widely discussed for obvious reasons,but wow.


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