Hotel van tipping etiquette

[B200 Hawk]

How to get me not to tip:

 

[trafficinsight]

Hotel vans should always be left upright.

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[Baronman]

Don't worry next year van drivers will get $15/hr.

 

[🦈💜]

Hotel vans should always be left upright.

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Rookie mistake—tip the DRIVER, not the VAN.

-Fox

 

[trafficinsight]

Rookie mistake—tip the DRIVER, not the VAN.

-Fox

Van drivers should be left upright as well

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[Box hauler]

I think tipping in this country has got out of hand and asking for a tip is pretty lame, but yes... I tip the driver.

 

[thevideographer]

I tip if they carry my bags. But I agree, tipping has gotten a little out of hand.

 

[🦈💜]

Tipping is way out of hand.

 

[trafficinsight]

Tipping is way out of hand.

Has it passed the proverbial tipping point?

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[Dphoenix]

Nobody tips me for getting them safely from point A to point B... I honestly don't see why it falls to me and not the hotel or my employer to pay them. That said, I usually tip anyway out of social convention However, when they're rude, drive crazy or don't lift a finger for my bags, I don't usually tip. *puts on flame proof suit*

 

[GypsyPilot]

Don't be a jackass. Tip the van driver a $1. Incidentally, I've noticed a correlation between weirdos and people that don't tip. Anybody else notice that?

 

[mshunter]

"And ladies and gentlemen, don't forget to tip your pilots! Thank you for flying (insert airline here)."

I tip if I have cash on me, which is about 70% of the time. I try and make an ATM before a trip, just to have cash to tip.

 

[AAPalmTree]

I saw some delta pilots tipping on my last Colorado overnight.

 

[m77y]

If i have to wait for than 15 minutes, no tip. If I have to load/unload my bags, no tip. Id bet some van drivers in bigger cities make more than a first year FO or FA.

 

[poser765]

Nobody tips me for getting them safely from point A to point B... I honestly don't see why it falls to me and not the hotel or my employer to pay them. That said, I usually tip anyway out of social convention However, when they're rude, drive crazy or don't lift a finger for my bags, I don't usually tip. *puts on flame proof suit*

Yeah, If I remember to bring cash I tip the driver out of convention. I don't see the point. Why do I have to tip every day person that provides a service? It's getting a little out of hand...and this coming from someone who worked 4 years in a tipped job. Frankly I am tired of it and if that makes me a bad person, so what?

Don't be a jackass. Tip the van driver a $1. Incidentally, I've noticed a correlation between weirdos and people that don't tip. Anybody else notice that?

I haven't noticed that AT ALL. At my last shop, everyone tipped. Always. The new shop, not so much. I guess it's because we have a lot of new to the industry faces here, but I would say tipping is about 50%, and those that don't aren't any more of a "wierdo" than those that do. I have to think that any correlation you see is simple confirmation bias.

 

[fholbert]

Tipping is way out of hand.

I'll tip the driver. I'll tip the waitress. I'll tip the free van ride from the airport to the Furnace Creek Inn. I'll tip the young girls at the FBO when they fill my plane at the hangar.

I'm NOT tipping at Starbucks because they put coffee in a paper cup for me.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

 

[exneophyte]

You want a tip? Plant your corn early!

 

[Kingairer]

I tip $1 regardless of anything. $2 if they are somehow exceptional or if I'm traveling with only one other pilot and not the full crew.

 

[Itchy]

I get the good luck to get the van driver with a lead weight in his toe and a ball bearing in his ankle. I tip him just for getting me there alive. Seriously, I had no idea you could pull G's in a van.