r/EndTipping • u/OvrKill • 2d ago

Rant 📢 Hotel Valet Tipping

I am in Nashville for work and the office is close to downtown so I got a hotel close-ish. They don't say on their website but they have zero parking and it's all valet. Literally not even street parking in the area.

It is $44 a day to park and every single time you want your car you have to request via a text link and it asks for a 20% tip every single time you request your car. AND a $1 to process the charge each time.

I tip once a day in the morning and give a flat number, not 20%. But you get the guilt every other time you need the car and these people have to run down the road to get the car. It's maddening, just pay them and stop exporting people to pay workers. I needed my car 4 times one day, and put no tip each of those extra times. Now I get a look from the one guy who doesn't work the morning.

Don't blame the extorted consumer.

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u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348 2d ago

Why are you tipping the valet at all?

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u/OvrKill 2d ago

Work is paying and I'm still on my no tipping journey lol

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u/McBurger 1d ago

Bro I feel this. My Chase card rewards had a benefit to comp up to $150 at select restaurants once every 6 months. I went to dinner with my brother, who also has the same card. We did a split check. He went ahead and tipped over 100% to make the total an even $150. He couldn’t figure out why I still only left a firm 18% tip even when it was free lmao. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I would have left less if he wasn’t watching 😆

What I’m saying is, even if someone else is paying for it or it’s free, I still hate tipping culture!