What does valet parking mean at a hotel
What does a hotel valet do?
The valet’s responsibilities include greeting guests, helping to unload luggage, parking cars carefully and returning vehicles quickly when guests are ready to leave. To be successful as a valet you must have the stamina to stand for extended periods of time while remaining vibrant and friendly.
Do you pay valet before or after?
Do you tip valet before or after? This is up to you. Most people tip the valet who brings their car back, but doesn’t the valet who parked your car deserve a tip as well? We always make sure to tip the valet who parks your car as well as the one who picks it up (if they’re different people).
Do you have to tip a hotel valet?
For a mid-level hotel with valet service, you should tip anywhere from $2 to $5, Osten says. The American Hotel & Lodging Association recommends $1 to $5 when someone delivers your car; tipping when your car is parked is up to your discretion.
Are hotel valets safe?
Don’t worry. These folks are professionals. Valet parking is usually safer than parking yourself and valets park hundreds of cars every week of all shapes and sizes. They know what they’re doing.
Do valets split tips?
Even when using the same valet service multiple times over a period of days, it’s usual and customary to tip each time when they bring your car around. I can’t worry, and don’t worry, about who splits tips or pools tips, it’s really not my concern to be that involved in their business.
Do you tip a valet once or twice?
According to our research $2-$5 is pretty standard — that’s $2-$5 to the valet when you drop off your car and $2-$5 to the valet when you pick it up. All in all, look to tip between $4-$10 total for valet parking service. If you want better service, tip more than the standard when you drop off your car.
Do valets steal?
Most valets who steal never go to jail, because without videotape, cases are hard to prove. Nevertheless, the week after he stole from us, Mahmoud Eshrati, the valet at the Ritz Carlton, took $7,000 from another car that had $17,000 in it, and got caught.
Do you pronounce the T in valet?
There is but one way to pronounce the word valet. The word has been in usage in the English language since the Norman Conquest in 1066. Hence, the final “t” is invariably pronounced! It’s “val it” phonetically.
What is the proper tip for valet parking?
$2-5
Valet attendants make a good deal of their income from tips. Again, the standard amount is $2-5. If they’ve offered special services, like assistance with luggage, give them more. The full valet parking tip should be approximately 20-30% of the cost of the service.