Tipping
 

How much do you tip private car service to the airport?? Thanks.

At least enough tht the next time you call to schedule an appt they dont tell you they are buay.

Well said

I'm quite generous I tip myself $50 each way.

I always give at least twenty dollars.

Tipping.

10% here in UK .....20% if in US.
Nothing if they do not help with cases.

I generally stick to 20% of the fare. If I have a group of people and they have to handle more bags I'll tip a bit more.

20%. Less, if the service is lacking in some respect.

I haven’t flown in a while so I’m glad I asked.
Thanks!!

Nothing. I drive myself.

If the car service is a one man operation and the owner of the car is the driver - he gets all the money? Not sure what to think of that?

$20 for a car that picks me up at home and drops me off at the airport, then another $20 on the return trip.

depends on whether they get out of the car to load luggage (20%) or if they just sit in the car and pop the trunk (0%)
Less if they add a credit card surcharge

$20 in cash to the driver as the ride is over $100. They are usually very appreciative so I do think this is more then most people give them. If I take Groom it's $5 cash to the driver (per person) - never in advance to the online booking system.

Tipping threads on TV are so funny, everybody claims to tip ridiculous amounts of money and "if you can't tip at least 25% then you shouldn't be eating at that restaurant". Well I've watched and the average person doesn't tip much. And the whole concept of tipping is also ridiculous in this day and age.

Having said all of that, at least one private car company tracks customer tips so, as noted above, you need to tip enough to stay on their "good customer" list. I've tipped $10 each way on a fare of $70 and they still pick me up. Might have to up it a little though.

I just got home from picking up my dog at the Spa & getting a haircut.

The haircut was $18 & I tipped the guy $5. He thought he hit the lottery.

I only had 1 smaller bill in my wallet, so I tipped the staff at the Pet Resort $10. She acted like a put a $100 in the tip jar.

Leads me to believe, Villagers are not the biggest tippers around, except when they're posting on TOTV.

Truth!

Difference between a canoe and a villager?

A canoe is prone to tipping and a Villager isn't?

I usually tip 15% everywhere in the world (where people tip) if the service is up to par. If it is better than expected then I increase the amount, if it is less then I decrease it. I like 15%. It is easy for me to remember.

Best tipping discussion my wife and I were party too, was at the old Sonrise Cafe one lunchtime.
6-8 lady golfers were near arguing whether to leave 50 cents each or a dollar. Some thought a dollar was to much. It was unreal!

Wouldn't it depend on the size of the check? If the check was $10, an $8 tip would be too much. If the check was $20, a $4 tip would be generous. If the check was $50, $8 would be a 16% tip and $4 would be only 8%.

Sometimes the size of the check is less important. Personally, I will not tip less than $5 for a meal regardless of the check. This usually comes up at breakfast which just might cost less than $25. Someone working to take my order, fill my coffee, bring my meal, and ask if everything came out okay deserves at least $5.

Similarly, for a drink at a bar or a cup of coffee I will likely leave $1 or $1.50 per drink for the effort involved. I have a little trouble in bars that charge $12 for a beer but I try to avoid those venues anyway.

I haven't taken many rides from the airport but I would probably consider tipping around $10/person.

At our favorite after-golf watering hole, we sometime like to prank a new bartender. Within ear shot, we will discuss whether we should leave a 3% or 4% tip. The reactions are priceless and we come clean after a bit. Our tips on drinks is normally about 100%. Bartenders work hard.

Good policy- I would only add to subtract any credit card surcharge from the above amounts

Whatever the bill, it could have been in the hundreds, the server was only going to get $4 or $8.
Percentages never entered the argument. Several argued that a dollar each was to much.

A good friend of mine always used to ask the Server: "Is tipping allowed?" and then he'd respond with ... "the standard 3%?"

Always shook up the server and was good for a laugh.

Punishing the server is mean, and 15% is a cheap tip.

Priceless.

15% is very reasonable.
Ask servers what the average tip is in TV.
I bet most would snatch your hand off to average that amount.

Just remembered what Dale Carnegie wrote:

“A man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion still.”

Tipping 15% is being cheap.

......and over tippers are the "look at me" egotists.

15% is undertipping. I am not an egoist. I believe in providing a good tip for good service. The servers work very hard and deserve to be rewarded.

15% tip is more than fair.

Absolutely not. t is being cheap.

Who knows what one leaves, save for the recipient of the tip?

How is that "look at me"?

Exactly. The cheap tppers are always looking for an excuse to be cheap.

By their employer, not by their customers.

In order to do that they need to raise their prices, and the cheapskates will be screaming.