Best unenforced Valet parking is at Hospitals, they hire old duffers that can drive a stick to a motor cycle. Tipping is not expected but when on Crutches or in a wheel chair a 5 note is slim pickings for the drivers that may have to walk a couple hundred yards to find your car.
Forced Valet service is great if you are on first time to a restaurant. If you never go back, Oh well.
One pays for the convenience of pulling up to the door in a blinding blizzard or Tempercures with a wind chill factor of - 15 well worth the cost.
We tip allot of people in our lives, our hair cutters, waitresses and waiters, our paper boys and girls, I leave a 6 pack of beer for the garbage pick up on the holidays, they will take stuff they should not do.
Forced Valet means the establishment is now responsible for your $35-60,000 dollar investment. Leave it parked on the street, can mean a big head ache a couple hours later.
Pay $10.00 pH to park in a lot and have to walk to where you wish to be is nuts when the sign says they have no responsibility for your car. Same may be said for forced Valet service but at least one has the receipt to turn into insurance company when damage is done.
We are a country of tippers, In New Hampshire for breakfast we tip and pay the tax amount when it is a slow day, lunch is a double unless very busy, and we triple the tax for supper at a very busy place.
No frigging big deal, when one can afford to dine at an expensive Restaurant one has to allow for big tips so if you like the place and go back once a month or twice they will remember you and give you great service. This is why we dine out , food is good but the service can bring back customers.
Face it my friends we dine out not so much for the food, we want to walk in sit down and be waited on. No work preparing a meal, no dishes to wash, just the feeling of being welcome and waited on hand and foot. Nice to be brought to the front of the line and be called by name, sat at your favorite table, know the staff and they know you.
Having Valet service just adds to the experience and tipping is no more trouble then tipping the inside staff. add this all into the cost of a meal out and have your auto returned in good shape is great.
No difference then a road side diner, you go there often and tip well, you will get better service than going to a fast food chain and enjoy it more. And [ better food then the in and out tourests ].
