When youre spending as much as $30 a day for hotel parking, tipping the valet each time he or she retrieves your car can seem like an unnecessary investment.

That $30, however, goes only toward the valets base pay, whichmuch like a waitersis calculated assuming that he or she will receive gratuities.

If you dont want to hand out money each day, ask the concierge if its possible to leave a total tip at the end of your stay: many hotels pool and distribute tips evenly to the valets.

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