Originally Posted by
pagey
What? It's too much to ask for a hotel that makes thousands and thousands of dollars off us per month to check an app to see when we are there? Yes I expect them to be punctual, it's their job.
Some hotels are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS there waiting regardless of us being early, late, on time, whatever. Always. Some hotels are never there and are consistently an issue. Why is it that some are there and some are not? Someone is not doing their job. That person isn't getting my money.
I don't expect to be treated like royalty but if you want something above and beyond, which is what a tip is, then at the very least do the job you are assigned.
By the way I very often have to lift my own bags and hotels are not late picking up all that much but it happens, and is usually the same offender(s). I work at a regional, perhaps my hotels are not as regal as yours.
A tip isn't for above and beyond. It's for a safe ride to and from the airport and for manually moving your bags into and out of the van. The justifications are getting to be funny. I love the post glamorizing the posh lives some of these van drivers are leading. Are you kidding me? As much as many of you pity yourselves it would be really amusing to listen to you if you were trying to get by on what the drivers make in the cities we fly in and out of. I'm out of this discussion. Either you have some class or you don't. By the way, you should be leaving a buck for the maids too.