How much to tIp Limo Driver?

[nascargirl]

I am using a car service for the first time in 3 weeks. I am being picked up @ the BWI and being transported to Sanford Airport. What is a ballpark figure for the driver's tip? I will be the only passenger and have reserved a town car. Looking for some direction.

 

[Lewisc]

15-20% is a standard tip for good service.

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

If the service is good, I'd tip 20% of the one way fare.

 

[Edd]

I would say tip the driver an amount that the service he gives you deserves. There is really no one that can give you an exact amount or percentage.

 

[wildonethirtyseven]

15%-20 %

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

I would say tip the driver an amount that the service he gives you deserves.

So you'd be ok with a $1 tip if, after providing good service, your customer thought $1 was a good tip?

There is really no one that can give you an exact amount or percentage.

The others who've responded to the OP already have.

 

[MinnieLee]

Also, check with your limo service company. The limos we always use add a gratutity in on the contract. We add extra because the service is great but that may have an affect on what you want to tip.

 

[Edd]

Tips or gratuity is a extra amount of money given for service provided by the driver. Since you asked me if $1.00 is a good tip after providing good service I would say to you, who I suspect may be a driver.

I would be perfectly happy with someone giving me $1.00 after performing good service for them. Expecting a percentage tip could creat a bad scene and attitude when a passenger doesn't tip like a driver expects. So if tips were normally rendered like they are intended to be, maybe drivers would work harder to get the most out of the passenger that they could by rendering the very best of service to that passenger.

Tips generally are considered by employers part of an employees pay for servicing that passenger. That is not right.

A driver using a dirty vehicle, unable to communicate in the proper manner, needing advice on his personal sanitation or driving like a idiot does not deserve any extra consideration. Those facts should come into play when a tip is considered, percentage prohibits that consideration.

 

[goofy4tink]

A tip is an 'extra...not to be expected per se. Yes, most drivers will expect a tip, but that doesn't always mean they should get one. I tend to tip accordingly. If I get so-so service, I hand over a so-so tip. But, those drivers who greet me enthusiastically and then grab my bags and stow them for me, open doors, provide small talk if I seem to want small talk, or no talk if I don't engage, then pull my bags out at my destination...then yes, they will be tipped at 20%.
But, if that driver isn't where he/she is supposed to be and I have to go looking for them, bags in hand, or if they are morose and cranky and have nothing to say.....pretty much leaving baggage handling to me and then just driving me to my destination...then, they 'may' get a few dollars.

I tip on each leg of the trip...either 10% of the whole trip, or 20% of each leg. That way, if I get different drivers, no one gets stiffed.

I have to agree with Ed on this one...no driver should feel automatically entitled to a tip. Give me good service and I'll tip you. Otherwise, my fee has paid for my ride. It's up to the drivers employer to pay him/her. I will not augment someone's pay with tips simply because they expect me to.

Show up in a clean, fresh-smelling car, stow my bags, drive safely to my destination, chat with me if I'm inclined, or don't if I seem to want to be quiet, happily make a stop for me if that is my wish and you knew about it. Be on-time, where you are supposed to be. My wants are simple....provide what I expect and you will be tipped accordingly. But, if I have to go in search of you, your car is musty or smoke filled, I have to hoist my bags into the trunk and then you talk on your cellphone the whole way, no, you'll be getting much less than you are expecting.

 

[2infinityandbeyond]

Since you asked me if $1.00 is a good tip after providing good service I would say to you, who I suspect may be a driver.

That's not even a sentence.

Tips generally are considered by employers part of an employees pay for servicing that passenger. That is not right.

Tipping is customary in many lines of business. Perhaps you should place a "NO TIPS" sign on your car and refuse any tips from your customers if you feel that strongly about the topic.

A driver using a dirty vehicle, unable to communicate in the proper manner, needing advice on his personal sanitation or driving like a idiot does not deserve any extra consideration. Those facts should come into play when a tip is considered, percentage prohibits that consideration.

You're stating the obvious, and not helping the OP.

How about a nice, clean car with a helpful, courteous driver? The standard is 15-20%. I'd go with 20%, simply because it's an easier calculation, and I'm sure my driver would appreciate the few extra bucks (15% v. 20%) more than I'd miss it.

 

[goofy4tink]

The OP got her answer...several times over.