Car service tipping
What is the consensus regarding tipping car service and livery cab drivers. I do it, but am always unsure about it. A friend of mine never tips them claiming that they get a much higher cut from the fare and name there own price and therefore the purpose for the extra money is nullified. Thoughts…?
What is the consensus regarding tipping car service and livery cab drivers. I do it, but am always unsure about it. A friend of mine never tips them claiming that they get a much higher cut from the fare and name there own price and therefore the purpose for the extra money is nullified.
Thoughts…?
Jimmy’s right. I frequently take a car from Atlantic Ave to my home at night and always use Arecibo. The rate has ranged from $9 to $13. That determines whether there’s any tip.
thanks, Fire Alarm, that does make a lot more sense!
the OPs friend does have one very valid point: it often seems livery cab drivers determine their price arbitrarily depending on mood. that uncertainty complicates the tip-giving.
I usually tip the same as with a yellow cab. On my trips to the airports this week I noticed that the 777-7777 guys both added on much more in tolls than what was necessary. I normally tip 10$ on airport trips but not when they try to rip me off.
Definitely tip. Your friend sounds like she/he is just using an excuse to get out of shelling out a few extra bucks.
At least 20% on a longer ride, min $2 on even the most brief trip.
$1 a minute? That seems extra generous.
What car service was that, Giovanna? That’s pretty awesome.
Just yesterday I took a car. The charge was $10. Upon giving the driver a $2 tip, he handed me back the money and said “Thank you, but I prefer not to be tipped for a very short rideâ€. That was a first!.
I tip 20%. In fact in a Dial 7 car I took once, there was a notice requesting that drivers be tipped 20%. I add it to the credit card slip.
I think BH76 meant minimum, not per minute.
Welcome to New York; we tip everybody. And remember, the cheap should be shunned and ostracized.
wow a trip to the vet would mean a $10 tip on an $8 ride? i try to tip 20%, with more or less depending on the quality of the service. i don’t think what the business pays them is of issue when it comes to tipping.