DOTS Shuttle-UM drivers provide safe, dependable and timely transportation to the university community. This position includes paid training, ability to work limited NITE Ride and Paratransit shifts during training, flexible hours and opportunities for advancement.
If the shuttle driver helps load and unload your bags he'd rate $3-5 if it won't break your budget. Wheelchair assistance should be even more appreciated although I'd base the tip on the distance travelled. Tipping is strictly personal preference and is a token of your appreciation.
Has anyone else noticed that when you do tip the shuttle driver, porter or excursion person, they never look at it. They just stick it in their pocket and thank you. I'm not saying that because they don't look at it, you shouldn't give them what they deserve. It's just that I noticed that they never look at it.
always try to tip 3 or 5 bucks.. Just dont make the same mistake i did on our 1st cruise nobody warned me about the porters at miami begging for tips.. When The shuttle driver dropped us off The porter who took my bags said "take care of me now and ill take care of your bags." I asked what.. He held out his hand for money.. I didnt have any 1 5 or 10.. That porter came out with a 20... I now carry lots of small cash for tips in all ports... Because taxi shuttle tour operators will always ask for tip
I always start out with a lot of $1s as you are tipping every time you turn around - I only tip shuttle driver if he helps with the luggage, if he doesn't - too bad so sad. The taxi driver gets 15% plus extra if he loads and unload luggage. Porter usually $5 as they have always come forward right away to take luggage. I find with cruising almost a 1/4 of your budget is tips - but worth every penny.
Always tip $1.00 per bag at the port, airport, shuttle. I make sure before we leave I go to the bank and get $200 worth of singles. That way we never run out plus so many things require tips...like room service on the ship. Things on the island etc.
Now on the cruise I took with my Mom there was one shuttle driver I didn't tip at all. We stayed at the Westin Hotel, inside the Detroit airport. The shuttle took us to the terminal. I said "good morning" to him, he didn't respond. He didn't help us with our luggage putting it onto the shuttle (there were racks inside the shuttle) and he didn't help us getting the luggage off the shuttle so I didn't bother tipping him, he did nothing to deserve it. Plus I broke a wheel off my Mom's luggage as it was quite heavy to lift off the rack. :(
I will tip a driver who is lugging my bags on and off a bus or through a busy parking lot significantly more than a hotel bellman transporting my bags on a cart to our room. I think $1/bag is rude if I allow the driver to haul my bags. Service people here (and on the islands) work for tips and everyone knows that.
I agree that tipping is a personal choice. If we prefer not to tip then we should move our own bags. If we expect to avail ourselves of their services we should be willing to tip fairly for those services. As Yvonne said if the driver or other service person doesn't lift a finger to help then no service = no tip. But if you allow them to do the work then you should tip accordingly.
I always pull up and drop off our luggage first so we don't have to mess with it on a small bus with people trying to get in and out. I always give the porter $10.00 for our 4-6 bags. The bus driver I usually give $3.00 or so for the lift, because we carry a carry on bag, beach bad and backpack ourselves he/she is only a driver at that point.
Yes good point, the person actually doing the work may be a porter or a driver depending on the situation. The OP may have been asking about a hotel shuttle (or cruise line shuttle, not sure), but we often take transfers between airports to resorts and the driver typically does the heavy work in Mexico, for example, while at resorts in other areas the bellman takes charge, so you tip accordingly.
The vast majority of service people we've met work hard to help make our trips easier and tips are their primary source of income. Having worked in a service industry when younger I do tire of seeing people taking advantage of drivers and others. Even a thankyou is better than nothing!
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