Valet parking seems to be getting more common at some city locations that don’t have a good parking situation.
How do you feel about valet parking? Doesn’t bother you in the least, will do it if you have to, will never do it, something else?
Personally I don’t like some random person driving my car.
Literal not a thing in most countries I have ever been too. Is it purely an American thing ? Do other countries have this ?
Toronto has at least some valet parking downtown and at the airport.
If I had a car I’d rather not let a stranger in. I would avoid it at all.
I once pulled into a city carpark with an attendant at the boom gate. He gestured to a spot and, as he handed me a ticket, told me not to forget to leave my keys with him, so he could “move cars around as required to fit more in”.
I made three people behind me reverse out so I could leave. Fuck that.
The valets for the restaurant next to me just use all the metered street parking in front of our building. Imagine paying someone $20 to put $5 into a parking meter 100 feet away.
It’s an added cost that has no reason to exist. Yes, let me larp as a noble. Fucking dumbassery.
let me larp as a noble
lol, my mother is a consumer in this market. 🙄
that’s basically the entire service economy at this point.
Eating out replicates having a kitchen staff, App that summons pizza delivery servant, another App to summon the coachman (rideshare), ect.
Not a moral judgement on individual consumers (assuming they aren’t dicks about it).
Yeah. Partly explains why I don’t eat out much anymore after the pandemic had me break the habit.
Sometimes this stuff is just me trading my money to save some time, but any time I start to hear the words “premium” or, gods-forbid, “luxury” in a sales pitch, I’m 100% out.
Learning how to cook was probably the only good thing from the pandemic. It’s good on the finances, it can be healthier, and it’s just a genuinely nice skill to have.
I start to hear the words “premium” or, gods-forbid, “luxury” in a sales pitch, I’m 100% out.
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I don’t like some random person driving my car
Same. Especially post-pandemic. On the rare occasion I’m forced to use valet, I have to keep wiping down the steering wheel and shifter. I also hate it when they mess with my settings (seat position, AC, etc.).
Useless. I’d rather park myself. Saves a few dollars in tips and saves time.
I sit enough as it is, I’ll park on my own and walk my ass to the front door
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So far the only places I’ve gone with valet parking are using it to charge $30 an hour as extra profit, just because it’s valet. Totally normal parking garage otherwise, no increased density or double parking. Very much not a fan.
I’ll do it if I have to, but I don’t like it. I drive a manual transmission and valets (at least the college-aged ones you see at a lot of restaurants and country clubs near me) often don’t really know what they’re doing with them.
I’ve also had a valet damage my car in the past.
My dad was a valet for a while, and back in the time he had opposite problem, as he told me. Someone drove there with expensive car from abroad. It had automatic transmission. He couldn’t figure out even how to un-brake it. After playing with it for a few minutes he finally managed to somehow very slowly get the car moving and move it to the garage or wherever they parked them.
So I guess it can go both ways.
American absurdity. I don’t think it exists at all in the UK, except for Meet & Greet airport parking.
It shows just how stupid cars are in general. Think of it this way, the rich people who buy fancy cars to go to fancy establishments are inconvenienced by having to find parking for their car before they can go in, so they spend more money to get someone else to do it for them.
We all would have had a way better experience if we had really good public transit that completely replaces privately owned cars in cities and towns. This is both more convenient than any valet service, and better for a million different reasons.
No thanks.
It doesn’t bother me much. I think the only slightly annoying part is waiting for them to retrieve your car when you want to leave.
I was in either a bad fancy hotel or an upscale motel last week. Valet parking only, $40/day.
My room had an excellent view of the parking lot which was outside and ground floor. It also wasn’t very full.
But since it was valet only, there were workers there 24x7. It was an odd money grab.
I went to an oceanfront hotel last year and I discovered upon arrival that all they had was valet parking. I didn’t like that one bit, but IIRC they didn’t charge for it. I did strike up a conversation with the valets and tipped them at the end though. I felt like I needed to talk with them a bit if I wanted my car treated with respect. I was on vacation though, having my car parked in some unknown spot was a worry I was not needing.
