Originally Posted by
donnde
Oops too much Sudafed for my cold this morning. Can't believe I misread that. The only time I've had a taxi driver grumble in Las Vegas was under the same circumstance -- heading to the airport. And I tipped a bit more than you (yours was certainly adequate). I remember he asked me how I did on the trip and I mentioned pretty well. Now I always answer that question with, "Oh that reminds me, I need to get some cash, is there a pawn shop on the way?"
Tipping in Vegas has gotten "out of hand", if one followed the suggested tipping amounts listed in the various Vegas publications, one could easily spend over $100 in tips, just for
nominal services: bell desks, taxis, doormen, bell boys, etc. (not including restaurants).
How one did on a given trip should not affect how much they leave in tips. From the tipping guides, taxis and restaurants are generally 15% (for restaurants, doubling the sales tax is a simpler arithmetic computation than computing 0.15 x the check amount
