Originally Posted by
djk7
The bellmen don't seem to believe that's the custom. The last time I ran into the double bellman situation in New York, the first one who carried our bags in from the taxi to the front desk made a point to let us know that another bellman would take over from there to the room and that (paraphrasing), this would be our last opportunity to tip him for his role in the process.
I came across this article and while I don't follow it to a T, it provides some benchmark.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/trave...ing17_ST_N.htm
There are two
separate line items here:
- Transporting bags from car to lobby
- Delivering bags to guest room
I always tip for the 2nd service, but I am not familiar with the first (in that I've usually run into the situation where I carry my luggage to the front desk, and they do the rest and I tip for that). I think I will run into it in an upcoming travel where I'm sure they will help take the luggage at arrival (from the vehicle, and this service will be needed). I'm all for doing what's customary, but it does not make sense to me to tip twice for the same service simply because it changed hands.