Don-Vette

At Caesars they park them right in front of the valet entrance...

LucaBrasiAZ

they do and i have NEVER seen a corvette in that corral.....honestly if you went to caesars with a corvette and asked them to park it out front i think they would laugh you out of the parking lot. Guys, its a great car, but in vegas its worth less than 75% of the cars they park every day.

jackhall99

True on the value quotient, but they will, and do, park Corvettes "on top". A nice tip speaks to the valet, and they are NOT EVER going to laugh in a customer's face.

SeanMo

By far the best post in this thread. I can't believe how big of a deal some of you guys make about valeting your car. If you want your car up front and don't want to give them the keys and don't want to throw any a 20 its not going to happy. If you are talking about Vegas all the casinos have every section of valet covered with surveilence. If something should happen to your car they have insurance and will pay to get it fixed.

SeanMo

It has nothing to do with the cars, its all in the up front tip. I have a picture of my girls Hyundai parked up front at MGM next to a f430.

dougerls3

Also, you have to remember that Corvettes are just considered by the super rich a poor man's, beer drinkin' sports car. Blue collar machine all the way and they low brow to them. LOL!! But true. I'm not super rich and make enough money to shut my wife up on buying crap we don't need but, still don't want some 16 year old punk in my car! Just telling it like it is... IMHO

Doug

andy82

Its not an exotic car!

jackhall99

Wow Doug, you must have a GREAT marriage. You shut your wife up, and don't even let her drive your precious car.

Good for you!

Obviously you've never been in a high-class venue like Las Vegas. Otherwise you would know they don't have 16 y.o. 'punks' parking cars.

PaulB

Short And Simple, No...

boraxman

I would never let a Valet in my car

brettbolt

Be sure to keep the trunk key in your possession. Otherwise, a valet can create his own working FOB, and then steal the car later if he knows where you live.

This possibility was discussed a couple of months ago in this thread: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...ly-stolen.html

doubledime

Another concern is that they park it too close to another car and it gets a door ding.

ladder13

And he could be in a tux with a tray of caviar.

RLSebring

We were recently at a valet only hotel in Key West. I knew ahead of time this was the case. We unloaded the bags and I told the guy to hop in and we'd go park it.

We walked back to the check in and he turned out to be our bellhop too. Tipped well and he said he'd keep an eye on the car for me. Worked out well all around.

Now I have had some issues with valet in New Orleans but that's a story for another time...

Lucifer13

Here's my story, the one and only time I've valeted my car.

I was attending events at the Hilton in Vegas two nights in a row. First night I pulled up and handed the valet the fob with a $20 and asked if he could keep it up front where he could keep an eye on it. He said no problem and pulled it forward 10 feet where they kept the nice cars and it didn't move till I came out.

Second night I came back and pulled into the valet line. I was behind about 6-7 everyday cars you see on the road when I see the valet sprinting towards my car. He says "welcome back sir" and I was so shocked I almost didn't know what to do. Handed him another $20 and it was safe for the night again.

Moral: A decent tip goes a long way. I won't hesitate to valet at nice places in Vegas, but probably won't anywhere else.

jackhall99

You understand how this is played.

KKMYC5

Was staying at the Aria this past year, ton of self parking, you just gotta find your way into the self parking lot. I agree with others, just self park it and you control where it is parked.

GREENTAHOE

To keep it short and sweet, I simply give them a nice tip and tell them that I need to park it myself and keep the keys. I've never had a problem and they are more than happy to take a $20 and not have to even bother parking my car. That $20 also gets you into a safer, more highly visible area. It's a win - win.

06 C6 vert

Give the valet $20 and ask where you can park you own car. Works every time or me

fast-vette

I never,never,never allow a valet to park my 'vette. I always park it myself BUT I do give a very generous tip for "preferred" parking as well as for the valet to keep a very close eye on my vehicle.