Ok Toking Question for all you Vets

[dogeaters]

Vets New York, Chap, EG, Nassau, Cisco, Dnix, and any others i missed... sorry been lurking and just see some of these names pop up...

Just want to say again, loving the site and the community, love what it stands for and the people here are the nuts...

Here's scenario #1: You get bottle service at a club (hypothetically speaking lets just say Jet) for Friday night... since the club is a little bit older but still draws a decent crowd you were able to negotiate with the host buy two get one on the bottles. Host does NOT get you the table that you requested. But instead puts you on a much smaller area that still was on the dance floor, just way too small. Bottles with some waters (some of the crew of 12 were dehydrated) comes to $950. You decide to tip the waitress who was wonderfull $200.

Question #1: How much do you tip your host?

Scenario #2: That same host gets you on a guestlist for another club for the next night... You walk up to the doorman and say your name and he says how many and shortly gets you in.

Question #2: Do you tip that door guy/host also? or do you justify no tip with the fact that you tipped the first host at Jet and that was the favor that he was doing for you by tipping him the previous night.

With the recession and all i know many are looking for their $$$ to take them as far as possible, but also want to do what is right. The past year I've fortunately gotten the chance to visit vegas a handful of times... and I found myself using the bottle service tip ($100) as my pass to get on the guestlist at another club for another night. But i didnt tip the guestlist 2nd club guy. And i was just wondering if the vets have been doing it this way recently or if they always hit somebody up with something.

Anyhow, look forward to any responses. And thank you for all the help and info...

Respectfully,
Dogeaters

[dnix]

You had bottle service for 12 people at a major club for $950, and your asking if you should tip the host??? I understand it wasn't the exact table you wanted, but from what your saying it was still in the main room. I would of given a good tip

[k97jw04]

Dnix is right - $950 for 12 people on a Saturday night is very cheap. 2 bottles, tax and waters were only $950?

Anyway, I would've collected somewhere between $120 and $150 per guy which gives you between $1440 and $1800 to work with. $150 is relatively cheap for bottle service at a pretty good club in Vegas.

So yeah I think you should've given $200 to the host and probably $300 to the waitress (I think its you should still tip on the 3rd bottle even though it was free).

As far as question #2 I think it depends on how good the club is, how crowded it is, and how many guys he's letting in. You could've had each guy throw in $10-20 and tip him that.

[ashroid]

Truthfully, I was in your situation before and didn't know if I should tip that 2nd guy. I didn't.

Now, I would and do "if" the host or doorman I'm meeting at the second place is the one to meet me.

I had an experience recently where I went to a club where one of the hosts I've known for a while works. He wasn't at the front, so I texted him and he gave me a name of a guy up front. I went to that guy and then he told me to go the guy holding the clipboard.

I talked to clipboard guy and told him I was on the guestlist and that "so and so" said I'd be taken care of. He reluctantly covered my cover and then radio'ed to someone that if another person went up to him looking for comp's, "people" would start getting sent home. In that case, I think I didn't tip clipboard guy because he was not nice to deal with.

Suffice to say, I didn't tip clipboard guy. Maybe I should have, but I didn't.

I ended up going inside (solo), spent a few hours, tipped the bartender nicely and then she hooked me up for some places for late-night fun.

My way of thanking my hook-ups and friends is to give them repeat business, send friends and people who ask their way (just like many of the people would use Jack Colton's contacts) not be a dick-head and from time to time, give them tokens of appreciation such as stuff they can't get in Las Vegas (though some guys will hint that they want to be taken care of...)

[dogeaters]

Ty Dnix, K9 and Ash for your replies... On the first night wasnt wondering IF, but more so How Much... it was our first bottle experience and i was the one responsible for taking care of things for a friends birthday, so basically i was going into the experience as a noob. I also said Saturday when it was a Friday, so i edited my post. sorry about that guys. We ended up tipping that host $100 and the waitress $200

Like i said earlier, We didnt tip out the second host, but now that i think about it, we should have given him at least $10-20 a head since he got us in fairly quickly with a huge line in front of us.

Nonetheless... thank you again guys for your input.

Respectfully,
Dogeaters

[ashroid]

Like i said earlier, We didnt tip out the second host, but now that i think about it, we should have given him at least $10-20 a head since he got us in fairly quickly with a huge line in front of us.

Nonetheless... thank you again guys for your input.

Respectfully,
Dogeaters

When you put it that way, yeah, I guess I'd tip 10.00-15.00 per head (20.00/head for less than 5 people).

[nyc2vegas]

yeah you def got taken care of. I always tip everyone I cross paths with, even if its a little something just to show appreciation AND they will remember you!! we have to remember that even though its a recession, the doorman, hosts, barbacks they are all feeling it too and they work mainly on tips.

[nassau]

As usual i agree with nyc. I always tip everyone. you never know who you are going to see again, and you never know if they can or are willing to help you out later. Tipping is never a bad thing..