Notice a common theme with this thread? Almost everyone that says they stiff the van driver are pilots for regional airlines. And you wonder why you get poor van service. At my airline, our pilots always tip the driver and we (with very few exceptions) get excellent van service. At one hotel we use at which a few regional airlines also stay (which I understand is an exception to the typical regional hotel, as this is a very nice Sheraton), our crews are on very good terms with the head concierge/van driver and the stories she tells of regional pilots stiffing her is very sad indeed. She does just the minimum required by the contract to service the regional crews because they don't generally tip. Now with our crews, who ALWAYS tip her generously, she will go well above and beyond her call of duty to help us out. She told me once that our crews have priority over the regional crews in getting the van. My crew was going back to the hotel after dinner, when the hotel radioed her saying the Comair had called again wondering where the van was, she told the front desk to tell Comair that they would have to wait until she got back from getting us at the restaurant. The bottom line is that the hotels know which pilot groups are cheap and they do remember when you need their service.