Do You Let Valet Attendants Park Your Car?

@zhaychel (610)
United Arab Emirates
November 11, 2008 4:38am CST
There are some travelers who doesn't trust anymore the valet attendants because of the increasing car nappers in the world and accidents that could happen in their cars. But some still put great trusts on them too. One guest of mine told me her horrible story when she was abroad. She had her car valet by an attendant knowing that it be more convenient and secure but to her dismay, her car has crashed into the basement where her car was supposed to be parked. She was really disappointed and from then on she doesn't allow any attendants to assist her with the parking. SAD!
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• Malaysia
12 Nov 08
Sometimes I do, especially when there are no carpark places left. And the thing is, eventhough I do allow them to park, I will not feel safe at all, because in my country, Malaysia, there's plenty of car thefts around. And the worst thing is that if your car is stolen, you will not get any claims for your insurance as well. Because one, think about it, you VOLUNTARILY give your car keys to the person. So no matter what, it's not theft, you gave the key to the person. You allowed the person to take the car from you. If you actually check your car insurance, or if you want to call them and ask, whether if your car was stolen when it was in valet parking, would you be able to get an insurance claim for your car? Also if you have car washes where you give the keys to the people who washes your car, are you able to claim insurance if they steal your car? They would probably answer you no, you will not be eligible to claim theft insurance for your car. Just to let you know as I was quite shocked as well to know that.. :) Well, thanks for bringing up such an interesting topic up.. Have a great day and take care!
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
12 Nov 08
I have no car and so i wont ever face that problem.. lol =D However, it's always a danger for those valet attendants to park their guest's cars.. Because some valets may be new, and that they have no real driving experience yet, thus we wont know.. PLus, some cars are much powerful than others, and that the valets dunno really know how to control the cars as well.. Thus, i think it will always be better to park the cars ourselves ^_^ hehe
@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
12 Nov 08
I do because here in my Country Kuwait we still have a good Governance about this way nobody would make a Carnapping in here so glad about that way too fo r that reason I just trust those valet parking person to do the parking in the Hotel most especially....