How much should you tip in a Las Vegas hotel?

The amounts are the usual U.S. ones. What changes is the pace: in 2025 Las Vegas hotels were close to full most nights, so the same housekeepers, bell staff and valets look after a lot of guests.

Leave the tip each morning rather than once at checkout. The person who cleans your room can change from day to day, and a tip left at the end goes to whoever is on shift that day. Emily Post puts it at “Roughly $2 to $3 per person staying in the room and per day of stay”. A short note marked “for housekeeping” makes it clear the money is meant for them.

A common mistake is assuming the resort fee or a service charge covers housekeeping without checking what it actually includes. No cash on you? Here is what you can do.

Most Strip resorts charge for parking, and valet is the pricier option. The fee goes to the resort; the tip goes to the attendant who runs for your car. $2–$5 per retrieval, given when the car comes back, is still the norm.

$2–$5 per bag when the bags reach your room, a little more for heavy cases or a long walk. Emily Post suggests “$1 to $2 per bag, or $2 to $5 for bag storage”. Tip again on the way out if someone brings the bags down.

Directions and quick questions carry no tip. When the concierge books a show, a sold-out dinner or a hard-to-get table, $5–$10 is common for a simple request and $20–$50 for a complex one. Tip when the booking is done.

About 26,000 people do these four jobs in the Las Vegas area. Nevada pays every one of them at least the $12.00 state minimum wage before tips: “Tips or gratuities received by employees shall not be credited as being any part of or offset against the minimum wage rates.”

All four jobs are on the Treasury list for the “No Tax on Tips” deduction: maids and housekeeping cleaners (304), baggage porters and bellhops (301), concierges (302), parking and valet attendants (801). It is a deduction, not an exemption: up to $25,000 of qualified tips a year off federal income tax for 2025 through 2028, while Social Security and Medicare still apply. Tips and taxes, in plain English. Not tax advice.