Our venue requires valet parking because it shares a parking lot with other businesses and could be confusing to guests. We can either pay for it ourselves or the guests pay $5 per car. FI is leaning towards having the guests pay for themselves since it's not that much, but I think we should pay. It'll be about $250 if we pay for it ourselves so it's definitely not a large line item in the budget.
I do have one concern that if we pay, the guests may not know and still leave a few dollars for the guys. It's not a huge deal, but I don't want them to feel obligated to pay if we've already covered it for them.
What do you all think? Did you pay for parking for your guests (if parking wasn't free)?