I am having a really hard time figuring out wheteher to tip vendors and how much to tip (percentage of bill or flat dollar amount). Here are my scenarios, please give me your opinion... Bar. The reception is at a restaurant, so we had to use the bar's alcohol. The catering and facilitiy fee is separate and includes tip for the food. The open bar bill will be the only thing left to reconcile at the end of the night. How much to tip? Photographer. It is one woman that is doing our photos. She owns her own company and there are no additional photographers. DJ. Same thing as the photographer. Just one guy and he owns his own business. Flowers. Same as photog and DJ. One woman, owns her own business. Ceremony Guitarist. He had a flat fee, and he is a guy that just does this for fun on the side. Pastor. Fiance is Catholic and I don't really go to church, so we had to find someone outside the Catholic church to marry us outside in Estes. My fiance's mom is a preschool teacher at a Methodist church, so we ended up asking one of the pastors there. He has conducted a bit of very informal marriage prep at his home (not the church). When asked about his fee for the wedding or for othe prep classes, he said no charge. How much should we pay him as a donation? Cut a check to him or the church? Oh, and we had already planned on getting him a restaurant gift card for he and his wife. Any other vendors I might be forgetting? Your help is greatly appreciated!