Hello! So we are on a pretty tight budget in our homestretch, as is everyone I'm sure, because we had a lot of unexpected expenses pop up along the way. I just started thinking about the tips and if I tip 15% for everything that comes up to over 1000 that we just do not have. I am in no way suggesting I do not want to tip, because I do, but I am trying to figure out what is appropriate. For example, my ceremony pianist costs 275. She is not coming to the rehearsal and is doing some prelude before the ceremony. It will be about 45 min to 1 hour of work when you count set up and take down. 15% comes out to 41.25 and that is a pretty amazing hourly rate on top of what I'm paying her, heh. What is appropriate here? The catering total comes to 3854 and that is including all of the hourly wages of the workers. They had me pay the 22/hour for each staff members hourly wage on top of the food. The catering staff will be there 4 hours. If I divide 15% of the bill (578) by the 6 people, that means each persons tip is 96, which is over the amount that I am paying them to be there (88 each for 4 hours.) What do I do in this situation? Is it standard to tip 15% for every bill and service rendered? Thank you so much for your guidance.