Tipping Vendors

Re: Tipping Vendors

• mahoganieyes

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  We waited till the last minute(during reception)
  
  Coordinator- $100
  DJ- $40
  Photographer- $60
  MUA(after she completed my make-up) $60

  
  
  
  
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• chescam member

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  Sorry that I'm no help. l'll be watching this thread. I'm so confused becasue I've read on here that you don't have to tip vendors that own their own businesses. We want to tip our vendors, most of which own their own business. But I have no idea what's reasonable.

  
  

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• ymw6110

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  Glad I'm not the only one in the dark on this!

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• tychandler member

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  I tipped no one. sorry but weddings are expensive and their fees were high enough.  I had envelopes with everyone's fee.  My wedding planner handed them out during the night.  I didn't carry a purse or wallet because I didn't want to worry about money.

  

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• wallacje member

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  We didn't tip anyone. The photographer owned their business so no need to tip there.  All the others I didn't feel that they did anything more than what their job required.

  

  

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• ymw6110

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  Got it. I really do not want to tip because 1) This wedding is expensive! 2) I'm already paying the vendors for the required services. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a major etiquette flaw. Thanks!

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• 2010Bride2be

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  We didn't necessarily have a percentage.
  
  If the vendor owned the business, we did not tip.
  
  Wedding coordinator: she owned the business, so no cash tip. However we did find out that her favorite restaurant was Outback, so we gave her a $100 gift card to there.
  
  Photographer's 2nd shooter: $100 cash
  
  Makeup artist: She got an additional $10 from each girl having their makeup done
  
  Bartenders at reception: $50 a piece given at the end of the night
  
  Maitre $200 cash
  
  There were also 2 people that the venue assigned to DH and I. They basically followed us around all night and got us whatever we needed. I foget what the formal name for this position is. But we gave them $100 a piece.

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• tally7 member

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  still deciding -
  
  I am required to give the Maitre D $300 /DJ and MC - deciding /photog going to do $100 want a good job on the pics -
  
  and no one else esp not the makeup artist she is charging a lot -
  have no idea about my hair yet--

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• tychandler member

  

  September 2011 edited December 2011

  I did tip the wait staff at the my venue.  I gave 590, that covered the bartenders, my ladies in waiting, maitre'd and the servers.  That's the only tip I gave.

  

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