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tipping

marissabaronemarissabarone
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I know this has been talked about before on here, but of course I paid little attention to it and I now I am not sure how this all works. I have heard that you only tip vendors that do not own the company. Should this be a standard 18-20% tip or just a flat rate. I am confused by this because if I tip my dj (for instance) 20% of what I paid-I should be giving him a $300 tip????

Help me! I think I am losing brain cells by the minute. :)
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Re: tipping

  • chosen175chosen175 member
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    edited December 2011
    I completely DISagree with the idea of not tipping the owner of a business.  Tips are for service that goes above & beyond - who signs a person's paychek has nothing to do with the kind of service they give.  Plus, 98% of business owners reinvest the money they make back into their companies (updating equipment, advertising, etc) so contrary to popular belief, they do NOT just pocket the money to spend on themselves.

    I think a $300 tip for a dj is kind of high - definitely not something we could afford to do.  All of our vendors will probably be getting a set amount.  We'll do $50 for lower cost vendors (officiant, etc) and probably $100 for photog, DOC, etc.  I'd love to give more but our budget just doesn't allow it.
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  • NoronNoron member
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    edited December 2011
    I think we're doing set amounts as well - $100 for the officiant, $100 for the DJ.  We're planning on tipping the photog and florist after the wedding (even though they both own their own businesses).
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  • raeynraeyn member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm planning on giving the DJ $50, ceremony musician $50, photographer $100, and florist/DOC (same person) $100. But if I am disappointed in the services I receive I'll give less and if I'm blown away I'll add a little extra. I still haven't figured out how much I'll tip the hair/mua... maybe $80 'cause that's about 20% and she's doing both services for 3 of us. All of my vendors except for the DJ own their own businesses, and that is not factoring into my tip decisions at all.
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  • september1209brideseptember1209bride member
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    edited December 2011
    There is a good blog post on honeybee weddings about tipping. It seemed resonable to me so I used it as my guide for my vendors. I tipped everyone  regardless of business owern or not, but I didn't tip anyone over 100 dollars.
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  • enteringparadiseenteringparadise member
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    edited December 2011
    i am going to have cash ready and give it to someone to tip people i feel did a great job. i was thinking between $100-$150 for the main vendors involved. i heard that most of the wedding caterers don't even pass on that mandatory gratuity fee to their staff which stinks so I might give the servers a tip too.
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  • lmb5109lmb5109 member
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    edited December 2011
    We tipped everyone the same amount. We had a lot of vendors and only had a csmall budget for tips left, so to make it all fair, we tipped the same to everyone. And 90% of our vendors were also the owners, that doesn't matter, you tip them regardless.

    You also feed them, the same measl as your guests or something from the bar menu. Some of our vendors asked for a sandwhich, they said it was easier to eat then a whole meal.
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