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Gratuities for venue employees

RoMy215RoMy215 member
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in California-Los Angeles
Hi everyone.
Getting married in 12 days in Santa Monica and realized that we're not really sure what is the appropriate/customary amount for gratuities for servers at venue.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
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Re: Gratuities for venue employees

  • dawnbeattydawnbeatty
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    edited December 2011
    For us we didn't tip the servers at our venue because we had already prepaid the 20% for services. 
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    edited December 2011
    We had a 20% gratuity added when we negotiated the cost with our venue (it should be the same as a restaurant meal, so 20% on the cost of food and drink is good), and then we gave out a little extra in cash to the servers, bartenders and valet attendents the day-of.
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