Our rehearsal dinner venue includes a 20% gratuity charge on all food and drinks.
The set up is a private room in a restaurant that has its own private floor, bathrooms, elevator, and bar. So they're setting up tables, including linens, etc for us. I'm working with the special events coordinator who's an employee of the restaurant.
The reason I'm asking is because the 20% is applied to food and drinks. There's no additional set up fee (only a $150 room rental) or equipment rental). I feel like we're getting extra services by having them set up this room and having the event coordinator do her coordinating thing with making it happen.
My question is: 1) should I tip the event coordinator individually? and 2) if so, how much? a percent, or a flat rate (our bill will probably be around $3,500)?
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