How to Tip Wedding Event Planner

Knottie1446494546 · August 2016

I am going with one company who I pay for all services and then they, in turn, pay the photographer, officiant, etc. How should I go about tipping for services? I read that normally you tip pretty much everyone but not sure how to go about this since I'm technically only paying one company.

SaintPaulGal · August 2016

I'd still tip each of these vendors directly even if you aren't paying them for their services directly. Everyone who is doing a traditionally tipped role should get a tip regardless of how their pay structure works, and giving them the money in person is the only way to ensure that they get it. (Not to cast aspersions on your planner, but not everyone is 100% trustworthy with money and you have no way of knowing when and if that applies to someone who is a virtual stranger.)

ILoveBeachMusic · August 2016

You should still have a breakdown of what each of the vendors is costing. We put the tips in envelopes with the vendors name on it. The planner distributed the envelopes. The photographer wasn't tipped until after DD and SIL received their photo album.

Knottie1446494546 · August 2016

great thanks guys!

SaintPaulGal · August 2016

ILoveBeachMusic said:

You should still have a breakdown of what each of the vendors is costing. We put the tips in envelopes with the vendors name on it. The planner distributed the envelopes. The photographer wasn't tipped until after DD and SIL received their photo album.

Even if you are paying a package price and you don't have a breakdown of individual charges, you should have a general idea what the going rate is for each category of services and what an appropriate tip should be.

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