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Tipping? What is everyone doing?

trinigal26trinigal26
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in Florida-South Florida
So I don't know about you guys, but My FI and myself are FLAT BROKE..lol Like no joke... We are really tapped out.This wedding has drained us to the bone.. With that said how is everyone doing the tipping? We are paying for the valet parking for all of our vendors as well as the meals for those that are staying for the event.

All my vendors are self emplyed... the videogarpher, the music entertainment etc.
Do i still pay them extra even though the initial money is pure profit for them since they are self employed? We really can't afford anything more and I wanted to know what everyone else was doing...

I was planning on tipping the makeup artist, the live music for the ceremony since they gave us such a great deal and the photobooth operator since it was a company... other than that, we don't know.. The valet is already $20 per person..
AHHHHH when you think you are done paying, there is still more..lol


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  • Dee729Dee729 member
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    edited December 2011
    $20 per person for valet?? that is insane? how is that possible? That sounds like an overnight valet price for a hotel....

    We did not tip the vendors who owned their company... 

    We gave our DJ $150 - worth every penny!
    Hotel Cooridinator - $200 (spent the whole year working with us)

    We also paid for valet for our guests....$3 pp...BUT if our guests were staying at the hotel, we didn't have to pay for them. 
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  • trinigal26trinigal26
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah its apparently a 5 star hotel so of course they rape you for the Valet.. Ok so its fine if i don't tip the self emplyed vendors..that helps us out a lot.. The wedding corrdinator I already paid so she is set...

    Wow only $3 valet.. how nice..lol
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  • danzigweddingdanzigwedding member
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    edited December 2011
    Trinigal26...you tipped the hotel coordinator? or a wedding coordinator you hired seperatly?  
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  • Dee729Dee729 member
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    edited December 2011
    well were only coming in for a few hours....our overnight valet was $20 but that was for the guests staying at the hotel for the weekend...we definetely didn't pay that. 

    Where is your venue?  How many ppl?
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  • bears4lifebears4life member
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    edited December 2011
    The only person I'm going to send something to is my photographer (even though he owns his business). He just truly went above and beyond for us, so I think he deserves something. 
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  • trinigal26trinigal26
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    edited December 2011
    Yeah My FI and I were also thinking of tipping our Photographer because he too is going above and beyond for us.. he is awesome..

    The wedding coordinator is from the actual hotel. she was already paid her fee of $250. She is just doing the day of stuff, making sure the vendors show etc. I pretty much did the wedding by myself. She is just making sure the room is setup etc the day of...We already forked out $30K to the hotel itself for just the food and drink and have to pay the parking for our vendors.. i think they got enough of my money..lol

    I am having my wedding at the Palms Hotel and Spa on south beach for 130 people.
    As  I mentioned, most if not all of our vendors are self employed and have been fully paid..
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