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Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

nov04LIbride Posted: Nov 01, 2004 03:35 PM+

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Posted: Nov 01, 2004 03:35 PM

Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

We are using an interfaith minister not affiliated with a church. Should we tip him? Normally I would just do an extra church donation...TIA!

bellepoque Posted: Nov 01, 2004 06:49 PM+

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Posted: Nov 01, 2004 06:49 PM

Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

We did. We gave it to our officiant at the rehearsal dinner. I looked at a couple of etiquette books and websites and they all recommended tipping the officiant. The average suggested tip was $100 and up. Hope this helps.

btrflygrl Posted: Nov 02, 2004 09:01 AM+

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Posted: Nov 02, 2004 09:01 AM

Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

as you know we flew ours out from California...we not only paid for the airfare and their hotel, but geve the $200.

Monkeybride Posted: Nov 02, 2004 09:47 AM+

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Posted: Nov 02, 2004 09:47 AM

Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

We did not. Our officiant is in business for herself so she got the whole $500. Why tip on top of that.

Again....Tipping is out of control. OK off my soapbox now.

oneday Posted: Nov 02, 2004 10:30 AM+

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Posted: Nov 02, 2004 10:30 AM

Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?

We didn't - though I had meant to give him something. We just forgot to get an envelope ready for him and he basically took off RIGHT after the ceremony. He came back to the bridal suite where we were and said good luck and good by and said 'everything is taken care of'. So DH and I weren't sure what that meant, but neither of us had cash on us. We thought maybe my dad or FIL gave him something, but as far as we know, no one did. And I feel bad, he was so nice and was so good about working with us.