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tips for people at the catering hall

mka06 Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:10 PM+

mka06 MEMBER SINCE: 7/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1171 WEDDING DATE: Jun 24, 2006

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:10 PM

tips for people at the catering hall

Who are you tipping? I will have a banquet manager, a maitre de, a bridal attendant and then the wait staff. We were told that if we tip the maitre de that the wait staff does see some of it, so I'm not necessarily think we need to tip them separately. Do I need to tip the BM, MD, and BA??

I need to start saving money for tips!

103005FallBride Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:12 PM+

103005FallBride MEMBER SINCE: 2/05 TOTAL POSTS : 7249 WEDDING DATE: Oct 30, 2005

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:12 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

MA & BA...

Definitely NOT the BM!

MissingTheBGene Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:21 PM+

MissingTheBGene MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 4548 WEDDING DATE: Jun 02, 2006

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:21 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

I will be tipping the maitre'd, bridal attendant and wait staff separately.

nylisa Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:24 PM+

nylisa MEMBER SINCE: 7/02 TOTAL POSTS : 11375 WEDDING DATE: Sep 18, 2004

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:24 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

At the reception we tipped:
Matre d'
Hostess
Waitstaff
Bartenders
Chefs

MissingTheBGene Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:26 PM+

MissingTheBGene MEMBER SINCE: 6/05 TOTAL POSTS : 4548 WEDDING DATE: Jun 02, 2006

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:26 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

Posted by nylisa

At the reception we tipped:
Matre d'
Hostess
Waitstaff
Bartenders
Chefs

Oo, good one. Would you mind sharing what you tipped? I have no idea what I would tip per each. Thanks!

mka06 Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:27 PM+

mka06 MEMBER SINCE: 7/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1171 WEDDING DATE: Jun 24, 2006

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:27 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

Thanks ladies -- how much are u tipping or did you tip?

nylisa Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:29 PM+

nylisa MEMBER SINCE: 7/02 TOTAL POSTS : 11375 WEDDING DATE: Sep 18, 2004

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 12:29 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

Posted by MissingTheBGene

Oo, good one. Would you mind sharing what you tipped? I have no idea what I would tip per each. Thanks!

We tipped:
Matre d' - $525 ($3 pp)

Hostess - $75

Waitstaff - $50 each

Bartenders - $50 each

Chefs - $50 each

halfpintny Posted: Sep 13, 2005 01:01 PM+

halfpintny MEMBER SINCE: 10/04 TOTAL POSTS : 1599 WEDDING DATE: Aug 13, 2005

Posted: Sep 13, 2005 01:01 PM

Re: tips for people at the catering hall

In the final worksheet it said tipps to the BM were appreciated. I honestly didn't feel the BM should get a tip however my father felt that she did a lot of work to make the day go smoothly and gave her $100