tips on tips

How much should I tip my priest?

If I'm giving a 'donation' anyway, I don't see why I should but if it's done, I'll do it.

Altar servers? Singer (she's the Church singer) and organist (same)?

Maitre 'd is $2 per person?

Do I tip bartender?

Do I tip bridal assistant?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Mary..we didnt tip our rev because he charged us a fee and it went right in his pocket, he works for himself, sorry I cant help you more. the matr D we tipped 4 per guest, but thats only because he was AWESOME and we only had 90 people. I was told 2-4 per guest anyw ays.so you are right on track.
We didnt have a bridal asst, but our bartender was part of our gratuity that was already included, we tip him alittle extra though as did a wonderful job, I doubt this helps you much we didnt have altar servers, but I dont think you tip them, I may be wrong though. Sorry Im not much help

We tipped our organist $25 ( she also got paid directly through the church, but we gave her a bit extra because she did a good job)

Priest- we gave him a Gift Certificate to dinner. We already made our donation and a chunk of it went to him)

Bridal Assistant we gave $150

Maitre'D we gave $3 per person

Bartender- Nothing, guests probably tipped them, plus they got money from the maitre'D

The priest we gave $100.

Nothing for the organist because the church charged us $225 so we felt that was sufficient.

The altar server was a required $20 tip.

Maitre d we tipped $500 for 110 people but we felt he went above and beyond.

The bartender had to walk out of there with a thousand bucks because my father was smashed and tipped him with hundreds he thought were twentys plus everyone was tipping him.

We gave the bridal attendant $50.

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Posted by mlp924

The bartender had to walk out of there with a thousand bucks because my father was smashed and tipped him with hundreds he thought were twentys plus everyone was tipping him.

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Holy cr@p!



Thanks for the suggestions! I will keep them in mind.

I figure:

$100 for priest because Friday is his normal day off and he's doing the wedding anyway.
I don't know about organist/singer. So I figure $50 for both covers it. Otherwise I'll ask at the rehearsal. Bridal Assist: $50 at the very least and $100 the most. I think I'm going to give the maitre'd $300 - $400 depending on service.
The bartenders - we're going ot have to tip because there will be alot of drinkers at this wedding.

Here's the thing though - my limo place told me $140 for one limo and $125 for the rolls. I think that's too much!!!