Banquet Manager Tipping - POLL

leeleelee Posted: Mar 15, 2005 09:50 PM

Banquet Manager Tipping - POLL

I know that there are a lot of tipping posts, but I'm curious to see how much everyone is specifically tipping their banquet managers. I'm not sure if it makes a difference that gratuity is included, since mine is.....
Just want to make sure we give a good tip!!

Thanks!!

LO13LO13 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 09:59 PM

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the hall recommended $3-$5 per person

gNi1125 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 10:00 PM

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Hall suggested $2-$4 per person

busybee705 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 10:04 PM

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Wait...
I was only thinking about tipping my maitre d' and the bridal attendant the day of. Their tips will probably be a flat fee rather than per person.

newnybride2be Posted: Mar 15, 2005 10:22 PM

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wait a min, im confused. So we are suppose to tip the maitre d and bridal attendant lets say $2 per guest PLUS tip the BM??? Theres a whole lot of tipping going on here, especially with all the money we are all spending.

busybee705 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 10:44 PM

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Posted by newnybride2be

wait a min, im confused. So we are suppose to tip the maitre d and bridal attendant lets say $2 per guest PLUS tip the BM??? Theres a whole lot of tipping going on here, especially with all the money we are all spending.

Exactly. That's what I meant. There's a lot of tipping going on. And I thought tipping was earned, not something we were supposed to do.

I'm paying 18% gratuity. Who gets that?

leeleelee Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:15 PM

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In my case, my BM/maitre d is my bridal attendant.... I am paying the 18% grat. as well, but it seems that it is customary to tip on top of that....I already love the service I'm receiving, so I know they'll deserve it, I'm just confused on how much to give....

newnybride & busybee:
I read a few posts where girls were tipping both the maitre d/BM & the bridal attendant - maitre d/BM gets the price per head and someone said the bridal attendant gets a flat fee depending on what they're doing for you....not sure if that's correct or not.
Thanks for the responses...:)

ETA I think the 18% grat goes to the wait staff....

newnybride2be Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:21 PM

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ok, but on top of the maitre d and the bridal attendant tips, if we have a separate banquet manager, we are suppose to tip them as well???

leeleelee Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:37 PM

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ok, just found this from a recent post that someone found on the knot (I think Dita posted this):

Banquet Manager, Maitre d': This is where it's very important to check if you're already paying a service charge. If gratuity is not included in your bill total, figure from $200 to $300 as a tip, depending on the size of your wedding. This amount should go to the person in charge of your reception; if there's more than one person in charge, divide the gratuity among them.

Just a side note: As I mentioned, I have read and heard that people do tip on top of the 18% grat that may be included..... So if you do decide to tip on top of that, maybe you can then divy it up between the BM & maitre d as it says above.....

Hope that helps. :)

amy&anthony Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:48 PM

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one place I went to had it in writing that it was suggested $300, and I guess that was for any size party b/c it was just n with their info and menus and things.

leighdvm Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:25 AM

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I am tipping the bridal attendant and the maitre-D. NOT the banquet manager.

snowprincess805 Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:32 AM

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Posted by leighdvm

I am tipping the bridal attendant and the maitre-D. NOT the banquet manager.

me too...the banquet manager will not be there on the day of for me

nylisa Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:44 AM

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We tipped our Matre d' $3 per person.

nferrandi Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:49 AM

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You do NOT tip your BM, they get a commission just for booking the party. If you wanted to giv them something extra I would do a gift, not cash. You are expected to tip the maitre-d and bridal attendant though.

dpli Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:52 AM

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We decided to tip $300, regardless of the number of people. We had 100, but might have had up to 130.

nylisa Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:57 AM

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Sorry. I meant to say that we did not tip our BM but we tipped our Matre d'.

leeleelee Posted: Mar 16, 2005 10:05 AM

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Thanks for the responses.....
Nferrandi, I know this isn't too common, but if your BM is also your maitre d like in my case, you'd give them a tip, right? I'm assuming so since they're doing so much...

Thanks!