Officiants?

How much are Officiants and what do you tip them usually??

I have an appt with Father Tom and im trying to figure out how much he is going to be!

Ahhh today is budget day!

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Posted by pippi8977

I am going to book with him. He told me the cost for his services is $550.

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THANK you so much! Do you also tip him as well??

I look at it this way, we would have been spending a lot to get married in a church, so hopefully this all works out

Ours was WAY too expensive ($750) but everyone I called for that day was the same price so I just had to $uck it up and pay it (most of my vendors that I booked late, I got a price break from, but not officiants). We actually didn't tip him because the fee was so ridiculously high already.

If we had paid closer to $500, I probably would've tipped $50, as long as he was on time and all. But really, they totally pocket that $ and it's a heck of a lot for 30 minutes of work...

Also, ours didn't read the ceremony he had originally worked on with us. MIL was really happy with how it came out (more religious than DH and I had wanted) so it's fine and all, but it wasn't what we had discussed, which made me even less eager to tip.

I paid $575 & I did not tip him. My ceremony was 30 minutes. I should become an officiant eta: Come to think of it, he was basically the ONLY person we didn't tip that day lol