Please answer tipping question...

FI's brother is getting married next weekend and asked me to post about tipping. How much is typical for the following;

-limo drivers
-maitre d
-DJ
-officiant

Did i forget anyone? (A friend is their photographer so he has that taken care of already)

THANKS

flower delivery guys
makeup/hair ppl
videographer
bridal attendant

We gave each limo driver $50
Maitre D - $700
Bridal Attendant - $100
band - $50 per member
Flower Delivery - $25 each
hair/makeup - 20%

That's all i can remember

BUMP

Please reply

we only tipped the Maitre D, about $5 a person.

ETA: I also tipped the hair & MU people

I think it'll go like this:

Hair and MU- about 20% but the BM sister may do our hair and her rates are cheep so I may go over

Flower delivery- if I catch them- about 10-20 each

Limo- about 100 but maybe less- we have a limobus and will have 2-3 drivers to tip at the end of the night for the 14 pass vans if they can't send the bus back. Maybe I'll slip him a little more to make sure that he brings the bigger bus back (we have the 40 there- 30 for home if they don't have it booked)

Pastor- we'd like to give him about 100-200 more but we'll see

Organist- maybe 50? I forget what his fee is- we'll give at least 20% of that.

We also plan on trying to give an extra $100 or so to the church.

DJ- about 100
MC- about 150?

Matre'D- 2 per person- maybe 3 if they are good. that'll be about 500

Bridal attendant- about 100 depending.

Coat check person- don't know! getting tips from guests from all of the weddings there that evening...

Bathroom person- don't know! Same as coatroom person

We are going to have to figure out a tip for the staff at the Wingate Hotel- they are arranging so much for us!! They have been SO great so far!!

I think that's all for now- I feel like I left out someone!
(WHEW!)

Just as a word of advice... (I read this on here)


Leave your tip envelopes open...do not seal them. Some don't deserve the tip amount you originally plan on...some deserve more.

Our DJ's got their tip split in half...they shouldn't have even had that! Others...deserved more...and got more!

We tipped the Matre'd $3 pp
I did not tip the limo driver on top of the 20% I had to prepay - I didn't feel it was necessary.
I tipped the DJ $100
I tried to tip the florist delivery guy - but he refused it, since he was one of the owners.

Silly question: How are you supposed to tip the flower and cake delivery people if you are not there?

Do you leave it with someone at the hall?

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Posted by conigs25

FI's brother is getting married next weekend and asked me to post about tipping. How much is typical for the following;

-limo drivers
-maitre d
-DJ
-officiant

Did i forget anyone? (A friend is their photographer so he has that taken care of already)

THANKS

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bridal attendant