Tipping banquet manager and maitre d'.....

DrWho Posted: Sep 15, 2007 12:31 PM

Tipping banquet manager and maitre d'.....

The last tipping thread I read on here said you tip 10% of the total food/drink bill if you have a manager and a maitre d, but that's $900 for the manager alone, for a total of $1350.

Another source said it's one single tip, split between them.

Yet a third source said you don't tip the banquet manager if you have a maitre d, since the banquet manager makes a commission for booking your affair.

We have two copies of the finalization sheet for our venue. One of them includes the banquet manager on the list of people to tip. The other copy does not include him.

Can anyone make any kind of sane recommendation? Please???

Katie&Chris2006 Posted: Sep 15, 2007 12:35 PM

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We didn't tip our BM. He got a fat commission on booking our wedding.

We tipped our MD, bridal attendant, and captain the day of the wedding.

I don't think it's necessary to tip the BM.

DrWho Posted: Sep 15, 2007 04:55 PM

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bump for further input (not that I don't agree with pp 100%!).

DiamondPipa Posted: Sep 15, 2007 05:12 PM

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there's an article on one of the posts that has exactly who you 'should' tip. i can't seem to find it but it is very helpful. try searching for the article on the posts.

Ms SunnShinne Posted: Sep 15, 2007 07:02 PM

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Good post I wish that we can find that article!

abslout Posted: Sep 15, 2007 07:26 PM

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i would love to know this info too

EverlovingEv Posted: Sep 15, 2007 08:35 PM

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Posted by Katie&Chris2006

We didn't tip our BM. He got a fat commission on booking our wedding.

We tipped our MD, bridal attendant, and captain the day of the wedding.

I don't think it's necessary to tip the BM.

this is what we did too.

Flowerfield actually told us what's recommended so we didnt have to do any guesswork

just ask your RH

Kara and Todd Posted: Sep 15, 2007 09:16 PM

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You do NOT tip your BM. That would be like tipping the realtor who sells your home. S/he's making a fat commission on your party. They don't get a tip on top of that.

You tip your BM $2-5pp -- OR whatever you feel like. Our hall recommended $300-500 for our BM. We had a small-ish wedding for our particular venue. We tipped $350.

Katie&Chris2006 Posted: Sep 15, 2007 11:01 PM

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Posted by EverlovingEv

Posted by Katie&Chris2006

We didn't tip our BM. He got a fat commission on booking our wedding.

We tipped our MD, bridal attendant, and captain the day of the wedding.

I don't think it's necessary to tip the BM.

this is what we did too.

Flowerfield actually told us what's recommended so we didnt have to do any guesswork

just ask your RH

Oh yes this just sparked a memory! We flat out asked who to tip (we asked the overall manager of our place, not our BM) and they told us who should be included. The BM was not one of them.