Tipping help.

I know this is discussed a lot, but FI and I were looking at our budget last night and want to know if these tips seems reasonable or off base or whatever. Any advice is appreciated.

1. How much do we tip the cocktail musician, DJ, MC and percussionist? Thinking $20-25 for the cocktail guy (only there one hr), and $50-60 each for theDJ/MC/Percussionist. Higher/lower?
2. Limo drivers. We are thinking $50 for each driver (4 hrs) Higher/lower?
3. Florist, $50 (she owns the company), for delivering our flowers
4. 2nd photographer, only coming to our reception, she's a free lancer and not doing any touch ups. $50 Higher/Lower
5. Maitre D/Bridal attendant. My venue 'suggests' $4-7/pp for each. Which is about $600-$1,050 each. WTH!? We were thinking more like $200-300 for the Maitre D, $150 for the BA. Higher/lower?

HELP ME!!!!

my RH said 3-5 per guest for the Matre-D and $125-ish for the BA.

We'll prob tip on the lower end of that.

HTH

ETA: and i'm tipping my percussionist $75-125, depending how much i like him ... sorry i can't help too much with the others.

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Posted by AwaitingAugust

my RH said 3-5 per guest for the Matre-D and $125-ish for the BA.

We'll prob tip on the lower end of that.

HTH

ETA: and i'm tipping my percussionist $75-125, depending how much i like him ... sorry i can't help too much with the others.

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Sorry, but isn't the BA included in your contract? The MD was the only one not included in ours. They suggest an additional tip for the BA, but seriously, not so sure i would go to $125 on top of what she is already getting from them.

To the OP, I am pretty much aligned with your tipping scale except for Florist. I am tipping more b/c she's just been the BEST. I have a mtg with my DJ next week to go over everything and will see who will be there exactly so i know who to tip and how much.

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Posted by Nina1010

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Posted by AwaitingAugust

my RH said 3-5 per guest for the Matre-D and $125-ish for the BA.

We'll prob tip on the lower end of that.

HTH

ETA: and i'm tipping my percussionist $75-125, depending how much i like him ... sorry i can't help too much with the others.

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Sorry, but isn't the BA included in your contract? The MD was the only one not included in ours. They suggest an additional tip for the BA, but seriously, not so sure i would go to $125 on top of what she is already getting from them.

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nope - neither is included in my contract ... my RH suggested that she get about $125 for a tip ... but yeah, if the BA *was* included, i wouldn't add to it