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Tipping--please help
ljorange3 Posted: Mar 22, 2009 10:02 PM+
ljorange3 MEMBER SINCE: 9/07 TOTAL POSTS : 129 WEDDING DATE: Apr 25, 2009
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Tipping--please help

I know this has been posted before but there are so many different ideas on this. I'm trying to figure out tips and just don't know what to do. The vendors I have are:
Photographer
2nd photograph
assistant
videographer
hair/makeup
DJ
MC
Ceremony musicians (2)
Matre'd and other venue people.
Anyone else I'm forgetting?

Please help!! I'm so confused.
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staceyc Posted: Mar 22, 2009 10:35 PM+
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Re: Tipping--please help

There are some really great websites if you google wedding tipping. I got some great ideas from them, but i'm not 100% positive on tipping yet. It's a few notches down on my to do list :)
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sophisticat13 Posted: Mar 22, 2009 11:00 PM+
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Re: Tipping--please help

This is what we tipped:

Photographer; $50
2nd photographer: didn't have- I would tip the same
assistant: $50
videographer: $50
hair/makeup:$50 each
DJ/MC: $50 each
Ceremony musicians (2)-didn't have, but we had a steel drum band for CH and tipped each member $20 each
Matre'd: we tipped $4 pp; customary is $3-5 pp depending on the quality of service on your day
Anyone else I'm forgetting?
Bridal Attendant: $100+ dep on service the day of
Limos: if not included, $25+ each driver dep on
service
No one else at the venue usually gets tipped bec its all covered under the gratuity you pay and the maitre d's tip. BM get a percentage of the totalcost of your wedding, so they do not get a tip....
HTH
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ljorange3 Posted: Mar 23, 2009 07:58 PM+
ljorange3 MEMBER SINCE: 9/07 TOTAL POSTS : 129 WEDDING DATE: Apr 25, 2009
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Re: Tipping--please help

Thanks--this helps!
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