if you're getting married by an officiant who works for themselves... i especially wouldn't.
then again, i'm in the 'the tipping is out of control' camp. you don't have to tip for everything. you're already PAYING them. the point to tipping is to commend an excellent job... so unless they like blow you away with some above and beyond actions ... ahhh. don't get me going on this lol
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we're getting married by a priest. no.
if you're getting married by an officiant who works for themselves... i especially wouldn't.
then again, i'm in the 'the tipping is out of control' camp. you don't have to tip for everything. you're already PAYING them. the point to tipping is to commend an excellent job... so unless they like blow you away with some above and beyond actions ... ahhh. don't get me going on this lol
ITA! He's an officiant who works for himself...so I have been going back and forth over it. FH is the cheapest man on the planet...so he is against it.
I hear ya though...some tipping is just outta controlllllllll
Windy
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We were married by a priest - I didnt want to tip him bc I didnt like him but DH tipped him $50.
GR2010
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I don't know... the guy is making $400 for 30 minutes of work for something he could probably do in his sleep... And really they could probably do 3 or 4 weddings a day. I go back and forth on it a lot.
MongieToBe
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We didn't tip our officiant. We paid him $575, all of which went directly in his pocket
flibbertigibbet
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Don't do it girl.
Save it and take you and DH to a movie and ice cream afterwards and be like 'HA. Suckaaaa.'
bluj786
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i am bc hes a friends cousin and gave me a discount, so ill give him a few dollars more
MrsSx2
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Don't do it girl.
Save it and take you and DH to a movie and ice cream afterwards and be like 'HA. Suckaaaa.'
soonT0beMrsD
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he was a family friend. we gave him a gift card.
saralee1978
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Don't do it girl.
Save it and take you and DH to a movie and ice cream afterwards and be like 'HA. Suckaaaa.'
FH already feels we are paying too much, so we'll be going with this option.
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Ugh, we did NOT...our officiant was self employed, expensive and didn't even do the greatest job...NO NO NO.
Save your $$
MrsSx2
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Ugh, we did NOT...our officiant was self employed, expensive and didn't even do the greatest job...NO NO NO.
Save your $$
Sounds good to me!!! :) Thanks!!!!
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we had an officiant. i think we tipped him $40
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if you're getting married by an officiant who works for themselves... i especially wouldn't.
then again, i'm in the 'the tipping is out of control' camp. you don't have to tip for everything. you're already PAYING them. the point to tipping is to commend an excellent job... so unless they like blow you away with some above and beyond actions ... ahhh. don't get me going on this lol
I couldn't have said it better - I'm not tipping officiant.
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We had an officiant. It was her own business and she already charged a lot, so no.
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we had an officiant. i think we tipped him $40
same here
JC297
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We didnt tip ours. I felt he was rushing us and then forgot to do two parts of our ceremony.
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We were just talking about this last night...after my 'contribution' to the church of at least $250, and after I pay both organist and singer $150 each, and altar boys..MY ENVELOPE FROM CHURCH states 'it is customary to give the priest officiating...blah,blah,blah'..we are giving him $50
