Wedding Tipping?

Question

Our wedding is coming up, July 27th! Just making the final plans for what we are bringing, and came across the tipping question, who should I tip and how much approx? I know it is based on service, but if who I am supposed to tip is great, I want to be prepared with the envelopes ready.

Our Vendors are only the DJ and Photographer.

My mom is catering, brother in law is our officiant and the flower lady isn't staying. My sisters friend is doing our hair, so we are paying her directly, I'm doing makeup. Did I forget anyone?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

you don't tip the wedding party.  And yes the officiant usually gets tiped but I figure if he is your brother in law it is out of love not because its a job and if it is a job then you tip him the waiters, bartenders and dj or band.  I would say about 50 person is good and if the serves is not on point then you start tipping less

Answer 2

Technically you only tip when the vendor has an employee performing the service.  If the photographer or DJ owns the company then you technically don't tip them.

That being said, a 10 or 15% tip at the end of the night if you're happy with them, isn't a bad idea.

Answer 3

The only person who would get a tip is a limo driver. The rest would not be. Did your boss tip you last week after he gave you your paycheck? . . .I didn't think so.

Answer 4

Priest or judge?  If it's a judge, you have to be careful about giving him $$...we gave ours a gift certificate to a nice restaurant.

Limo driver?

Florist - NO TIP

Photographer - NO TIP

Answer 5

Definitely tip the DJ, maybe an extra $50-100 or so.  Most DJs work through DJ companies, and they only receive a small percentage of their fee, and the rest goes to the company through which they're employed, so they really depend on those tips.

Also, I think you should tip the photographer $50 too.  It's not necessary, but always appreciated!  I hope you're planning to buy gifts for your mother and brother-in-law for helping out in such a huge way with their services, and I also hope you were planning on tipping your sister's friend for the hair and makeup, as you normally would with a hairdresser (maybe an extra $10-20.

Answer 6

check your contract because the tip for the dj and photographer might be in the contract already.

Answer 7

I was married July 27th of last year...so congrats and hope the date will be as good for you as it was for us!  If you have a bridal attendant at your venue, you should really tip her (she helps you with touching up make-up, fixes last minute wardrobe malfunctions and is generally there to make things go smoothly for you).  Also, if your venue has a maitre' d or co-coordinator, they should get a tip too.  Same goes for the limo driver if you are having one.  Good luck!

Edit: If the vendor is the owner of the business then no tip (unless you really want to give them one of course) if they are an employee of the company, then you tip.  Generally florists don't get a tip since they are out of there long before the wedding even begins.

Answer 8

this is the 2nd tipping question that i have read on here and i have never heard of tipping them.  i didn't for my wedding i hope no vendors are mad at me =/ good luck have fun