MemberMy fiance and I were discussing which people/vendors we should tip the day of the wedding and we can’t seem to agree. The more we got to discussing it-the more confused I feel! If you paying a contract fee to, say, the photographer, do you still tip? What about your site-coordinator? Please help!
MemberWe tipped the hair dresser, the DJ, the limo driver and the photographers. The photographers weren’t mandatory, but they were great, so we did. Same for the limo driver.
MemberHow did you tip the photographer? Did you wait until after you got proofs back to see how it turned out? We will owe the last portion of our balance the day of, and I don’t think I’d feel comfortable tipping for a service before knowing the results.
MemberThank you for asking this! I was just about to post it myself. Also, how much did people tip the vendors they tipped?
MemberWe just put some cash in a card to thank the photographers, and tipped them on the day of – we had already paid everything for our package, and they were very good on the day of as far as sticking around longer and making sure we had the shots we had talked about prior to the wedding day. I never even thought to wait til we saw the proofs!
MemberThe only vendors it seems obvious to me to tip are the hair and makeup people and the limo driver (although that is built into our contract already).
I guess I struggle with the idea of tipping more to people like the florist, photographer, cake baker, etc that I already have a set contract in place with. Maybe for extraordinary service – but is this necessary if they just fulfill the contract we agreed upon? And I would certainly not tip anymore to our venue that is also doing our catering and has already incorporated a 21% gratuity. Is that wrong?
I guess it would make sense to tip the delivery people for the cake and flowers, but I wouldn’t even be there when that occurs.
I’d love to hear more thoughts on this or from brides that got married and already did this.
MemberOur limo driver gratuity was built into the contract, but we tipped him some additional on top of that since he had to do one extra trip between the ceremony and reception since the shuttle drivers from the hotel stranded my brothers and my niece at the ceremony location! And then they stranded the whole bridal party and parents at the reception for an hour and a half after the wedding ended, even though the hotel was only 15 min from the reception hall!!! Needless to say, we did NOT tip the shuttles!
MemberI think the knot has a list somewhere on its website regarding which vendors should be tipped, and how much.
MemberI definately haven’t been planning on tipping anyone involved with our venue either as they will be charging about 20% gratuity as well. I will do some searching and see what I can find on The Knot!
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