Do you tip your vendors?

[cmcwill]

Hi all,
I was wondering if any of you have, or are planning to, tip your vendors. Band? Photographer? Florist even? I know our reception place ''suggests'' we tip our maitre de, but what about the other folks?

Colleen

 

[lindsal]

Check out this article on the Knot. It give a pretty good idea on who/how much/when to tip.

http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=AI980914212902

 

[aljdewey]

Usually, the rule of thumb is to tip vendors unless then are the owners, in which case no tip.

 

[Mara]

I tipped: hair/makeup gal, minister, DJ, cake gal.
Did not tip: florist, photographer, caterer.

Caterer billed me later, florist was paid ahead of time. Photographer was a friend, traveled to Hawaii with us and we paid 1/2 his expenses.