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Brilliant_Rock
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I know the question of how much to tip and who to tip has come up pretty frequently, but I''m just wondering how to actually go about tipping your wedding day vendors, specifically the caterers (gratuity is NOT included in our contract), musicians and DJ?
From what I''ve heard the standard seems to be to stuff some cash into an envelope...but if you''re supposed to be tipping based on level of service, how would you adjust the amount? I can''t imagine having the envelope carrier (DOC?) coming up to us in the middle of the night asking what percentage we''d like to tip each vendor and add or remove money based on that.
I''ve also heard of people giving the tip to the caterers sometime prior to the reception, but that doesn''t seem to make sense that you''re tipping them BEFORE you''ve had a chance to see how they perform.
Also, did people just give a lump sum and let the vendor divide it out evenly? Or did you designate different amounts for say the waiters vs the event captains?
Anyone have any suggestions?
(p.s. SEVEN days to go!)
From what I''ve heard the standard seems to be to stuff some cash into an envelope...but if you''re supposed to be tipping based on level of service, how would you adjust the amount? I can''t imagine having the envelope carrier (DOC?) coming up to us in the middle of the night asking what percentage we''d like to tip each vendor and add or remove money based on that.
I''ve also heard of people giving the tip to the caterers sometime prior to the reception, but that doesn''t seem to make sense that you''re tipping them BEFORE you''ve had a chance to see how they perform.
Also, did people just give a lump sum and let the vendor divide it out evenly? Or did you designate different amounts for say the waiters vs the event captains?
Anyone have any suggestions?
(p.s. SEVEN days to go!)