Tipping Advice!

Read your contract to see if there is a gratuity included. That is an automatic tip that they don’t like you to dispute and often don’t allow that you do. A tip should only be given when they go above and beyond the call of duty after the service has been performed. It should never be automatically given without earning it. Showing up to do your job as directed, bad service or no shows do not and should never receive tops. Do not give tips the day of the wedding because you are not in an objective headspace (and won’t be until after the honeymoon) to assess their performances.



Tip what you feel they deserved for those who went above and beyond only. Some people do a set amount and others do the standard 10-20%, whichever is within your budget.

We just got married in NYC. Our price included tips for all of those except the maitre'd and bridal attendant. 3% of the overall total for the venue was suggested by our coordinator. We ended up tipping about 5% because they were both absolutely amazing. Especially our bridal attendant. She took care of every little detail so we could just enjoy the day.

You can use this article as a guide. https://www.zola.com/expert-advice/a-guide-to-tipping-wedding-vendors also see if tipping is in your contract, if not it’s not mandatory but just a courteous way to show your gratitude. My husband and I decided to tip after the wedding to fully go through services and how we felt every vendor did and we mailed them out a week later. We tipped out bridal attendant the most because she was absolutely wonderful and did everything for me. So do tip on what you feel they each deserves.