Tipping

Assuming all goes well, I would tip the florist, photographer and DJ, the standard 15%. I am not sure about tipping the wedding coordinator.

Hi D Marie! Here's a really helpful tipping guide you can check out that breaks down tipping by type of wedding vendor:

Exactly How Much To Tip Wedding Vendors!

Tipping culture is so out of control and as long as people feed into it, it’s not going anywhere unfortunately. Most people who you are told to tip haven’t done a single thing to earn it. Someone working for commission doesn’t get a tip (dress salespeople). People who couldn’t care less and can’t be bothered when you are trying to get a service, they are the ones who do a crap job if at all, and they don’t show up on the day of. Or if they do, they do the bare minimum. None of those deserve tips because nothing was earned. It’s false information that a couple should tip anyone the night of the wedding because the couple is on cloud nine all night and they are unaware that the baker didn’t show up, the florist went out of business and the dj and photographer don’t get along and it’s clear to everyone else because your coordinator is tasked with running the show smoothly and that means keeping you in the dark of all the snafus. That is why people, including vendors on Tiktok who say don’t tip anyone the day of, say to hold off on all tips until after your honeymoon when you can objectively assess all performances without rose colored glasses and decide who went above and beyond the call of duty and tip them only and who didn’t and don’t tip them at all. Another misinformation is that vendors who own their businesses should never be tipped if they went above and beyond and that catering staff is paid the same “tips only, no minimum wage “ that restaurant workers are. If you feel someone earned a tip, a business owner still qualifies. Catering staff is paid a living wage so they are not hurting for money. Going along with the tipping after the honeymoon, there is no reason you can’t take the tip to their place of business because the store doesn’t vanish into thin air when your wedding is over.


If an invoice says “gratuity” that is a tip you can not negotiate and you do not tip on top of that at all.