Gratuity after the reception?

It's only nice and right for you to give a gratuity for all the people that made your day so beautiful. I told the wedding coordinator for the reception to add my gratuity to my bill. I'm not gonna have time during or after my ceremony to be tiping anyone. i'll be too busy trying to go to the hotel to get my freak on. so make it easy on yourself and your groom and add the tip or gratuity before the wedding. good luck.

Generally a gratuity fee is added into the fees you pay for the vent. Facilities generally charge a percentage of the total amount that they are charging, but this will be added into the fees for the event, not seperately! If they do an outstanding job and you feel the need to tip a little extra, that is up to you!

If you have a band or DJ, it is also up to you if you tip, generally, they qute you a cost, assuming you will not be tipping!

Your coordinator should also include the gratuity in with their fees, just check your contracts and see if it's listed on there!

It is your choice to include a tip for your officiant, however if they are with a church, the tip will be considered a donation to the church!

The only people we tipped were the limo driver and the man who was there the day of the reception who made sure the reception ran smoothly. Everyone else I paid a salary to and didnt feel the need to tip, they charged me their fees and I paid for their services, I dont believe in tipping for every little thing, especially when they are doing the job they were hired for and getting paid for it. Your wait staff tips will have been worked into the cost of your event, so no need for tipping on that end either. We tipped the limo driver because he was awesome and did some extra stuff for me which he was not hired nor obligated to do and we tipped the event coordinator because he was outstanding and actually was not hired by me for the event, he was a day of addition that the hotel offered to us and we felt he deserved a little extra.

As far as I am concerned if you have paid the fee's asked before the day no gratuity is required! Tipping is such a silly custom and here in Australia if you tip someone they will almost fall over in shock! I hate the fact that in the USA it is expected.

I tipped the limo driver, the bridal attendant and the maitre d of the wedding. I found out from a friend in the business that the maitre d who ran the whole show that night and made sure everything ran smoothly doesn't get paid that much and makes most of their salary on tips.

the only people i would EVER give tips to are the wait staff. everyone else should be getting paid at least minimum wage. it is their JOB to do things. i think we Americans go tip crazy. the photographer is already getting a lot of money, does he need a tip NO! the dj gave you a quote on how much it is so pay it! :P do not go giving out money to people who are just doing their jobs. after all, you do not tip the people at walmart for bagging your stuff.

The DJ and the preacher especially and sending thank you cards to them around the same time you do that for your gifts would do. Or you could also get something extra, like a gift. If you personally know any of them you could go to a bridal party gift website and get them personalized flip flops, picture frames, or something else like that. I think that if you are the bride, then taking the time out to tell them you appreciate them and thank them will show them that you care and are grateful that they helped make your special day wonderful.

HAVE to?

You should tip event coordinator, and people of the sort, but at my wedding tip was included. I guess it depends on the situation

no that should have all been included in there pay... there is no gratuity... they have already been paid for there services... Unless you just want to say thanks again and then you can gratuity away...

Usually this is built right into the contract. Might want to get it out and check.