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Tipping Wedding Vendors

TeamWED — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:10:01 +0000

Other than the bride herself, it’s the wedding vendors that make a wedding truly beautiful and special. For those who wonder why wedding vendors tend to charge quite a bit for their services, we say just look at what brides and grooms receive in return! Do you expect that your wedding vendors will do a great job decorating your ceremony venue, providing food for your reception, and entertaining your guests? Then make room in your wedding budget for tips.

Tipping wedding vendors is more than just good etiquette — it rewards exceptional service, ensuring that those providing the services continue to go above and beyond the call of duty. That said, we know from experience that tipping wedding vendors can be a confusing business. How much to tip is a question we hear a lot. When to tip is another question that comes up fairly frequently. And who to tip is yet another confusing question.

Tips For Tipping Wedding Vendors

Always tip in cash, and if you’re tipping an employee of a company, the tips should be given separately from the payment.
Include a thank you card with your tip so your wedding vendors know you appreciated their services.
Tips should be given just before your wedding vendor leaves the wedding venue — this way, you can tip (or not) according to the service provided.
Don’t feel obligated to tip if the services provided were not up to par.
10-15% tips are the norm, but usually $150 is the max amount of any one tip, regardless of how much the total bill was.
Business owners are typically not given tips, even if they’re the ones providing the service directly. Tips are reserved for wait staff and other employees.
Before you tip, check your vendor contracts to see if gratuities have already been added to your bill (which they frequently are).
Designate a tipper (like the best man or MOH) so you don’t have to worry about finding your vendors during the ceremony or reception.

Who to Tip and How Much

Stylist: 15% if you go to the salon; if the stylist comes to you, tip them at your discretion
Wedding Limo Drivers: 10-15%
Valet Parking Attendants: $.50-$1 per car
Alter Boys and Girls: May be given $10 each
Waiters and Waitresses: $15 of the total bill
Bartenders: 10% of the total bar bill
DJ and musicians: For employees of an entertainment company, $50-$100 is standard
Photographers and videographers: $50-$100, if they’re working for a company
Florists: For those performing delivery and set up, consider tipping $10-$20 per staff member
Baker: You can tip the delivery person $10 if you so choose

As you can see, tipping wedding vendors isn’t so complicated as it seems once a bride knows what she’s doing. Good luck, and good tipping!

10 Reasons To Elope

TeamWED — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:05:39 +0000

Thinking of an alternative to a traditional wedding?

Why not Elope?

Eloping is an affordable alternative to having a big wedding. It’s also easy, pressure free, and can be exciting. Sharing a day with just your fiancé and committing to your marriage is something special.

Reason to Elope #1: Intimacy

Big weddings can take the intimacy out of a ceremony because you have to focus on so many people beside yourselves. When a couple spends time, effort, and money entertaining their guests, they lose a little bit of intimacy in the ceremony. If you aren’t up for declaring your love in front of hundreds of people, then elopement may be for you.

Reason to Elope #2: Money

Weddings can be expensive. If you’re unwilling to fork over the cash for friends and family to eat, drink, and be merry, then eloping may be for you. Your only expenses will be those you spend on yourselves. Plus, you can save the money you would’ve spent on a wedding and use it to do something more meaningful, like put a down payment on a house.

Reason to Elope #3 : Less Stress

Planning a wedding can be extremely stressful. You have to worry about who you are or aren’t inviting, where to hold the wedding, how to dress the bridal party, what decorations to include, what caterer to hire, etc. If you elope, you don’t have to worry about any of it. You just go to your wedding, have the ceremony, eat the food the two of you want to eat, and celebrate in a manner you see fit.

Reason to Elope #4 : Family Issues

There are many family issues that could make a wedding stressful. For instance, if the bride’s parents are divorced and hostile to each other, who do you invite to the wedding? How do you keep the feuding parents apart if you invite them both? Perhaps you live too far away from your family to have a traditional wedding. Elopement solves all of these types of issues.

Reason to Elope #5 : Religion or Culture

If the two of you were raised in different religious or cultures, your families may have a hard time finding a way to blend your wedding ceremonies together. Or perhaps one family is not receptive of the other’s traditions. Either way, elopement avoids these sticky situations.

Reason to Elope #6 : You Want to Get Married Right Away

Wedding planning takes time and you have to find a venue with availability on the date you desire. Sometimes this is impossible. If you want to get married right away, elopement is the answer.

Reason to Elope # 7 : This Isn’t Your First Marriage

If you’ve had the big ceremony before and it didn’t work out, you might not want to go through it again. In this case, elopement is definitely the answer.

Reason to Elope #8 : You Hate Large Weddings

Not everyone is comfortable with a large wedding, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid. How do you invite some family members and friends and not others? How do you keep your guest list to a minimum? The answer: elope. That way, your wedding only has a few people.

Reason to Elope #9 : You Put Your Relationship Before Tradition

Some couples get swept up in the tradition of marriage, while others realize it’s the relationship that matters, not the ceremony. For couples like this, then elopement is a good option because you avoid worrying about tradition.

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