Hotel events coordinator...do we tip?

If she does a good job, I would for sure tip. Tipping never hurts if you have the money. If she will be there the day of, you should provide her a meal.

I agree with pp. No meal or gift; I'm sure she eats at the hotel as one of her "perks" or brings her lunch like any other on-site employee. If she clearly gives you great service and makes your day stress-free, I would definitely tip her. Daughter's venue was a country club, and it was the event coordinator's full time job. However, that woman delivered top-notch service for the 18-months we worked with her and the day-of ran like clockwork, likely because of the way she worked with all the other venue employees and daughter's other vendors. She was the epitome of professionalism and proactivity. We tipped her $200 because she was awesome! (Our total venue-related fees were about $20,000.) I do not think she expected a tip, but she was so naturally gracious that it was hard to tell if she was actually shocked or just great at acting surprised for being recognized as wonderful because that would be the humble/right thing to do.

With our venue, we get a venue coordinator as well. She will be there the day of with 3 of her staff members directing our guests and putting out any fires that may happen. We plan on tipping her and the other 3 staff members that will be helping her. As of right now, we also plan on having a gift delivered to her at venue a few days after our wedding. We're getting married on leap day (13 days!), and I'm going to order her gift Monday, March 2nd, to be delivered Tuesday, March 3rd. Right now I'm thinking of a large edible arrangement.

I don't think that anything (gift, meal, or tip) is required or even expected. I agree that if she does a great job the day of, it would be a nice gesture, but if it's not in your budget then I also think that a gift is a nice gesture. (Obviously, money is better than a gift if you have the funds.) I also think it's nice to let management know that you were impressed with your event coordinator. Yes, she's doing her job, but it's nice to let people know that she's doing it well. I certainly don't think you need to tip 10 to 20 percent, but $50 or so is always appreciated.