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Katie
Savvy September 2019

How much to tip vendors post wedding?

Katie, on September 28, 2019 at 10:05 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4
I've tipped a few vendors the night of the wedding however wanted to wait a few days to think about tips for other vendors. How much is appropriate for a photographer? A bakery, even if the cake was super dry and we had to toss our own leftover cake cause we couldn't eat it? A caterer who charged us $70 for buns he bought from the grocery store for $40? Our vendors were all pretty wonderful but I just wanted to add in little tidbits for reference to the things I'm thinking about.

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Latest activity by Anna, on September 28, 2019 at 9:49 PM
  • Sarah
    Master September 2019
    Sarah ·
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    For our photographer, we plan to tip $100-$200 when we get our photos back. We tipped her second shooter $100 on the day of. The bakery I would have tipped the delivery person the day of (we tipped $50 for this because they set up our cake, added our topper and some flowers). I don’t know that I would tip the bakery after the fact because you won’t be able to guarantee it will go to the right person/people. For the caterer (ours was in-house) we tipped $40 per server, $100 per bartender and $100 for our venue hostess/coordinator. The food cost thing isn’t really relevant because all restaurants/caterers obviously charge more than they spend or they’d never stay in business.
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  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    I don't think you'd need to tip bakery for that aha I didn't because I had same issue with the cake. But the delivery person tipping makes sense as pp suggested
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  • Kat_
    Super October 2019
    Kat_ ·
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    We are doing all our tips in thank you cards to be delivered by our planner the day of the wedding. One less thing to worry about before the honeymoon!
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  • Anna
    Savvy March 2023
    Anna ·
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    Wow I have a lot to learn, I didnt even know you tipped vendors im an idiot 🤦‍♀️
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