Tip for vendors

Those who we prepared/gave individual tip envelopes to:

-Photographer

-DJ

-Officiant (she did an amazing job - multiple contact with daughter/husband in the six months up to the ceremony, and a very personalized ceremony that was wonderful)

-Venue Coordinator - worked with us from the six month mark and did a wonderful job day of; I called her my 'Jennifer Lopez of the Day' ; she even looked a little like her with her headset and heels!

-Each individual server who worked our event - got the names from our Coordinator the week before

-Each bartender who worked our event - got their names from our Coordinator

-Each member of the kitchen staff who cooked/served at our event - got their names from our Coordinator

-Executive Chef who helped us plan the meal - he even did a special tasting with us to help plan a custom chicken dish off the usual catering menu

All the salon staff that did hair and makeup were tipped at the time of service.

This is how my husband and I tipped our vendors

DJ - $150

Photographer - $200 (she spent 12 hours with us the day of the wedding. She was with us from 9am - 9pm)

Bartender - $200 (she only charged us $100 for the 4 hours of our reception b/c we let her put out a tip jar. She made about $2,000 from our guests in tips and we gave her the extra $200 at the end of the night)

Catering Staff - $75 each; we used an outside restaurant to caterer b/c it was cheaper than going with the catering option at our venue (and our venue allowed outside catering). The restaurant had 4 of their employees work our wedding so they each got $75 from my husband and I.

Officiant - $0. We did not tip our officiant b/c he is a good friend of ours. We got him a really nice gift as a thank you, as well as a gift card for him and his wife to go out to their favorite restaurant.