Tipping at all inclusive

I am also having an destination wedding in Jamaica at a resort and we stayed at the resort before all gratuity included in the charges. You can give extra gravity to someone to show them appreciate.

@Mecheal thank you! Did you tip the wedding vendors separately though?

Our venue brings in outside vendors vendors but we don’t know what their actual service fees to tip off of because it’s all totaled up in our headcount.

I would possibly try to find out how many employees will be working. Catering(waiters, chefs, bartenders) photographers(1or2) DJ(1or2). Officiant, coat check, shuttle. Anyone that is involved and I would take that about of your total tip amount and divide it into envelopes and write each part on envelopes. If you really aren't sure your coordinator will give it to them. Most of the time they will say no because they don't want that responsibility. I have catered for years and when the bride and groom thank you personally it is one of the best things. I understand it's hard because things are busy but it's something to think about doing.

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Thanks Susan!

Yeah I think that sounds like the best thing to do. It may be tedious but then again worth it. The percentages will be a little difficult but I can try to divide the total into what a la carte fees would normally be.

Our venue is like yours. They said they give us a total number of workers for our day at our final 30 day meeting with our planner. This way we can plan for exactly how many people to tip. They suggest $30-$50 per person who work our wedding.

I would definitely not be tipping that much. I would only be tipping the bartenders and waiters, and maybe slip a few bucks to the coordinator too. No one else at the venue.

Say, maybe $20-$30 for waitstaff and waitstaff each, and $100 for the coordinator.

View Quoted Comment Okay! That’s good to know too. I will find out how many people will be on the service team.

View Quoted Comment I think that pretty much sums up who all would be there for our wedding but I am not positive.


I like getting a feel for what others would do so I can try to average out!

View Quoted Comment I apologize.. our wedding is not until August 2018. We have stay at all inclusive resort before. For our wedding package everything breakdown of the charges fees for outside vendors. The wedding coordinator maybe able you about tipping, but most vendors include gratuity in their cost. Thanks Good luck 😊

View Quoted Comment Ooh okay! Thank you!!

See if they can break it down. My venue broke it down of cost per person for just beverage and just food. They said it wasn't uncommon since multiple parties are paying the bill. This also helps with the adjusted pricing of those who are underage. This may help you with tipping