Venue gratuity

Yes most do. I think mine is a little higher at 20%

My gratuity is 18%. Most venues do include a service charge, and obviously this varies by venue and region.

Also don't forget to add tax.....if you're in a state that charges tax

From what I've learned on here that's pretty standard and that's the low end.

My service/staffing fee includes gratuity, and it's 23% aka 2.5K. It is what it is.

Mine adds tax and 15% gratuity

20% service charge and an 11.5% tax. There was no way to get around it.

Absolutely normal. That and tax is what always adds up and many forget about it

Forgot about tax, also usually separate and mine is 7%.

Ours is 20% plus 7% tax

Ours is 15% gratuity and 13% tax. I think it's basically expected that you'll pay gratuity on top of your bill.

Mine is 22%. I'd rather it be added in because tipping the waitstaff is one less thing to worry about on my wedding day.

Totally normal. for us we have a service/gratuity of 20% and tax of 10%. However our contract states that the service/gratuity does not include tips for the waiters or bartenders so we are planning on bring extra cash in individual thank you cards and tipping them in person.

Since they are doing your catering too that makes sense but for just the venue, at least around here, no. None of the venues I looked at had a gratuity for the space alone but all caterers did.

Double check with your venue and see if the service charge is the gratuity or not. at my venue it is, (20%) but at some venues it's not.

20% service charge (tips for waiters) and 6% state sales tax.

We don't have a gratuity on the venue, but all of the catering costs have an additional 15% gratuity on top of the 14% sales taxes.

Sounds about right. I believe ours is 20% gratuity and 9% tax.

Our venue has a 25% service charge on food - it covers gratuity and linens (not tax).

20% service charge, 5.9% resort fee, 2.55% forest service fee, 5.78% sales tax and each charge is totaled before the next one is tacked on. It's a racket.