Tipping Tips!

Before tipping anyone, check carefully to see what is included in the bill … limo companies, caterers, and venues providing valet and coat check services may already have a line item for gratuity!

• Caterers: Look for a gratuity line item for both the service staff and the bartender. If it’s not included, leave thirty-five to fifty dollars per server and for the catering manager, and 15 to 20 percent of the bar bill for the bartender(s).
• Limo: Leave 15 to 20 percent of the bill.
• Musicians: Tip each musician twenty five dollars or more.
• DJ: A DJ should receive 15 percent of his fee, if they do not own their own company.
• Hair & Makeup: Tip the stylists 15 to 20 percent of their fees.
• Valet: Tip the valets fifty cents to one dollar per car.
• Coat Check: Coat checkers should receive fifty cents to one dollar per coat

For exceptional service, you may, but need not tip (or give a gift to) your:

• Photographer/Videographer
• Floral Designer
• Planner
• Cake-maker

photo by Kevin Day