• Submit Photos
  • Featured Badge
  • Contributors
  • Become a Wedding Blogger
  • Advertise

The Inspired Bride

Wedding inspiration resources & ideas to help you plan your wedding

  • Home
  • Inspiration
    • Season
      • Summer
      • Spring
      • Fall
      • Winter
    • Styles
      • Rustic
      • Casual
      • Modern
      • Traditional
      • DIY
      • Vintage
      • Whimsical
      • Glamour
      • Luxury
      • Bohemian
    • Wedding
      • Real Weddings
    • Engagement
    • Styled Shoot
    • Bridal Shoot
    • Bridal Shower
    • Honeymoon
    • Bachelorette / Bachelor Party
    • Trash the Dress
  • Vendors
  • Photographers
  • Planning
    • Tips and Tricks
    • DIY Projects
    • Inspiration Boards
    • Planning Tools
    • Resources
  • Destination Weddings
  • Popular
  • More..
    • Accessories
    • Big Ideas, Tiny Budget
    • Bouquets and Flowers
    • Bridal Showers
    • Bridesmaids
    • Cakes
    • DIY
    • Ceremony
    • Color Palettes
    • Decorations
    • Favors
    • For the Guys
    • Giveaways
    • Groomsmen
    • Guest Posts
    • Honeymoon
    • Inspiration Shoots
    • Invitations & Stationery
    • Just for Fun
    • News Blips
    • Personal Touches
    • Real Engagements
    • Registry
    • Rings
    • Services and Vendors
    • Sponsored Posts
    • Trending Now…
    • Wedding 101
    • Wedding Dresses

Wedding Vendors: To Tip or Not To Tip

by Samantha Leave a Comment

Should you tip wedding vendors, and if so, are there certain ones you should tip and others you shouldn’t? There are a lot of questions surrounding tipping wedding vendors, so the following information should clear it up.

Wedding Vendors: To Tip or Not To Tip

Image Source: Multimedia JP

The Delivery Staff

The men and women who deliver your wedding items, including flowers, rented tables and chairs, etc. should be tipped. This is especially true if it’s a different person from the actual florist or wedding planner, as they usually receive an hourly salary and tips that are included on bills wouldn’t automatically go to them.

The Wedding Transportation

The same goes for the wedding transportation professionals. It’s recommended that you tip based on how long these professionals will be serving you.

Wedding Vendors: To Tip or Not To Tip

Image Source: Chicago Limo

For instance, some drivers will only provide transportation from the wedding ceremony venue to the reception venue while others will wait during the reception and provide rides home.

The Wedding Officiant

Many officiants don’t charge for their services, but it is considered polite to tip them. If they don’t accept cash tips, you may want to make a donation to their organization (church, etc.) in lieu of cash.

The Reception Staff

The reception staff is one of the most important when it comes to tipping. These professionals will help ensure that your reception goes smoothly and that your guests are fed and having a great time.

Wedding Vendors: To Tip or Not To Tip

Image Source: KWB1

While there may be a tip included in the final bill, you may also want to tip special servers, etc.

The Stylists

Finally, it’s important to tip the stylists that help make sure you look fantastic on your big day. This includes your hair stylist, makeup artist, etc. You should tip these professionals the same way you would for a normal session. This is typically 15% to 20% of the bill.

Making sure your vendors are tipped well is not only good etiquette, but you would appreciate it if the roles were reversed!

Filed Under: Big Ideas, Tiny Budget, Services and Vendors

The opinions expressed here by The Inspired Bride editors are their own, not those of The Inspired Bride or TWBN.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Popular

  • What Can Your Flower Girl Carry Down the Aisle Instead of Flowers?
  • 10 Stunning Tea Length Wedding Dresses
  • So you love the color gold and you know this will be one of your wedding colors but you’re not sure about the others. We want to share some gold color pallets along with some tips on your wedding color palette especially for choosing a great companion color for gold. Wedding Color Palette: Gold
  • Wedding Date Superstitions You Need to Know Wedding Date Superstitions You Need to Know
  • Funny Wedding Vows
  • Archive
  • Popular
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Badge
  • Contact

All Content Copyright © 2009-2023. The Inspired Bride unless otherwise noted or credited.
Please refer to our Content Usage Guidelines if you wish to use any of the content on this website.
In full disclosure, this post may contains links to help support my site.
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | DMCA | Contact