Canadian Wedding Tipping

View quoted message I’m going to try my best to make a list of who needs tipping and give it to the MOH. Myself and the groom likely won’t have the time to run around doing that

I hate this. I wish it was all rolled into the cost of the vendor. This is the last thing I want to be thinking of on my wedding day. Did so and so get their tip, should I tip them? I think I will hand this off to someone else to deal with. Ill get a stack of bills and let my MOH decide where they go-haha half kidding, half not.

Tips are completely up to the person. we have a couple vendors that have their tip included in the price and for other we will be writing reviews on all websites. we will give what we can maybe $10-$15 but we dont have extra cash right now

View quoted message That’s a good point. Some venues may already add that percentage to tip servers/bartenders/kitchen. I suppose you could ask the venue what that tip goes towards.

I’ve been wondering the same! Our venue fee includes taxes and a gratuity of 18% so I would assume with that I don’t have to tip anyone at the venue? Would I be right in saying that?

View quoted message A set amount is a good way to stay in budget for sure.

We went the same route that Amelia mentioned - and we tipped by amount, not percentage!! If you were to go by percentage it would be waaaaaay more money... We tipped the officiant about $50, the servers a $20 each, $50 to the DJ, etc.

Most businesses also ask you to give a good review when you can. If they go above and beyond make sure you sing their praises in their on-line reviews.

View quoted message That sounds like a great rule of thumb. Wine is also a very cute idea!

I've heard a rule that if the vendor owns the business you don't need to tip, but if they have staff you should tip the staff. Ultimately it's up to you. If they go above and beyond you can thank them however you like.


Our plan is to tip staff at our venue, and get thank you gifts (probably wine) for our photographer and baker.