What is customary for vendor tips?

Thanks Hank!

FYI You shouldn't need to tip any vendor that sets their own prices. I would only tip in instances like the photographer was sent by a company/agency, the makeup and hair artists by a salon, the DJ by a company, the catering staff etc since they're getting paid by a contract rate set by their boss instead of one they set themselves.

We only gave our photographer and our coordinator a tip. We gave our photographer 100 dollars in a Starbucks gift card because we had asked her what coffee company she liked. And our coordinator was a 100 dollar gift card to her favorite restaurant

I don't even have a sense of what is right though, the advice online varies massively and until I got engaged I wasn't even aware that tipping vendors was a thing. I was curious what others ended up doing or if they had a better idea of ballparks depending on the service.

So! I also saw 15%-20% but on such a big bill, like yourself, I was not comfortable adding that much more $$$. What we ended up doing was tipping an additional $50-$100.00 for the photographer, hair stylist and make up artist (regretting that I did not tip them more to be honest), catering staff + bartender (x 4), and the band (x 2). We just put the money in an envelope with a thank you card. I do feel like we kind of under tipped, but the services were already pretty expensive so I more so just wanted to give a little thank you token because it soooo adds up!