Wedding Budget
Discussing the budget is about as exciting and going to the dentist, but in order to have an affordable wedding you must have a budget, it can be flexible, but have one.
Make a Budget and Stick to it!
What are you traditionally supposed to pay anyway?
Here is a handy tip worksheet to help you keep track of all the vendors that you need to tip, you don’t want to accidentally stiff anyone.
Tip Worksheet
Banquet manager or Catering party manager
Tipping Guideline: $200 and up or a personal gift, depending on the size and
complexity of wedding.
Gratuity Estimate:________
Bartender or Head Bartender
$40 and up, depending on the size of the wedding.
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Bathroom attendants
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
$1-$2 per guest or a flat fee arranged with venue.
Bride’s dresser
15-20 percent of fee $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Chef
$100 and up $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Civil ceremony officiant
$15-$25 if appropriate $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Clergy person
$25 and up, depending on the size of the wedding Often a donation to the House
of Worship $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Coatroom attendants
$1-$2 per guest or a flat fee arranged with venue management $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Cooks
$25 each $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Hairdresser
10-20 percent of fee depending on number of heads $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Head captain or Maitre d’
1 ½% –3% of food and beverage, depending on number of guests and amount of
bill
$150-$300 for off premise, depending on number of guests $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Room captains
$50 and up $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Hotel chambermaid
$1-2 per day $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Makeup person
10-20 percent of fee depending on number of faces $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Musicians (ceremony)
15 percent of fee $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Musicians (reception)
$25-$50 per band member, especially if quests make numerous requests $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Parking attendants
$1-$2 per car; or 15 percent of bill for valet parking-usually included on bill $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Photographer
$100 for extraordinary service if service is on flat rate with no overtime fee $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Porters
$15 each $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Tailor
10 percent of fee $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Transportation driver
$25 additional for bus or van driver
18-20 percent for limo will be on bill; $25 in addition for exceptional service $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Wait staff
$10-$20 for off-premise waiters
$25 and up for waiters who wait on head table, off or on premises $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Wedding planner
15 percent of fee; 15-20 percent if charged hourly just for the day of the wedding;
or a personal gift $
Tipping Guideline:
Gratuity Estimate:________
Total:____________________
Free Wedding Budget
Here is a nice planner/wedding budget in xls format, which means it can either be used in Microsoft Excel or Mac’s version called Numbers. If you have problems downloading it please go to my free wedding download page and download it there for free.
Wedding-Budget-Workbook This format it in workbook format, everything is separated into categories.
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