Wedding tipping?

so i need to know about wedding tipping it's a small wedding about 40. i figured dj and photographer tipping is not neccessary however i will probably tip the dj if he does really well. what i am wondering is about the minister marrying us. We have a pastor fee of $100, it sounds weird to tip a minister but i heard something about it from a friend. is this the norm and if i did how much? it a quick 15 min. traditional marriage ceremony. and we have a rehearsal the night before.

I wouldn't tip, especially if it's a minister you don't know and he's charging a fee. If you feel obligated, donate to the church...

I am not tipping the officiant, I am buying her a book of poetry and a bottle of parfume (I know her personally). I am not tipping the DJ as it it $750 and he is the owner of the company. I am however tipping the wedding coordinator $250 because she works for the place I am having the ceremony and reception at and the service comes free. I am also having a friend do the photography and I am buying him an orchid, a bottle of nice wine and a $100 gift certificate from his favorite restaurant.

I would not tip since you are paying a fee but maybe write a nice thank you card saying how grateful you are to have his services on your special day.

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Absolutely the officiant gets a tip. He/she also gets invited to the reception. If the fee is $100, I would personally give him/her at least $50. That is a very small charge for use of the facilities and these people do not make much money to begin with.

it is up to you. my church charged us $350 for the ceremony. so i did not tip. plus an extra $150 for the organist & $100 for the soloist. i did not have a choice either. if i chose not to use any of them, i still needed to pay for it. so i did not tip anything extra. LoL!

Usually if you are a member of the church,they don't charge you any money. That is when you tip them.

But if you already paid the $100 minister fee, you shouldn't tip.

It's traditional to tip the officiant, but I've never heard of a fee. If you are already paying him a fee, I wouldn't tip

I didnt tip our officiant. we paid $250 for our wedding at a small chapel. I figued somewhere in that $250 is his share. I wouldnt tip...it doesnt seem right.

I've never heard of tipping the officiant..

That doesn't seem right to me lol.