Jamie Wolfer breaks down who to tip at events and when. If a gratuity is already on your bill, guests shouldn't face a tip jar again. The guide covers bartenders, caterers, valets, and hair and makeup, explaining what's required, optional, or off-limits.
Tipping culture has gotten
so out of hand
because year over year, whether working with clients in person or making online content, this is a question that comes up all the time. Who do I have to tip? Like, who's on the. Like the required list of tippies? Okay.
The way that I would lose my mind if I paid a gratuity on a contract and then the bartending service put out a tip jar, I would lose my literal mind. When that happens, you're ultimately tipping twice and you're asking your guest to. To tip, or the bartenders are asking the guests to tip on top of that, and it's unacceptable.
Okay, quick clarification on terms here. She did say service charge and she said gratuity. Typically, those are listed out as two different things. So if you are looking at your receipt from your caterer, from your bartending service, from whomever, a service charge is not the same thing as a gratuity as a tip. Service fee and gratuity are two different things. 2. If you've already paid the tip, they should not be asking for further tips. Point blank, period. 100% agree. If you're paying a gratuity fee, not a service charge, but a gratuity fee on your bill, then you should not be tipping or have your guests be tipping in person. That could be, but is not limited to bartending your catering staff, anyone who's dropping off rentals for you. Although I've never seen required gratuity there, specifically valet services. Your hair and makeup artists happen to include gratuity as a requirement. Like a certain percentage that's tax tacked on because there's so many people that they're seeing that day, whatever that happens to be, if it's on the receipt, there should not be additional tipping included or added unless you, as the couple, feel called to do so.
