How to Calculate the Gratuity for Your Wedding Officiant
Tips are a way to show your appreciation for someone who went out of their way to give you professional service. If you need to calculate the gratuity for your wedding officiant, you may be wondering if the same rules apply as in a restaurant. They sure do. Read on to learn how to calculate the gratuity for your wedding officiant.
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Instructions
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Determine if it costs anything to hire the wedding officiant. If so, you have an excellent base figure from which you can calculate a gratuity.
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Consider the wedding officiant's performance. Choose a rating that best describes the wedding officiant's performance: poor, average, good or excellent.
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Give no tip for a poor wedding officiant. If you feel insulted or abused by the wedding officiant, let them know by stiffing them on the tip.
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Hand over an extra 10 percent for an average wedding officiant. A professional but not very personal ceremony probably deserves a 10 percent tip.
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Shuck out an extra 15 percent if the wedding officiant made a reasonably successful attempt to be warm and human as well as professional.
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Pay an extra 20 percent or more for a wedding officiant who made the ceremony a truly wonderful and unforgettable experience.
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Tips & Warnings
What if the wedding officiant is a family member? Unless there is very good reason not to, the same rules apply.
Some wedding officiants who are public officials, such as justices of the peace, are forbidden by law to accept gratuities for services performed during normal business hours. However, this varies from state to state. Consult local regulations regarding the compensation of public officials.
