Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
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nov04LIbride
Asshatery: Nature or nurture?
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11/6/2004 11:00 AM
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Hard-boiled eggs also have hearts of gold.
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Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
We are using an interfaith minister not affiliated with a church. Should we tip him? Normally I would just do an extra church donation...TIA!
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Posted 11/1/04 3:35 PM 
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bellepoque
Very happy!
Member since 8/03 1287 total posts
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8/7/2004 7:00 PM
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Vanderbilt Mansion, Oakdale
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Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
We did. We gave it to our officiant at the rehearsal dinner. I looked at a couple of etiquette books and websites and they all recommended tipping the officiant. The average suggested tip was $100 and up. Hope this helps.
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Posted 11/1/04 6:49 PM
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btrflygrl
Counting My Blessings
Member since 7/03 11106 total posts
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3/6/2004 11:30 AM
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Timber Point Country Club
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Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
as you know we flew ours out from California...we not only paid for the airfare and their hotel, but geve the $200. 
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Posted 11/2/04 9:01 AM
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Monkeybride
One + One=Three
Member since 10/03 1790 total posts
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9/17/2004 6:30 PM
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On the water
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Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
We did not. Our officiant is in business for herself so she got the whole $500. Why tip on top of that.
Again....Tipping is out of control. OK off my soapbox now.
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Posted 11/2/04 9:47 AM
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oneday
But no, she's not mine.:)
Member since 4/02 1587 total posts
Wedding Date:
6/13/2003 5:00 PM
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Brentwood Country Club
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Re: Tipping officiant not affiliated with a church?
We didn't - though I had meant to give him something. We just forgot to get an envelope ready for him and he basically took off RIGHT after the ceremony. He came back to the bridal suite where we were and said good luck and good by and said "everything is taken care of". So DH and I weren't sure what that meant, but neither of us had cash on us. We thought maybe my dad or FIL gave him something, but as far as we know, no one did. And I feel bad, he was so nice and was so good about working with us.
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Posted 11/2/04 10:30 AM
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