Who did you tip at your Disney wedding?

[epcothotel]

Hi all,
We have an upcoming wedding where everything was planned and paid for directly through Disney's wedding department, aside from hair/makeup. When and who did you tip, if anyone? What is expected? Mostly everything already comes with a 25% service charge except our musicians. I definitely do not want to be thinking about handing out cash on our wedding day so I'm a little confused as to how this all works.
Thanks!

 

[lexxus379]

Hi all,
We have an upcoming wedding where everything was planned and paid for directly through Disney's wedding department, aside from hair/makeup. When and who did you tip, if anyone? What is expected? Mostly everything already comes with a 25% service charge except our musicians. I definitely do not want to be thinking about handing out cash on our wedding day so I'm a little confused as to how this all works.
Thanks!

We tipped photographer, DJ, hair stylist, and wedding planner

 

[lurkyloo]

I have a detailed list of whom to tip and how much on pp. 218-219 of the Fairytale Weddings Guide, if you have that. It's definitely different for a Disney wedding than a regular wedding. The service charge (now 26%) only applies to food and beverage servers, along with anyone who performs AV setup (like the audio package for microphones).

 

[AnnaS]

Photographer, DJ, Video, Violinist, bus drivers, limo driver, vintage car driver, hair and make up stylist, two wedding planners (one left for maternity), ceremony officiant and the two women who delivered the bouquet to the room. We did forget Mickey and Minnie (and felt bad). Not sure if I missed anyone else......I had a bunch of envelopes.

 

[manaxpower]

My Disney Wedding is in less than a week! We'll have a band and a photographer, so I was planning on tipping them. I don't know who will be there form the wedding planning team (my assigned planner has been totally MIA at this point, and my experience with them has been not great) but I wasn't planning on tipping them for just being there. Didn't occur to me to tip the violinist since it's so short and I'm already paying my officiant plenty... also how much are you tipping them? For context, mine is very small (<20ppl).

 

[epcothotel]

My Disney Wedding is in less than a week! We'll have a band and a photographer, so I was planning on tipping them. I don't know who will be there form the wedding planning team (my assigned planner has been totally MIA at this point, and my experience with them has been not great) but I wasn't planning on tipping them for just being there. Didn't occur to me to tip the violinist since it's so short and I'm already paying my officiant plenty... also how much are you tipping them? For context, mine is very small (<20ppl).

I have a similar sized wedding, I was only really planning on tipping our musician for their couple of hour set about $30-$50, and the makeup/hair stylist. I sadly wasn't overly impressed with our planner either, and I don't know if they are going to even be there. It sounds like a nightmare trying to get cash and envelopes for all the people involved after already paying a service charge for so much of the stuff. This is already going to be a very stressful day and figuring out who and when to tip isn't going to be at the top of my priorities

 

[manaxpower]

I have a similar sized wedding, I was only really planning on tipping our musician for their couple of hour set about $30-$50, and the makeup/hair stylist. I sadly wasn't overly impressed with our planner either, and I don't know if they are going to even be there. It sounds like a nightmare trying to get cash and envelopes for all the people involved after already paying a service charge for so much of the stuff. This is already going to be a very stressful day and figuring out who and when to tip isn't going to be at the top of my priorities

It seems like the wedding planners don't care or have time to care for small sized wedding like ours. It sounds like *someone* will be there but nobody who's helped us in the planning stages I'm sure. I feel you about the stress and I'm trying really hard not to explode from the anxiety because the last thing I want is my stress-induced eczema flareup right before my wedding.