Forget This Advice on TIPPING Your Wedding Vendors!
Release Date: 05/19/2021
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Join thousands of INTENTIONAL + JOYFUL engaged couples who know that the wedding celebration of their dreams is possible ... even if right now, planning an entire wedding feels a *little bit* overwhelming! Be sure to hit FOLLOW wherever you listen, and each Wednesday you'll enjoy a FREE, down-to-earth, straight-to-the-point wedding planning "meeting" where we explore everything from: Hidden TIME + MONEY + STRESS savers, Decoding the complex process of researching + hiring your team of IDEAL VENDORS, Identifying + incorporating your top VALUES into your celebration, Muting the noise +...
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An Unforgettable REHEARSAL DINNER
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info_outlineThere’s A LOT of conflicting information out there about tipping your wedding vendors, and I want you to forget all of it!
In today’s episode, we’re going to walk through exactly how to decide who should get a tip, how much, and even some extra special additional ways of saying thank you.
Today’s show is Wedding Planning Podcast classic, and we’re going to take a close look at some very common misunderstandings that are flying around out there surrounding tipping your wedding vendors.
Think you have to automatically package up envelopes with 20% tips for every single wedding vendor you hire? Think again.
Today I’m gonna save you hours on google, and likely hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars over that crazed couple who just takes the advice out there on tipping at face value and doesn’t bother taking the time to explore the nuances and undercurrents that are actually at play.
So come along with me, and let’s uncover the TRUTH about tipping your wedding vendors!
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