by William Parise

Created on: April 23, 2009   Last Updated: April 24, 2009

Absolutely, a wedding planner should receive a tip if you're classifying them as a valuable service. When someone provides unique services such as planning weddings, they bring certain acquired skills that many people do not have, and when they spend the time to do the job right to make a wedding as perfect as it can be, there's no doubt that a tip shows your gratitude for their hard work and effort.

Many would question that a wedding planner is already getting paid a good sum of money to do a required job, and I agree with them to a point. However, professional wedding planners have years of experience and do their job very well. Anyone that ever had a wedding whether it be in their home town, or at a foreign destination, fully understand there's a ton of details involved, and with someone taking care of them for you, a tip is well deserved when the ceremony goes smooth without any issues.

Tipping the wedding planner is also a way to express your thanks for quality work done, and depending on the size of tip, it sends a clear message to the planner on your overall thoughts of their job. It's almost like when you're dining in a restaurant, there is a standard percentage in tipping across the board, and most in the restaurant industry know this percentage. With that industry knowledge, you have the flexibility to give less or more depending on the quality of service.

The same concept applies to the entire service industry, including wedding planners. They know that if they receive a certain amount that falls well below the standard given, they will fully understand they did not meet the requirements of their client. If they receive a tip that is higher than the average, the wedding planners feel extremely good that they met the clients full expectations, or have gone above and beyond their expectations.

When offering a tip, you're not only providing the wedding planner extra money for their work, but it's also an excellent way of express a message of you truly felt about the overall services offered. With that in mind, people in the services industry learn by how much or little they get tipped, and when a professional is accustomed to receiving generous tips, it motivates them to do more than their required. That's a fact of life. People in general enjoy getting rewarded and the good o pat on the back for a job well done, and with tipping that gives the message loud and clear.

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