How much are we suposed to tip the day of the wedding from….?
Depending on what part of the country you are in will decide how much you tip. The minister needs to be tipped at the very least $100.00 and that really is the bare bones minimum. The average cost for minister or wedding officiant is 250.00 – 500.00 depending upon how involved they are in the wedding, the hours they put into it and where you are at in the country. In the south 150-250 is the norm if they “just show up and do the ceremony” in California you are looking 300.00 – 500.00; a majority of ministers (not the mega church ones) make very little money and they depend on wedding fees and funeral fees to make ends meet. The basic wedding ceremony involves between 3-10 hours of work on the part of the minister; memorizing or actually writing the ceremony,premarital counseling, often times planning the bridal precession, conducting the rehearsal and then the actual wedding itself… The one thing that you must have at a wedding is the minister..
