How much should we tip our wedding service providers?

The following are suggested amounts for the many professionals you ought to tip at or after the wedding. Keep in mind that these are suggestions, and you're free to reward your experts more generously if their service was above and beyond the call of duty:

Site manager: 15 to 20 percent of entire bill for the reception

Valets: $1 per car

Waiters: $20 to $40 each, depending upon quality of service

Bartenders: 15 percent of liquor bill

Coat check: $1 per coat

Limousine drivers: 15 to 20 percent of transportation bill (Check to see if tip is already included in the contract first! If so, then on-the-day tip may be smaller as a token)

Photographer and Videographer: $20-$100 or more

Delivery workers: $10 each if just dropping items off, $20 each if dropping off and setting up to great extent; moreso if they're transporting a LOT of items

Tent assemblers and rental agency assemblers: $20 each

Entertainers: $25 to $30 each

Beauticians and barbers: 15 to 20 percent of beauty salon bill

Cleanup crew: $20 each

Baby-sitters: $30 to $40 each, plus a gift, in addition to their hourly wages; more if baby-sitter is putting in extra hours or caring for several children

Event planner: 10 to 20 percent of your bill, depending on the terms of contract

Officiants: $50 to $100

Ceremony site staff: $20 to $30 per person

Organists and ceremony musicians: $20 to $50, depending on length of service