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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 6090" data-attributes="member: 4">I&#039;d really like to hire a band for my wedding next year, having a DJ is not my idea of fun and having no music is not an option. We&#039;re having it in Vermont near where I grew up, so I asked a friend of mine from that area who he would hire. He came back with two names: The guy he&#039;d want at his wedding (who he works with often), and the guy who would be acceptable (who I know). Preferred act got back to me with a price, and it was about what I expected - that is to say, not cheap. Even if I go with the scaled back trio it&#039;s going to be pricey, and since this is coming right out of my pocket I&#039;m going to have to spend a lot of thought on just how much I love live music. That said, if I&#039;m going to do it I&#039;d want to do it right, and this seems right.My question is: Do I tip the band? How much? 20% is what I consider normal for this sort of service, but that on top of what they&#039;re already asking... ouch. Anyone else been in this situation? What&#039;s the etiquette?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 6090, member: 4"] I'd really like to hire a band for my wedding next year, having a DJ is not my idea of fun and having no music is not an option. We're having it in Vermont near where I grew up, so I asked a friend of mine from that area who he would hire. He came back with two names: The guy he'd want at [I]his[/I] wedding (who he works with often), and the guy who would be acceptable (who I know). Preferred act got back to me with a price, and it was about what I expected - that is to say, not cheap. Even if I go with the scaled back trio it's going to be pricey, and since this is coming right out of my pocket I'm going to have to spend a lot of thought on just how much I love live music. That said, if I'm going to do it I'd want to do it right, and this seems right. My question is: Do I tip the band? How much? 20% is what I consider normal for this sort of service, but that on top of what they're already asking... ouch. Anyone else been in this situation? What's the etiquette? [/QUOTE]

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