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The service charge is the gratuity, so you don't have to tip on top of it.This is false. It can be true, but it varies by venue. We were told about our 15% service charge and then they suggested $3-4 per guest as a tip. We had 100 guests and with the service charge and tax it was just under $100 a plate.
ElisabethJoanne member. December 2011. According to my computer dictionary, a service charge is. an extra charge assessed for a service. A gratuity is. money given in return for some service or favor. Which would suggest they're the same. "Service charge" can go to management, though, as a charge. Gratuities have to go to the servers.
Service Charge vs Gratuity? ballandchain10 member. September 2009 in New Jersey. If your venue charges an ...
ETA: Actual wording about our Administrative Fee in our contract: An eighteen percent (18%) service charge will be included in the final billing on all food, beverage and labor. The service charge covers the use of our equipment, kitchen essentials, buffet décor, energy costs, liability insurance fees, and all necessary permits and other ...
Catering Tips vs. mystery "service charge". kking1982 member. July 2013. I am in the process of getting quotes from caterers. I have noticed down at the bottom of the estimates a couple of the caterers have listed the 18% gratuity and included it in the estimate. The past three caterers to send me quotes have a "service charge" listed at the ...
I had a phone conversation with an events planner for a venue here in Pittsburgh and mentioned that I noticed the caterer's pricing for the food included tax and tip.
FWIW, we paid 20% service charge. The only additional tip we had to give was for the maitre d. There was no admin fees. Or perhaps there was, but it was baked in to the cost per person. We had a 15% service charge (gratuity for the staff) and a 3% admin charge, as well as taxes.
April 2012. Quote from contract. "The administrative fee referenced herein is for administrative overhead, documentation, preparation, and other management of the event; such Administrative Fee is not, nor is it intended to be, a service charge, tip or gratuity, for wait staff, service employees or service bartenders." naturenut7 member.
September 2010 edited December 2011. FYI . . . Conicidentally, I just spoke to someone today with regard to arranging a banquet at Maggiano's for a business meeting. The 20% service charge is IN LIEU of the gratuity. In other words, DO NOT ADD A GRATUITY to the total bill, as it has been included.
If you have not locked in your caterer and if you are interested in an excellent caterer that does not nickel & dime you and never charges a service fee, cake cutting & platting fee, champagne corkage and pouring fee . . . contact Kim Cummings Catering 602.493.0000. If I remember correctly, our service charge was 28%.