It’s all about the Benjamins, well sometimes among friends, sometimes it can get down to the Washingtons. Remember to be aware of your target audience. If the birthday girl or the birthday boy like to dance and show off, probably not the best idea to reserve a table at a low key venue. A birthday is all about making the birthday girl or birthday boy happy. We suggest that you take the role of planning the birthday and putting yourself in their shoes. If you are planning a birthday party for a someone else, you need to remember that their likes, interests, and tastes may differ from yours. The service charge is for the front of house maitre de, host, or hostess. This nominal charge can range from 3%-8%. This is also referred to as “admin fee”, “administrative fee”, “processing fee”, ”service fee” “front of house fee”. It’s not like a restaurant where tables turn and if a server gets a bad tip they can recover with from the other tables throughout the night. In a nightlife setting they typically only get 2-3 tables a night. Remember that your server makes $2.83 an hour and they need to give the bartenders and server assistants a portion of their tips each night. Tipping 12%-15% gets the point across that you didn’t approve of the service but not leaving a tip or less than 10% just shows that you are a bad tipper. That’s like saying you are bad at your job and you should work for free. The industry standard is 12%-15% for poor service, 18%-20% average service, 22% or more for exceptional service.Ĭustomers that stiff (do not leave gratuity) are customers that have no moral or empathy. Gratuity is an important part of the business and no likes a bad tipper. Sometimes you have to give the pretty girl making your drinks some money. This is also referred to as “auto-gratuity”, “server gratuity”, “tip”, “autograt”. The reason is to eliminate the use of the change when dealing with cash customers. In order to increase the speed of service at the bar, a lot of places choose to include a tax on orders across the bar. Many times when you have a table these taxes are passed on to the customer. These are the taxes and levies imposed by the state or local municipalities. This is also referred to as “Sales Tax”, “Liquor tax”, “County Tax”. This is just an amount that you need to spend to reserve a table, section, area of the venue. This may also be referred to as “Food and Beverage Minimum”, “Min”, ”Minimum”, “Table Minimum”, “Beverage Minimum”. Navigate like a pro so you get the most out the venue that you plan on hosting the event. The key to planning a birthday party is to know the lingo. Have a Birthday Party Idea? 10 Tips for Planning the Right Way
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