We are planning to have our wedding on a Saturday and really don't want to move our date to a Friday because it would be an inconvenience to our guests.
Unfortunately, this puts us at a disadvantage for the rehearsal dinner. Our venue offers the perfect site for this as well, BUT we are not guaranteed it will be available to us the Friday night prior to our wedding day. If nobody books that Friday it is ours yay! but we aren't betting on nobody booking an available Friday in August. =( We also don't want to have it on an alternative day as the venue is just far enough that our bridal party & family would need to take an extra day off so we of course need to avoid that.
We would like to still have this event, for us it is the into to the weekend and a way for us to say thank you to the group and a way to settle before the big event.
I am at a loss for what to do =( maybe a catered dinner at the AirB&B so everyone can hang out and relax? But what does that mean for the practice run? Our officiant is recommending it but I don't think its required? The ceremony seems pretty straight forward to us as there are no readings and we are only expecting them to stand beside us and the officiant will be doing all the speaking.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!